1. Tramarack Pines - George Winston, Reich, Steve
2. Forbidden Forest
3. Troubadour - George Winston, Barry, John
4. The Cradle - George Winston, Young, Larry
5. Cloudy This Morning
6. Last Lullaby Here
7. Mon Enfant (My Child) - George Winston, Traditional
8. Returning
9. Graceful Ghost - George Winston, Bolcom, William
10. Walking in the Air - George Winston, Blake, Howard
11. Building the Snowman
12. The Snowman's Music Box Dance
13. Love Song to a Ballerina - George Winston, Isham, Mark
14. Lights in the Sky
15. Japanese Music Box (Itsuki No Komoriuta) - George Winston, Traditional
16. Night Sky
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Don't let the incessant tinkle-pounding of the opener "Tamarack Pines" detour you from Forest. It's a lovely CD that meanders like a Montanan stream through the poetry of Winston's signature cinematic style. "Forbidden Forest" gently muses with an introspective, solitary air, while "Cloudy This Morning" emulates the varying shades of gray melancholy that come with an overcast sky. These are some of Winston's best moments, when his inspiration sings through his fingers and pierces the listener's soul, forcing an aching response void of language or any conscious behavior. Winston's choice of covers reflects this transcendent, poetic tension well. Unlike the more rural Plains, where several covers come across clearly as another artist's voice, the majority of covers on Forest--particularly those of Howard Blake's music to The Snowman--match Winston's emotive paintings of sound. Forest is a beautiful collection that does justice to the sublime mystique of its namesake. --Karen K. Hugg
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Forest
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1994-10-11)
- Publisher: Windham Hill Records
- Label: Windham Hill Records
- Studio: Windham Hill Records
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 22 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #4705
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Summary: George Winston - Forest 2008-02-17
Comment: Typical G. Winston. Great background music for reading and relaxing. Though, I like Autumn and Spring better.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: More from the Great George Winston 2007-08-11
Comment: Forest, by brilliant solo pianist George Winston, is another sold entry in a brilliant musical catalogue. Though I intially found the first song rather off-putting, this CD has become more and more enjoyable with subsequent listenings. Taken as a whole, the CD is a solid 4 star experience.
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Summary: My favorite George Winston CD 2005-12-07
Comment: I have all of George Winston's solo albums (right up to the recent Montana disc) and of them all, this is probably my favorite, with "Linus and Lucy" the other candidate. The pieces are beautiful and haunting--especially the suite of pieces from the animated short "The Snowman." This disc is worth the price for those few tracks alone. Sometims I just put on "Walking in the Air" and set the CD player to repeat the track three or four times in a row. I don't consider myself a "new-age" music fan; a lot of it just sounds too corny to me--as if it's trying to be more profound than it is. Somehow, George Winston manages to escape the new-age clichés; his style has more than a hint of jazz (surely the result of his Fats Waller and stride influences) and I get something out of his performances that I don't with most other Windham Hill or Narada artists. When I bought this CD nearly ten years ago, I played it frequently for many months. Long after most other discs go to my shelf, in all likelihood never to be heard again, I still pull "Forest" out several times a year--on a snowy night with a mug of hot chocolate, a cool afernoon while studying, or even just doing work around the house. It's a beautiful CD, and my favorite among George Winston's many fine recordings. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Vintage George Winston. 2005-10-22
Comment: I am very suprised at some of the criticisms here of this CD.....but I can certainly understand that some people somehow just don't "dig" this type of new age piano playing.
In any case, this is absolutely one of Winston's best recordings, with all his classic trademark characteristics such as the wonderfully executed blurred progressions via continuous pedal. The entire CD evokes a strongly reminiscent mood. The first two tracks in particular are certainly the most New Age/minimalist of them all, but they are still wonderfully effective, if not experimental. The three arrangements of music from Howard Blake's "The Snowman" are particularly intimate and effective.
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Summary: Enchanting and Soothing 2004-08-21
Comment: George Winston is one of the most sensitive and feeling pianists in modern piano music, and nowhere is it more evident than in Forest. I have had this CD since its original release in 1994, and 10 years later I still listen to it probably once every 2-3 weeks. His interperetations and his originals transcend any words. The music is magical, and is very, very relaxing.
In short-BUY THIS CD!!!
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