For her great christmas suprise, Sarah came up with an idea to release a special album this year: a christmas album! A mixture of well known German and international christmas song full of feelings (like White Christmas, Sweet Is The Song/S��er die Glocken nie klingen) and traditional songs (like Ave Maria) and smooth new compositions (like Why Does It Rain) all recorded in English.
"Working on Christmas In My Heart was a totally new experience for me. Working with traditional songs means you have to be very careful not to lose the original feel of the tracks. However, they shouldn't sound old-fashioned either and you should add your own touch into them. We often sat in the studio till late at night working on the ideas. I wanted an album that shows the traditional songs in a modern way, wiping the dust off. Then we should add our own compositions to that without breaking the feel of the old songs. It wasn't easy, but I think we can be very, very proud of the result."
Christmas In My Heart is Sarah Connor's fifth album. And with this album, a circle will also close, as it was a christmas song that earned her a recording deal!
A recording with Sarah singing Leise Rieselt Der Schnee without any instrumental support landed in George Gluecks hands as a coinsidence. The succesful producer was so amazed by Sarah's voice that at the time 19-year-old Sarah signed a recording deal with her record company X-Cell a few months later!
Because of this, the song simply can't be missing from Sarah's christmas album. A New Kingdom is Sarah's very own interpretation of the German christmas classic!
On November 25th a single called Christmas In My Heart will be released from an album with the same title. The ballad was again produced by Sarah's hit team Kay D. & Rob Tyger.