An Evening in Rivendell

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An Evening in Rivendell

Studio album by Tolkien Ensemble
Released	30. September 1997
Recorded	1997 at Focus Recording in Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre	Classical
Length	67:49
Label	Classico Records
Producer(s)	Morten Ryelund Sørensen
	An Evening in Rivendell (1997)	A Night in Rivendell (1999)

"An Evening In Rivendell" is the first 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 thus forms the first part of what was to become a complete musical interpretation of all lyrics in The Lord of the Rings.

1 Track Listing
2 Credits
3 Production
4 External Links

[edit] Track Listing

"Verse of the Rings" (Caspar Reiff) - 4.06
"The Old Walking Song, The Road..." (Caspar Reiff) - 4.58
"Tom Bombadil's Song, Hey dol! Merry dol!" (Peter Hall) - 5.40
"There is an in, a merry old inn..." (Caspar Reiff and Peter Hall) - 4.58
"Song of Beren and Lúthien" (Caspar Reiff) - 7.59
"Galadriel's Song of Eldamar, I sang of leaves" (Caspar Reiff) - 6.23
"Elven Hymn to Elbereth Gilthoniel, Snow-white! Snow-white!" (Caspar Reiff) - 5.31
"The Ent and the Ent-wife" (Caspar Reiff) - 7.45
"Sam's Rhyme of the Troll" (Peter Hall) - 5.19
"Galadirel's Song of Eldamar, Ai! Laurië lantar..." (Caspar Reiff) - 6.10
"Sam's Song in the Orc-tower" (Caspar Reiff and Peter Hall) - 5.20
"The Old Walking Song, The Road...,Reprise" (Caspar Reiff) - 2.41

[edit] Credits

Peter Hal - vocal, guitar, harmonica, penny-whistle, Frodo, Sam and Tom Bombadil
Caspar Reiff - guitar
Morten Ryelund Sørensen - violin
Øyvind Ougaard - Accordion
Morten Ernst Lassen - Aragorn
Signe Asmussen - Galadriel and Ent-wife
Mads Thiemann - Bilbo and Ent
Ole Jegindø Norup - Gildor
Melene Nordtorp - Goldberry
Torben H. S. Svendsen - double-bass
Peter Halaburt - oboe
Jesper Korneliussen - Vibraphone, Marimba, bells and chimes
Mette Tjærby - violin
Anne Eltard - folk-violin
Tom McEwan - percussion, spoons and dishes
Maria Boelskov - harp
Michael Friis - bass
Berit Johanson - piano
Nina Reintoft - cello
The Commotio quartet: Morten Ryelund, Mette Tjærby, Jørgen Eyvind Hansen and Nina Reintoft
Male choir: Steffen Bruun, Johnny Johansen, Anders Holte, Björn Tengstrand, Frank Sylvan, Morten Clausen, Jacob Ægidius, Morten Ryelund Sørensen, Torben Eskildsen and Caspar Reiff

[edit] Production

Musical Director: Morten Ryelund Sørensen
Producers: Caspar Reiff, Peter Hall and Morten Ryelund Sørensen
Engineering: Hans Nielsen and Saqib
Cover Illustration: Queen Margrethe 2. of Denmark
Cover Design: Dan Eggers and Connie B. Berentzen

[edit] External Links

Review from Imladris - Denmarks Tolkien Association (in danish)

Discography
v • d • e Tolkien Ensemble
Caspar Reiff \| Peter Hall \| Signe Asmussen \| Öyvind Ougaard \| Katja Nielsen \| Morten Ryelund Sørensen
Guest Soloists: Malene Nordtorp \| Ole Jegindø Norup \| Mads Thiemann \| Morten Ernst Lassen \| Ulrik Cold \| Kurt Ravn \| Povl Dissing \| Tom McEwan \| Christopher Lee \| Jørgen Ditlevsen \| Nick Keir
Albums: An Evening in Rivendell \| A Night in Rivendell \| At Dawn in Rivendell \| Leaving Rivendell
Compilation: Complete Songs & Poems
Related articles
J. R. R. Tolkien \| Middle-earth \| The Lord of the Rings