Winter into Spring

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{{Infobox album

| name = Winter into Spring

| type = Studio Album

| artist = George Winston

| cover = Winter_into_Spring.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1982

| recorded = March 1982

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Folk|ambient|new age}}{{cite news|last1=Gabler|first1=Jay|title='Folk piano' by way of John Cage: George Winston defies musical stereotypes|url=http://www.classicalmpr.org/story/2013/12/23/george-winston-review|accessdate=13 July 2016|work=ClassicalMPR|date=December 24, 2013}}

| length = 43:45

| label = Windham Hill, Dancing Cat (rerelease)

| producer = William Ackerman

| prev_title = Autumn

| prev_year = 1980

| next_title = December

| next_year = 1982

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r83798|first=William|last=Ruhlmann}}

| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev2Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=779}}

}}

Winter into Spring is the third solo album of pianist George Winston, released in 1982. It was inspired by the transition of the seasons and was the follow-up to his 1980 album, Autumn. It was reissued on Winston's Dancing Cat label. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on December 17, 1987.{{cite web |title=George Winston |url=https://www.riaa.com/?s=George+Winston |website=RIAA |accessdate=3 September 2019}}

Track listing

{{track listing

| all_music = George Winston, except "O Mar", by Dorival Caymmi

| title1 = January Stars

| length1 = 6:32

| title2 = February Sea

| length2 = 5:15

| title3 = Ocean Waves (O Mar)

| length3 = 7:08

| note3 = "O Mar" is Portuguese for "The Sea"

| title4 = Reflection

| length4 = 2:40

| title5 = Rain

| length5 = 10:05

| note5 = Originally "Rain/Dance"

| title6 = Blossom/Meadow

| length6 = 4:13

| title7 = The Venice Dreamer Part One - Introduction

| length7 = 2:19

| title8 = The Venice Dreamer Part Two

| length8 = 5:46

}}

{{track listing

| headline = 2001 reissue bonus track

| title1 = (Love Echoes in the) Pine Hills

| length1 = 4:06

}}

Charts

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1984–85)

! Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|127|artist=George Winston}}
{{album chart|BillboardJazz|14|artist=George Winston}}

References