20 Years of Narada Piano
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20 Years of Narada Piano is a 2001 compilation release by Narada
Narada Productions
Narada is a record label formed 1983 as an independent New Age music label and distributed by MCA Records. Now a fully owned subsidiary of EMI, Narada evolved through an expansion of formats to include music from other styles including world music, jazz, Celtic music, new flamenco, acoustic guitar...

. It peaked at #12 on Billboard's Top New Age album charts in the same year.

Track listing

  • 1.1 "Endings" – Michael Jones
    Michael Jones (new age pianist)
    Michael Jones is a New Age pianist, author, and lecturer.- Biography :Jones is a native of Ontario, Canada. His first album, Pianoscapes, was the first album released on the Narada record label.- Original discography :...

     – 5:33
  • 1.2 "Sunrise" – Kostia – 5:02
  • 1.3 "Dark Eyes" – Wayne Gratz – 4:07
  • 1.4 "Beloved" – David Lanz
    David Lanz
    David Lanz is a Grammy-nominated New Age pianist. His most popular album, Cristofori's Dream, topped the New Age charts in 1988, which was No. 1 on Billboard's first adult alternative/New Age chart for 27 weeks and eventually sold platinum. Natural States peaked at No...

     – 3:39
  • 1.5 "Water Circles" – Mia Jang
    Mia Jang
    Mia Jang is a contemporary musician. A classically trained pianist, she writes solo piano music in the ambient vein. A native of Taiwan who now lives in the United States, she has released two albums to date, Sweet Dreams in 1998 and Water Circles in 2000....

     – 4:40
  • 1.6 "Minor Truths" – Fred Simon – 2:25
  • 1.7 "Poetic Justice" – Sheila Larkin – 4:48
  • 1.8 "Bethel" – Paul Cardall
    Paul Cardall
    Paul Cardall is an American pianist.-History:Cardall says his earliest memories of music were songs learned in Primary....

     – 2:56
  • 1.9 "Orcas" – Michael Gettel – 3:49
  • 1.10 "Jonathan's Lullaby" – Ira Stein – 4:54
  • 1.11 "August 23, 1962" – Sheldon Mirowitz – 3:26
  • 1.12 "Innocence" – Spencer Brewer – 2:57
  • 1.13 "Watercolors" – Michael Gettel – 3:56
  • 1.14 "Good Question" – Wayne Gratz – 2:33
  • 1.15 "Flowers On The Water" – Kostia – 4:31
  • 1.16 "La Source" – Ira Stein – 2:07
  • 1.17 "Ghost Mountain" – Spencer Brewer – 4:47
  • 2.1 "Before The Last Leaf Falls" – David Lanz
    David Lanz
    David Lanz is a Grammy-nominated New Age pianist. His most popular album, Cristofori's Dream, topped the New Age charts in 1988, which was No. 1 on Billboard's first adult alternative/New Age chart for 27 weeks and eventually sold platinum. Natural States peaked at No...

     – 3:26
  • 2.2 "Diamonds For Stones" – Paul Cardall
    Paul Cardall
    Paul Cardall is an American pianist.-History:Cardall says his earliest memories of music were songs learned in Primary....

     – 2:42
  • 2.3 "First Light" – Michael Whalen – 2:33
  • 2.4 "Evening" – Michael Jones
    Michael Jones (new age pianist)
    Michael Jones is a New Age pianist, author, and lecturer.- Biography :Jones is a native of Ontario, Canada. His first album, Pianoscapes, was the first album released on the Narada record label.- Original discography :...

     – 5:07
  • 2.5 "Aspens In January" – Michael Gettel – 7:23
  • 2.6 "Lily Pond" – Mia Jang
    Mia Jang
    Mia Jang is a contemporary musician. A classically trained pianist, she writes solo piano music in the ambient vein. A native of Taiwan who now lives in the United States, she has released two albums to date, Sweet Dreams in 1998 and Water Circles in 2000....

     – 3:37
  • 2.7 "Ever After" – Keiko Matsui
    Keiko Matsui
    , born in Tokyo as Keiko Doi, is a Japanese smooth jazz/jazz fusion/new age/ keyboardist and composer whose career spans three decades, during which time she has released twenty CDs and has received international acclaim....

