''Songs from a Secret Garden'' is the first international album by Secret Garden. Released in 1996, it includes the

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winning song of the

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Reception

The

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reviewer Carol Wright awarded the album 4 stars, and it achieved platinum awards in

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. It stayed on the Billboard New Age chart for 101 weeks. The track "Song from a Secret Garden" became famous in Korea by being featured in the drama 젊은이의 양지 (which means "Sunny Spots (or Places) of the Young") in 1995 and was also used in the 2018 Italian drama film ''Vittima della mia libertà'' ("Victim of my freedom") by Davide Guida. Another track from the album, "Adagio", was featured in the 2004

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''. Another 1997 Hong Kong ATV drama 天長地久("Fated Love") also featured several tracks from this album, including "Song from a Secret Garden", "Adagio", "Serenade to Spring" and "Papillon". The title track was covered by Greek

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''.

Track listing

All songs and arrangements by

Rolf Løvland Rolf Undsæt Løvland (born 19 April 1955) is a Norwegian composer, lyricist, arranger, and pianist. Together with Fionnuala Sherry, he formed the Celtic-Nordic group Secret Garden, in which he was the composer, producer, and keyboardist. He beg ...

, except where noted

In Korea

In Korea, "Serenade to Spring" was given a lyric and is sung under the name of "10월의 어느 멋진 날에" which means "One Fine Day in October". A popular baritone in Korea, Kim Dong-kyu sang the song on TV and a few professional singers sung in duo.

Republish

In December 2010, Universal Music Group started to publish this album again in K2HD CD format by technology of K2HD by JVC. Since 100 kHz 24bit sound signal is processed during remastering by K2HD technology, high frequency is highlighted, especially in the better sound quality of violin.

Personnel

Fionnuala Sherry Fionnuala Sherry (born 20 September 1962) is an Irish violinist and vocalist. Together with Norwegian musician Rolf Løvland, she makes up the Celtic-Nordic group Secret Garden, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the predominantly ...

– Violin *

– Piano & keyboards *

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– Guitar & mandolin *Andrea Marlish – Harp *

Bjørn Ole Rasch Bjørn Ole Rasch (born 28 July 1959) is a Norwegian artist (keyboards performer), composer, arranger and producer. He is a professor of popular music at the Agder University College. With his wife, Annbjørg Lien, he runs the Kongshavn Studios in ...

& Jon Kjell Seljeseth – Additional keyboards *

Davy Spillane Davy Spillane (born 1959 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician, songwriter and a player of uilleann pipes and low whistle. Biography Irish music At the age of 12, Spillane started playing the uilleann pipes. His father encouraged him an ...

– Bagpipes (Uilleann pipe) & low whistle (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10 & 11) *

Hans Fredrik Jacobsen Hans Fredrik Jacobsen (born 8 September 1954) is a Norwegian musician and composer, best known for his work with his wife, the traditional folk singer Tone Hulbækmo, and with the medieval music group Kalenda Maya, as well as his concert and stu ...

– Whistle & Norwegian whistle (tracks: 1, 6, 7 & 10) * Asa Jinder – Keyfiddle & keyharp (tracks: 1, 7 & 10) *

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– Oboe, English Horn (tracks: 3, 9 & 11) *Rhonan Sugrue – Soprano Vocals (boy) (track: 4) * Gunnhild Tvinnereim – Vocals (track: 1) *Deirdre Brady – Flute (track: 5) *Jean Lechmar – Clarinet (track: 12) *Noel Eccles – Percussion (track: 10) *Irish National Chamber Choir – Choir (track: 4) *

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– Orchestra

Credits

*Scott Townsend – Cover design *Conal Markey & Conan Doyle – Assistant engineer *Andrew Boland – Recording engineer *Oskar P. Sveinsson – Recording engineer & mixing *David Agnew (track: 4) & Petter Skavlan (track: 1) – Lyrics *Erik Avnskog &

Jan Erik Kongshaug Jan Erik Kongshaug (4 July 1944 – 5 November 2019) was a Norwegian sound engineer, jazz guitarist, and composer. Career Kongshaug was born in Trondheim, the son of guitarist John Kongshaug. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) During his chi ...

– Mixing *John Tate – Additional Orchestra Conductor *Mick Hales – Cover photography – Mick Hales *Rolf Løvland – Producer, arranger, conductor & mixing

Notes

℗ 1995 PolyGram A/S Norway

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

Listen demo album ''Songs from a Secret Garden''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Songs from a Secret Garden 1995 albums Secret Garden (duo) albums