Performer: George Winston
Genre: Classical
Album: December
Released: 1983
Style: Contemporary
MP3 version ZIP size: 1930 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1907 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1579 mb
Rating: 4.7
Votes: 905
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Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Thanksgiving	4:04
2	Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head Written-By [Appalachian Carol] – Traditional	2:40
3	Joy	3:13
4	Prelude	1:16
5	Carol Of The Bells Engineer – Karen KirschWritten-By [Ukrainian Carol] – Traditional	9:47
Night
6	Night Part One: Snow	1:51
7	Night Part Two: Midnight	1:56
8	Night Part Three: Minstrels Arranged By – Malcolm DalglishWritten-By [Greek Children's New Year's Carol] – Traditional	2:00
9	Variations On The Kanon By Johann Pachelbel Engineer – Karen KirschWritten-By – Johann Pachelbel	5:21
10	The Holy And The Ivy Written-By [English Carol] – Trad.*	4:52
11	Some Children See Him Composed By – Alfred S. Burt	3:43
12	Peace	4:02
Bonus Tracks
13	A Christmas Song Composed By – John BarryEngineer – Howard JohnstonEngineer [Additional Engineering] – Adam Muñoz, Justin Lieberman, Nancy Scharlau-Murman*, Tyler CrowderProducer – Cathy Econom, Howard Johnston	2:19
14	Sleep Baby Mine Composed By – Alfred Burt*Engineer – Howard JohnstonEngineer [Additional Engineering] – Adam Muñoz, Justin Lieberman, Nancy Scharlau-Murman*, Tyler CrowderProducer – Cathy Econom, Howard Johnston	4:08

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Compass Productions
• Manufactured By – Compass Productions
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Dancing Cat Music
• Copyright (c) – Dancing Cat Music
• Published By – Dancing Cat Music
• Published By – Imaginary Road Music
• Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering

Credits

• Arranged By – George Winston (tracks: 2, 3, 8 to 10, 12)
• Composed By – George Winston (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7, 12)
• Design – Anne Robinson , William Ackerman
• Engineer – Steven Miller (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 8, 10 to 12)
• Engineer [Assistant] – Karen Kirsch
• Layout [Special Edition] – Paul Jarman
• Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
• Photography By – Greg Edmonds
• Piano – George Winston
• Producer – George Winston, William Ackerman (tracks: 1 to 12)
• Remastered By – Howard Johnston

Notes

Digipak

Track 1 Inspired by friends and places of Miles City, Montana.

Track 2 An Appalachian carol of the late eighteen hundreds. Collected by the eminent folklorist John Jacob Niles.

Track 3 Inspired by an arrangement by guitarist David Qualey, from his album "Guitar Solo", on Telefunken Records, 6.23413 (German Import).

Track 4 Inspired by Vince Guaraldi. (1928-1976)

Track 5 A nineteenth century Ukrainian carol. This version was inspired by the Billings, Montana winters.

Night
Track 6: Part One: Snow
Track 7: Part Two: Midnight
Track 8: Part Three: Minstrels
Minstrels was inspired by St. Basil's Hymn, a traditional Greek Children's New Year's carol based upon a rendition by Malcolm Dalgish, from his album "Thunderhead", on Flying Fish Records, (FF-266).

Track 9 Composed circa 1699, the Kanon may have originated as a solo pipe organ piece.

Track 10 An eighteenth century English carol, based upon an earlier French carol. The middle section was partly influenced by the great modern composer Steve Reich.

Track 11 Composed in 1951 by jazz trumpeter Alfred S. Burt (1921 - 1954). Some Children See Him was one of fifteen carols written as gifts for friends. The piece was originally a song with lyrics by Wilha Hutson expressing the unconditional love present in children.

Track 12 Inspired by the composed Dominic Frontiere's soundtracks for the first year of the television series "The Outer Limits" from 1962-1963.

Track 13 This somg was originally a choral piece from the beautiful score of the 1972 film "The Last Valley".

Track 14 Composed in 1949, inspired by the birth of his daughter.

Recorded in September and October of 1982.
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA

Thanksgiving, Prelude, Snow, Midnight, and Peace composed by George Winston and published by Dancing Cat Music/Imaginary Road Music (BMI), administered by Wixen Music.
Some Children See Him published by Hollis Music Inc. (BMI)
Rest Your Head, Joy, Carol of the Bells, Minstrels, Variations on the Kanon by Pachelbel, and The Holly and the Ivy are in the public domain; published by Dancing Cat Music/Imaginary Road Music (BMI), administered by Wixen Music.
A Christmas Song published by Universal-MCA Music Publishing (ASCAP).
Sleep Baby Mine published by Hollis Music Inc. (BMI).

Special thanks to Steven Miller and Cathy Econom for their valuable contributions in production.

℗©2010 Compass Productions.
Made in Canada.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 96471 00530 5
• Matrix / Runout (Top): 53448 AB03488 Made in Canada
• Matrix / Runout: C0-ARC-2899-11496A
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 9B80

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
WH-1025	George Winston	December ‎(LP, Album)	Windham Hill Records	WH-1025	US	1982
C28Y5002	George Winston	December ‎(LP, Album)	Windham Hill Records	C28Y5002	Japan	1982
371 025-2	George Winston	December ‎(CD, Album)	Windham Hill Records	371 025-2	Germany	1984
L 38158	George Winston	December ‎(LP, Album)	Windham Hill Records	L 38158	New Zealand	1982
WHP-28005	George Winston	December ‎(LP, Album)	Windham Hill Records	WHP-28005	Japan	1982