Forest (George Winston album)

Forest
Forest
Studio album by George Winston
Released	October 11, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Folk; ambient; new age;
Length	45:48
Label	Windham Hill, Dancing Cat
Producer	Howard Johnston, Cathy Econom, and George Winston
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Allmusic	^[1]

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.^[2] The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on December 21, 1994.^[3]

The track "Japanese Music Box (Itsuki No Komoriuta)" is based on a traditional Japanese lullaby "Itsuki Lullaby" that comes from Itsuki in southern Japan.

Track listing

All tracks are written by George Winston, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tamarack Pines"		5:49
2.	"Forbidden Forest"		2:32
3.	"Troubadour"	John Barry	1:56
4.	"The Cradle"	Larry Young (Khalid Yasin)	2:13
5.	"Cloudy This Morning"		2:43
6.	"Last Lullaby Here"		0:59
7.	"Mon Enfant (My Child)"	Traditional; arr. by George Winston	3:20
8.	"Returning"		0:40
9.	"Graceful Ghost"	William Bolcom	2:53
10.	"Walking in the Air"	Howard Blake	7:45
11.	"Building the Snowman"	Howard Blake	1:35
12.	"The Snowman's Music Box Dance"	Howard Blake	2:15
13.	"Love Song to a Ballerina"	Mark Isham	2:58
14.	"Lights in the Sky"		1:41
15.	"Japanese Music Box" ("Itsuki No Komoriuta")	Traditional Japanese	2:11
16.	"Night Sky"		2:56
Total length:			45:48

Chart (1994)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	62

v t e George Winston
Studio albums	Piano Solos (1972) Autumn (1980) Winter into Spring (1982) December (1982) Summer (1992) Forest (1994) Linus and Lucy: The Music of Vince Guaraldi (1996) Plains (1999) Remembrance: A Memorial Benefit (2001) Night Divides the Day: The Music of the Doors (2002) Montana: A Love Story (2004) Gulf Coast Blues and Impressions: A Hurricane Relief Benefit (2006) Love Will Come: The Music of Vince Guaraldi, Volume 2 (2010) Gulf Coast Blues and Impressions 2: A Louisiana Wetlands Benefit (2012) Harmonica Solos (2013) Spring Carousel: A Cancer Research Benefit (2017) Restless Wind (2019) Night (2022)
Soundtracks	The Velveteen Rabbit (1984) This is America Charlie Brown: The Birth of the Constitution (1988) Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (1995)
Singles	"Silent Night: A Benefit Single for Feeding America" (2013)