The winner of the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest, group Secret Garden from Norway, has released a brand new album entitled “Just the Two of Us”.
It is the first new recording from the duo, Rolf Løvland and Fionnula Sherry, in two years. It is the group’s eleventh album to date and was released throughout Norway yesterday. The album sees a clash of both the piano and violin. It features fifteen songs and was completed in October.
Thirteen songs have been previously released but are featured on the album with new arrangements while two are completely new.
Secret Garden won the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Nocturne”. “Just the Two of Us” will have an international release, the first for the duo since “Songs from a Secret Garden” was released worldwide following their Eurovision success.
From official Secret Garden website and Facebook :
For years we’ve talked about doing an album of our duets. Our music always starts with just the two of us - Rolf & Fionnuala; even when
we’re performing with a full production on stage. So it feels natural and good to perform some of our music in the most intimate and stripped-down version - that musical place where Secret Garden was born. This is the theme of our new album.
The album was prepared during the spring of 2013 and recorded soon after the summer here in Norway. We decided to build this album mostly on previously recorded pieces – the new element is the duo arrangements. But two new pieces were written in the process and found their way into the album.
The album will first be released in Norway in late December or early January. Many other territories will follow over the coming months. We will update you on the release plans here on our website…