Finally - after 20 years of success, 10 albums, over 5 million records sold all over the world, a vast number of Gold and Platinum awards as well as worldwide Top 10 positions and a recently handed over Gold Award for "Christmas Chants And Visions" - this is Gregorian and this is the time to fi nally release the fi rst ever released offi cial Best Of album, made of their best classics ad songs never released before. "Best Of Gregorian 1990-2010" refl ects 20 years of amazing success all over the world, combining not only the classics from "Masters of Chant", "Masters Of Chant Chapter II", "Masters Of Chant Chapter III", "Masters Of Chant Chapter IV", "Masters Of Chant Chapter V", "Masters Of Chant Chapter VI", "Masters Of Chant Chapter VII" and "The Dark Side". Besides the fi rst German hit single "Moment Of Peace" as well as all time favourites of mastermind Frank Peterson, the Best Of also includes 7 previously unreleased songs with "13 Sadness Pt1" being the fi rst ever world hit by Enigma (Frank Peterson's fi rst band) in a new Gregorian style. The opener "So Sad" is the fi rst ever original Gregorian song, unavailable on CD for nearly 20 years - taken from the fi rst ever released Gregorian album "Sadisfaction" (released by A&M in 1991), long way before the "Master Of Chant" series started. "Forever Young" as well as "Missing" were recorded during the "Masters Of Chant Chapter IV" sessions while "Let Down" was recorded during the sessions of "Masters Of Chant Chapter V" and "Crazy Crazy Night" during the sessions of "Masters Of Chant Chapter VII". All of those never released before will make the Best Of even better than usual Best Of albums you know from many other big artists. This is a collection of songs which will exceed all expectations. A must have for all Gregorian fans to complete their selection and "the one to start with" for the new fans! After the impressive list of awards, sales results and chart positions all over the world, Gregorian certainly needs no introduction. It is in fact a project that long has become a music genre itself. The sound of Gregorian refl ects various infl uences of it's mastermind, successful producer Frank Peterson (the real man behind Gregorian, Enigma and multi-million seller artist Sarah Brightman): the love for electronic music but also the grandiosity of the great 70s Rock bands, have often been covered in the various Gregorian volumes. Copied by many followers (most of them only trying to look as "the real one" and in some cases simply "stealing the idea" obtaining a good success, like the recently seen Cisterican Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz who sold in access of 850.000 copies worldwide, still far away from the million copies of Gregorian, but showing how much potential the concept still has). Even copied successfully, Gregorian remains the original.
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