Length 47:20 Artist Secret Garden Label Philips Records | Songs from a Secret Garden (1996) White Stones (1997) Release date 1995 Producer Rolf Løvland | |
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Released April 16, 1996 (1996-04-16) Genres New-age music, Neoclassical new-age music Similar Secret Garden albums, New-age music albums | ||
Secret garden nocturne
Songs from a Secret Garden is the first international album by Secret Garden. Released in 1996, it includes the Norwegian winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, "Nocturne".
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic reviewer Carol Wright awarded the album 4 stars, and it achieved platinum awards in Norway and South Korea. 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. Another track from the album, «Adagio», was featured in the 2004 Wong Kar-wai film 2046.
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
Credits
Songs
1Atlantia2:59
2Adagio2:55
3Nocturne3:13