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/Süßer 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.