Forest (album)
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Forest is the seventh album of pianist George Winston
and his sixth solo piano album, released in 1994. It was reissued on Dancing Cat Records
in 2008. The album won the 1996
Grammy Award for Best New Age Album
. "Japanese Music Box (Itsuki No Komoriuta)" is a traditional Japanese lullaby that means Lullaby of Itsuki, a region in southern Japan
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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:...
and his sixth solo piano album, released in 1994. 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...
in 2008. The album won the 1996
Grammy Awards of 1996
The 38th Grammy Awards were held on February 28, 1996. The awards recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Alanis Morissette was the night's big winner, scoring four trophies, including Album of the Year.-Award winners:...
Grammy Award for Best New Age Album
Grammy Award for Best New Age Album
The Grammy Award for Best New Age Album is presented to recording artists for quality albums in the New Age music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards...
. "Japanese Music Box (Itsuki No Komoriuta)" is a traditional Japanese lullaby that means Lullaby of Itsuki, a region in southern Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Track listing
| # | Title | Length | Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamarack Pines | 5:49 | George Winston |
| 2 | Forbidden Forest | 2:32 | George Winston |
| 3 | Troubadour | 1:56 | John Barry John Barry (composer) John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987... |
| 4 | The Cradle | 2:13 | Larry Young (Khalid Yasim) Larry Young (jazz) Larry Young Larry Young Larry Young (also known as Khalid Yasin (Abdul Aziz) (October 7, 1940 in Newark, New Jersey—March 30, 1978 in New York City) was an American jazz organist and occasional pianist. Young pioneered a modal approach to the Hammond B-3 (in contrast to Jimmy Smith's... |
| 5 | Cloudy This Morning | 2:43 | George Winston |
| 6 | Last Lullaby Here | 0:59 | George Winston |
| 7 | Mon Enfant (My Child) | 3:20 | Traditional |
| 8 | Returning | 0:40 | George Winston |
| 9 | Graceful Ghost | 2:53 | William Bolcom William Bolcom William Elden Bolcom is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, two Grammy Awards, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. Bolcom taught composition at the University of Michigan from 1973–2008... |
| 10 | Walking in the Air Walking in the Air "Walking in the Air" is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film of Raymond Briggs' 1978 children's book The Snowman. In the film the song was performed by St Paul's Cathedral choirboy Peter Auty... |
7:45 | Howard Blake Howard Blake Howard Blake, OBE is an English composer , particularly noted for his film scores, although he is prolific in several fields of classical and light music... |
| 11 | Building the Snowman | 1:35 | Howard Blake |
| 12 | The Snowman's Music Box Dance | 2:15 | Howard Blake |
| 13 | Love Song to a Ballerina | 2:58 | Mark Isham Mark Isham Mark Isham is an American trumpeter, synthesist, and film composer. He works in a variety of genres, including jazz, electronic, and film.-Life and career:... |
| 14 | Lights in the Sky | 1:41 | George Winston |
| 15 | Japanese Music Box (Itsuki No Komoriuta) | 2:11 | Traditional Japanese |
| 16 | Night Sky | 2:56 | George Winston |