Songs From a Secret Garden

by Secret Garden

Songs From a Secret Garden cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 April 1996
  • Label: Philips
  • Country: Ireland
  • Length: 43:15
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Earning massive international acclaim following their Eurovision victory, the Irish-Norwegian duo debuted with this deeply atmospheric instrumental collection. The album utilizes weeping violin melodies and delicate piano phrasing to evoke incredibly somber, misty Celtic landscapes.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, instrumental, forest, atmospheric, piano, strings, ambient, gentle, melodic, folk

Tracklist

  1. Nocturne (3:13)
  2. Pastorale (3:50)
  3. Song From A Secret Garden (3:34)
  4. Sigma (3:08)
  5. Papillon (3:26)
  6. Serenade To Spring (3:15)
  7. Atlantia (2:59)
  8. Heartstrings (3:25)
  9. Adagio (2:55)
  10. The Rap (2:34)
  11. Chaconne (3:27)
  12. Cantoluna (3:32)
  13. Ode To Simplicity (3:53)

Credits

  • Secret Garden - primary artist
  • Jean Lechmar - clarinet
  • 脜sa Jinder - featuring, nyckelharpa [keyfiddle], featuring, nyckelharpa [keyharp]
  • Deirdre Brady - flute
  • Des Moore - guitar, mandolin
  • Andrea Marlish - harp
  • Bj酶rn Ole Rasch - keyboards [additional]
  • Jon Kjell Seljeseth - keyboards [additional]

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