     – 5:44 (Additional performer – Bob James
    Bob James (musician)
    Robert McElhiney James is a jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer.-Biography:During the 1970s, Bob James played a major role in establishing the smooth jazz genre. "Angela", the instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi, is probably Bob James' most well-known work to date...

    )
  • 2.8 "Continuum" – Ira Stain – 3:06
  • 2.9 "Sister Bay" – Fred Simon – 2:23
  • 2.10 "Vesuvius" – David Lanz
    David Lanz
    David Lanz is a Grammy-nominated New Age pianist. His most popular album, Cristofori's Dream, topped the New Age charts in 1988, which was No. 1 on Billboard's first adult alternative/New Age chart for 27 weeks and eventually sold platinum. Natural States peaked at No...

     – 4:10
  • 2.11 "First Kiss" – David Arkenstone
    David Arkenstone
    David Arkenstone is an American New Age musician. His music is primarily instrumental, with occasional vocalizations. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 1, 1952. He has three children—Quillon, Dashiell and Valinor—with his first wife, Julie...

     – 3:25
  • 2.12 "The Glen
    The Glen
    "The Glen" is a composition by Bradley Joseph and is not included on any of his original albums. It was written exclusively for the 1998 Narada compilation album, "Stories", a Narada Artist Collection, in which "Extraordinary performers reveal their artistic inspirations in deeply personal...

    " – Bradley Joseph
    Bradley Joseph
    Bradley Joseph is an American composer, arranger, and producer of contemporary instrumental music. His compositions include works for orchestra, quartet, and solo piano, while his musical style ranges from "quietly pensive mood music to a rich orchestration of classical depth and breadth".Active...

     – 4:07
  • 2.13 "Turning" – Bob Read – 4:08
  • 2.14 "Return To Love" – Michael Jones
    Michael Jones (new age pianist)
    Michael Jones is a New Age pianist, author, and lecturer.- Biography :Jones is a native of Ontario, Canada. His first album, Pianoscapes, was the first album released on the Narada record label.- Original discography :...

     – 4:11
  • 2.15 "Light And Darkening" – Allaudin Mathieu – 7:16
  • 2.16 "Which Is Yes" – Spencer Brewer – 4:07
  • 2.17 "Strawberry Fields Forever" – David Lanz
    David Lanz
    David Lanz is a Grammy-nominated New Age pianist. His most popular album, Cristofori's Dream, topped the New Age charts in 1988, which was No. 1 on Billboard's first adult alternative/New Age chart for 27 weeks and eventually sold platinum. Natural States peaked at No...

     (Composers: Lennon/McCartney
    Lennon/McCartney
    The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history...

    ) – 3:53

See also

  • Grand Piano (Narada Anniversary Collection)
    Grand Piano (Narada Anniversary Collection)
    Grand Piano is a 1997 compilation release by Narada. It peaked at #10 on Billboard's Top New Age album charts in the same year.From album liner:...

  • Narada Smooth Jazz
    Narada Smooth Jazz
    Narada Smooth Jazz is a 1997 compilation release by Narada. It peaked at #25 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums in the same year.-Track listing:*1.01 "Redwood/Nocturne" – Spencer Brewer – 4:20...

  • The Next Generation - Narada Sampler
    The Next Generation - Narada Sampler
    The Next Generation - Explore Our World is a 1997 Narada sampler introducing their "Next Generation" of artists.-Track listing:#Jesse Cook Introduction – 0:52#"Mario Takes A Walk" – Jesse Cook – 3:47...

  • Stories (Narada Artist Collection)
    Stories (Narada Artist Collection)
    Stories is a 1998 compilation release by Narada."Extraordinary performers reveal their artistic inspirations in deeply personal instrumental memoirs".-Track listing:#"Bahama" – Artie Traum – 4:26...

  • Narada Film and Television Music Sampler
    Narada Film and Television Music Sampler
    Narada Films and Television Music Sampler is a 2003 U.S. EMI Film & TV Music publishing 2CD sampler that represents an overview of the Narada catalog, demonstrating the breadth and diversity of the Narada roster.-Disc One:...


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