A Night in Rivendell explained

A Night in Rivendell
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Tolkien Ensemble
Cover:	A_Night_In_Rivendell_Albumcover.jpg
Released:	April 2000
Recorded:	1998–99
Studio:	Focus Recording, Kastels Kirken, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre:	Classical
Length:	54:16
Label:	Classico
Producer:	Morten Ryelund Sørensen
Prev Title:	An Evening in Rivendell
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	At Dawn in Rivendell
Next Year:	2003

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

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

• Peter Hall – vocal, guitar, mandolin, Penny-whistle, Frodo and Sam
• - guitar
• Morten Ryelund Sørensen - violin
• - 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

Notes and References

1. A selection of independent international reviews is given at Web site: Weichmann . Christian . The Lord of the Rings: Complete Songs and Poems (4-CD-Box) . The Tolkien Ensemble . 13 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161027034047/http://www.tolkien-ensemble.net/rezensionen/rezensionen.html . 27 October 2016 . English.
2. Web site: Bolding . Ras . Musik: A Night in Rivendell . da . Music: A Night in Rivendell . Imladris, The Danish Tolkien Association . 31 July 2000.