Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (album)
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes | ||||
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Released | 1990 | |||
Genre | Children | |||
Length | 58:28 | |||
Label | Windham Hill, Dancing Cat, Sony | |||
Producer | George Levenson, Howard Johnston, George Winston[1] | |||
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Allmusic | [2] |
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is an album by pianist George Winston with narration by actress Liv Ullmann, released in 1995.[3] Winston's guitar solos also appear apart from the narration, which follows the true story of Sadako Sasaki, a victim of Hiroshima bombing. Suffering from radiation-induced leukemia, Sadako spent her time in a hospital folding origami paper cranes hoping to make a thousand of them and thereby receiving a wish, one she would use to heal and live.[4]
Track listing
All songs by George Winston unless otherwise noted.
Narration with solo guitar
- "Introduction/Transformation/Early One Morning/Running/Peace Park" – 3:51
- "Bells/Birds in Flight/Grandmother's Lament" – 1:39
- "The Race/Sadako's Lament/A New Year's Lullaby/Sadako's Lament II" (John Creger, Winston) – 5:28
- "A Good Luck Sign/The Magic of the Cranes/Folding Cranes" – 3:46
- "Meeting Kenji/Mon Enfant/Kenji's Lament/Star Island" – 4:27
- "Going Home/A Silk Kimono/Sadako's Lament III" – 6:02
- "This Is Our Cry/Epilogue" – 5:05
Solo guitar music only
- "Introduction/Transformation" – 46
- "Early One Morning (Sadako's Slack Key #1)" – 1:35
- "Running/Peace Park" – :54
- "Bells" – :18
- "Birds in Flight" (Traditional) – 2:07
- "Grandmother's Lament" – 48
- "The Race/Sadako's Lament" – 1:52
- "A New Year's Lullaby" (John Creger) – :59
- "Sadako's Lament II" – 1:24
- "A Good Luck Sign" – :49
- "The Magic of the Cranes" – :53
- "Folding Cranes" – 1:07
- "Meeting Kenji" – 2:14
- "Mon Enfant/Kenji's Lament/Star Island" (Traditional, Winston) – 3:11
- "Going Home" – 1:22
- "A Silk Kimono" – 1:16
- "Sadako's Lament III" – 2:07
- "This Is Our Cry" – 1:47
- "Epilogue (Sadako's Slack Key #2)" – 2:41
Personnel
- George Winston – piano, guitar
- Liv Ullmann – narration
See also
References
- ^ Album Liner Notes
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Allmusic entry for Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Retrieved February 2010.
- ^ Korte, Gregory (May 27, 2016). "To 1,000 cranes at Hiroshima, Obama adds two more". USA Today. Retrieved 20 May 2017.