A Night in Rivendell

A Night in Rivendell
A Night in Rivendell
Studio album by The Tolkien Ensemble
Released	April 2000
Recorded	1998–99
Studio	Focus Recording, Kastels Kirken, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre	Classical
Length	54:16
Label	Classico
Producer	Morten Ryelund Sørensen
The Tolkien Ensemble chronology

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]

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 Gilthoniel..." (Caspar Reiff) – 2.09

Credits

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

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

^ 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.
^ Bolding, Ras (31 July 2000). "Musik: A Night in Rivendell" [Music: A Night in Rivendell] (in Danish). Imladris, The Danish Tolkien Association.

[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.

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