A Night in Rivendell

Summary

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.[1][2]

A Night in Rivendell
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 2000
Recorded1998–99
StudioFocus Recording, Kastels Kirken, Copenhagen, Denmark
GenreClassical
Length54:16
LabelClassico
ProducerMorten Ryelund Sørensen
The Tolkien Ensemble chronology
An Evening in Rivendell
(1997)
A Night in Rivendell
(2000)
At Dawn in Rivendell
(2003)

Track listing edit

  1. "A Rhyme of Lore" (Caspar Reiff) – 2.03
  2. "Gandalf's Song of Lórien" (Caspar Reiff) – 3.13
  3. "Lament of the Rohirrim" (Caspar Reiff) – 3.05
  4. "Frodo's Lament for Gandalf" (Peter Hall) – 5.46
  5. "Bilbo's Song" (Caspar Reiff) – 3.59
  6. "Gollums Song/Riddle" (Caspar Reiff) – 3.46
  7. "Lament for Boromir" (Caspar Reiff) – 8.23
  8. "Song in the Woods" (Peter Hall) – 1.44
  9. "The Fall of Gil-galad" (Peter Hall) – 3.38
  10. "Lament for Théoden" (Caspar Reiff) – 9.34
  11. "Song of the Mounds of Mundborg" (Caspar Reiff) – 5.55
  12. "Elven Hymn to Elbereth Gilthoniel, A Elbereth Gilthoniel..." (Caspar Reiff) – 2.09

Credits edit

  • Peter Hall – vocal, guitar, mandolin, Penny-whistle, Frodo and Sam
  • Caspar Reiff [es] - guitar
  • Morten Ryelund Sørensen - violin
  • Øyvind Ougaard [da] - Accordion
  • Morten Ernst Lassen – Aragorn
  • Signe Asmussen – voice of Rivendell and Galadriel
  • Mads Thiemann – Bilbo
  • Ulrik Cold – 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 edit

  • 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 Denmark
  • Cover Design: Dan Eggers and Connie B. Berentzen

References edit

  1. ^ A selection of independent international reviews is given at Weichmann, Christian. "The Lord of the Rings: Complete Songs and Poems (4-CD-Box)". The Tolkien Ensemble. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  2. ^ Bolding, Ras (31 July 2000). "Musik: A Night in Rivendell" [Music: A Night in Rivendell] (in Danish). Imladris, The Danish Tolkien Association.