Forest (George Winston album)

Forest
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 11, 1994 (1994-10-11)
Recorded1994
Genre
Length45:48
LabelWindham Hill, Dancing Cat
ProducerHoward Johnston, Cathy Econom, and George Winston
George Winston chronology
Summer
(1991)
Forest
(1994)
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Charts & Awards by Forest (allmusic)
  3. ^ "American album certifications – George Winston – Forest". Recording Industry Association of America.