A Night in Rivendell
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A Night In Rivendell is the second album by the Danish group The Tolkien Ensemble. It features songs composed to the lyrics found in J. R. R. Tolkien
's The Lord of the Rings
and forms the second part of what was to become a complete musical interpretation of all lyrics in the book.
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...
's The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in...
and forms the second part of what was to become a complete musical interpretation of all lyrics in the book.
Track listing
- "A Rhyme of Lore" (Caspar Reiff) – 2.03
- "Gandalf's Song of Lórien" (Caspar Reiff) – 3.13
- "Lament of the Rohirrim" (Caspar Reiff) – 3.05
- "Frodo's Lament for Gandalf" (Peter Hall) – 5.46
- "Bilbo's Song" (Caspar Reiff) – 3.59
- "Gollums Song/Riddle" (Caspar Reiff) – 3.46
- "Lament for Boromir" (Caspar Reiff) – 8.23
- "Song in the Woods" (Peter Hall) – 1.44
- "The Fall of Gil-galad" (Peter Hall) – 3.38
- "Lament for Théoden" (Caspar Reiff) – 9.34
- "Song of the Mounds of Mundborg" (Caspar Reiff) – 5.55
- "Elven Hymn to Elbereth Gilthoniel, A Elbereth GilthonielA Elbereth GilthonielA Elbereth Gilthoniel is an Elvish hymn to Varda in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.-The Hymn:There are three versions of this hymn, the first of which being the largest portion of Sindarin found in the novel:-Musical Versions:...
..." (Caspar Reiff) – 2.09
Credits
- Peter Hal – vocal, guitar, mandolin, Penny-whistle, Frodo and Sam
- Caspar Reiff – guitar
- Morten Ryelund Sørensen – violin
- Øyvind Ougaard – Accordion
- Morten Ernst Lassen – Aragorn
- Signe Asmussen – voice of Rivendell and Galadriel
- Mads Thiemann – Bilbo
- Ulrik ColdUlrik ColdUlrik Cold was a Danish operatic bass. In 1963 he made his professional opera debut at the Royal Danish Theatre as Seneca in Claudio Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea...
– Gandalf - Kurt Ravn – Legolas
- Povl Dissing – Gollum
- Gabriella Persson – Bassoon
- Torben H. S. Svendsen – Double-bass
- Kresten Stubbe Teglbjerg – Piano
- Francis norén – voices
- Morten Kramp – voices
- String quartet: Morten Ryelund, Mette Tjærby, Jørgen Eyvind Hansen and Dorthe Buch-Andersen
- The Chamber Choir Hymnia conducted by Flemming Windekilde
Production
- Musical Director: Morten Ryelund Sørensen
- Producers: Caspar Reiff, Peter Hall and Morten Ryelund Sørensen
- Engineering: Hans Nielsen and Viggo Mangor
- Cover Illustration: Queen Margrethe II of DenmarkMargrethe II of DenmarkMargrethe II is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of Denmark. In 1972 she became the first female monarch of Denmark since Margaret I, ruler of the Scandinavian countries in 1375-1412 during the Kalmar Union.-Early life:...
- Cover Design: Dan Eggers and Connie B. Berentzen