December (Remastered) George Winston

• 1 Thanksgiving 04:08
• 2 Rest Your Head 02:37
• 3 Joy 03:15
• 4 Prelude 01:16
• 5 Carol of the Bells 04:00
• 6 Night, Pt. 1: Snow 01:56
• 7 Night, Pt. 2: Midnight 01:54
• 8 Night, Pt. 3: Minstrels 02:16
• 9 Variations on the Kanon 05:23
• 10 The Holly and The Ivy 04:56
• 11 Some Children See Him 03:52
• 12 Peace 04:06
• Total Runtime 39:39

Info for December (Remastered)

George Winstons Hommage an die Wintersaison, December, aus dem Jahr 1982 hat sich mehr als 3 Millionen Mal verkauft und wurde von der RIAA mit Dreifach-Platin ausgezeichnet. Ein Beweis für die anhaltende Anziehungskraft und Bedeutung von December ist, dass das Album 2009 und 2012 - dreißig Jahre nach seiner ersten Veröffentlichung - in den Billboard Top Holiday Albums Charts auftauchte.

"December ist etwas Besonderes, da es Winston gelang, Windham Hill ins Rampenlicht zu bringen, und da es das New Age Album ist, das am ehesten seinen Weg in alle Arten von Musiksammlungen fand. Obwohl es an den Feiertagen erbarmungslos immer und immer wieder gespielt wird, hat sich diese Piano-Soloaufnahme im Laufe der Jahre gut gehalten. Winston macht aus Feiertags-Hits und Originalkompositionen eine hinreißende Aussage unserer Zeit. Sein sparsamer, zurückhaltender Stil fängt den Geist dieser dunklen Jahreszeit ein und nutzt breit angelegten Nachhall, um Raum für Nachdenklichkeit zu schaffen. Die gradlinige Einfachheit des Albums vermittelt die Festlichkeit und Ruhe, die am besten zum Geist des Weihnachtsfestes passen." (Richard Price)

George Winston, Klavier

Digitally remastered

George Winston (1949-2023)
We are deeply saddened to share the news that George Winston has passed on after a 10-year battle with cancer. George quietly and painlessly left this world while asleep on Sunday, June 4, 2023.

George courageously managed serious cancers, including having a successful bone marrow transplant for Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) in 2013 at City of Hope, in Duarte, California, that gratefully extended his life by 10 years. Throughout his cancer treatments, George continued to write and record new music, and he stayed true to his greatest passion: performing for live audiences while raising funds for Feeding America to help fight the national hunger crisis along with donating proceeds from each of his concerts to local food banks. Across an illustrious career spanning more than 50 years, George’s music first became known and loved by his fans with the release of his two most iconic albums, Autumn (1980) and December (1982). George's recordings evolved with the times while garnering a GRAMMY Award for Forest (plus five GRAMMY nominations) and selling over 15 million albums. George touched the hearts of generations with his acclaimed solo acoustic piano compositions. From his early days in Montana, Mississippi and Florida, to his later life living in the San Francisco Bay Area and touring to cities worldwide, America’s beautiful landscapes and natural seasons shaped his singular instrumental folk piano. With 16 solo piano albums to his name, George recorded brilliant piano music, which includes tribute recordings for Vince Guaraldi, The Doors, a Hurricane Katrina relief benefit, Gulf Coast and Louisiana Wetlands benefits, September 11 benefit, a cancer research benefit for City of Hope, the Peanuts episode “This Is America Charlie Brown: The Birth Of The Constitution,” among others. George’s legacy includes his beloved catalog as well as an archive of his own acoustic guitar and harmonica recordings, and albums by an array of Hawaiian slack key artists on his own record label, Dancing Cat Records. George is pre-deceased by his parents, George and Mary Winston, and is survived by his sister, niece and nephew.

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