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]

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Soundtrack album by George Winston, Liv Ullmann
Released	1990
Genre	Children Ambient New Age
Length	58:28
Label	Windham Hill, Dancing Cat, Sony
Producer	George Levenson, Howard Johnston, George Winston[1]
George Winston chronology
Forest (1994) Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (1990) Linus and Lucy: The Music of Vince Guaraldi (1996)

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Track listing

All songs by George Winston unless otherwise noted.

Narration with solo guitar

1. "Introduction/Transformation/Early One Morning/Running/Peace Park" – 3:51
2. "Bells/Birds in Flight/Grandmother's Lament" – 1:39
3. "The Race/Sadako's Lament/A New Year's Lullaby/Sadako's Lament II" (John Creger, Winston) – 5:28
4. "A Good Luck Sign/The Magic of the Cranes/Folding Cranes" – 3:46
5. "Meeting Kenji/Mon Enfant/Kenji's Lament/Star Island" – 4:27
6. "Going Home/A Silk Kimono/Sadako's Lament III" – 6:02
7. "This Is Our Cry/Epilogue" – 5:05

Solo guitar music only

1. "Introduction/Transformation" – 46
2. "Early One Morning (Sadako's Slack Key #1)" – 1:35
3. "Running/Peace Park" – :54
4. "Bells" – :18
5. "Birds in Flight" (Traditional) – 2:07
6. "Grandmother's Lament" – 48
7. "The Race/Sadako's Lament" – 1:52
8. "A New Year's Lullaby" (John Creger) – :59
9. "Sadako's Lament II" – 1:24
10. "A Good Luck Sign" – :49
11. "The Magic of the Cranes" – :53
12. "Folding Cranes" – 1:07
13. "Meeting Kenji" – 2:14
14. "Mon Enfant/Kenji's Lament/Star Island" (Traditional, Winston) – 3:11
15. "Going Home" – 1:22
16. "A Silk Kimono" – 1:16
17. "Sadako's Lament III" – 2:07
18. "This Is Our Cry" – 1:47
19. "Epilogue (Sadako's Slack Key #2)" – 2:41

Personnel

• George Winston – piano, guitar
• Liv Ullmann – narration

See also

• Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

References

External links

• Liner Notes