December (George Winston's album)
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December is the fourth solo piano album from George Winston
, released in 1982, and is a tribute to the winter season. This album was a follow up to Autumn
. Two tracks were added for the anniversary edition: "A Christmas Song" and "Sleep Baby Mine". It was reissued on Dancing Cat Records
.
George Winston
George Winston is an American pianist who was born in Michigan, and grew up mainly in Miles City, Montana as well as Mississippi and Florida. He attended Stetson University in Deland, Florida and lives in Santa Cruz, California.-Background:...
, released in 1982, and is a tribute to the winter season. This album was a follow up to Autumn
Autumn (album)
Autumn is the second solo piano album by pianist George Winston, released in 1980. It was re-issued in 2001 with a bonus track "Too Much Between Us" on the Dancing Cat label.- Track listing :All music by George Winston.-In other media:...
. Two tracks were added for the anniversary edition: "A Christmas Song" and "Sleep Baby Mine". It was reissued on Dancing Cat Records
Dancing Cat Records
Dancing Cat Records was a record label founded in 1983 by pianist George Winston to publish both his music and music in the Hawaiian slack-key guitar style. Its mission later expanded to cover other Hawaiian musicians. The label has a distribution deal, but is not owned by Windham Hill Records or...
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Track listing
| # | Title | Length | Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thanksgiving | 4:04 | George Winston |
| 2 | Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head | 2:40 | John Jacob Niles John Jacob Niles John Jacob Niles was an American composer, singer, and collector of traditional ballads. Called the "Dean of American Balladeers", Niles was an important influence on the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, with Joan Baez, Burl Ives, and Peter, Paul and Mary, among others,... |
| 3 | Joy Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring is the most common English title of the 10th movement of the cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. A transcription by the English pianist Myra Hess was published in 1926 for piano solo and in 1934 for piano duet... |
3:13 | David Qualey, from J. S. Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity... |
| 4 | Prelude | 1:16 | George Winston |
| 5 | Carol of the Bells Carol of the Bells "Carol of the Bells" is the common English language title of a Christmas carol of Ukrainian origin, which has in recent years grown in popularity, particularly in English-speaking countries. The work was originally a choral miniature composition by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych based on... |
3:56 | George Winston, from M. D. Leontovych |
| 6 | Night, Part One: Snow | 1:51 | George Winston |
| 7 | Night, Part Two: Midnight | 1:56 | George Winston |
| 8 | Night, Part Three: Minstrels | 2:00 | Malcolm Dalglish Malcolm Dalglish Malcolm Dalglish is an American hammered dulcimer player and builder, composer, and choral director.A virtuoso performer on the hammer dulcimer, he is a former member of the folk/Celtic trio Metamora and has performed frequently with the percussionist Glen Velez... |
| 9 | Variations on the Kanon by Johann Pachelbel | 5:21 | Johann Pachelbel Johann Pachelbel Johann Pachelbel was a German Baroque composer, organist and teacher, who brought the south German organ tradition to its peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secular music, and his contributions to the development of the chorale prelude and fugue have earned him a place among the most... |
| 10 | The Holly and the Ivy The Holly and the Ivy "The Holly and the Ivy" is an English traditional Christmas carol. The carol contains intermingled Christian and Pagan imagery, with holly and ivy representing Pagan fertility symbols. Holly and ivy have been the mainstay of Christmas decoration for church use since at least the fifteenth and... |
4:52 | George Winston, from traditional |
| 11 | Some Children See Him | 3:43 | Alfred S. Burt |
| 12 | Peace | 4:02 | George Winston |