An Evening in Rivendell

An Evening in Rivendell
Studio album by The Tolkien Ensemble
Released 30 September 1997
Recorded 1997
Studio Focus Recording, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Classical
Length 67:49
Label Classico
Producer Morten Ryelund Sørensen
The Tolkien Ensemble chronology
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 forms the first part of what was to become a complete musical interpretation of all lyrics in the book.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Verse of the Rings"Caspar Reiff4.06
2."The Old Walking Song, The Road..."Caspar Reiff4.58
3."Tom Bombadil's Song, Hey dol! Merry dol!"Peter Hall5.40
4."There is an inn, a merry old inn..."Caspar Reiff and Peter Hall4.58
5."Song of Beren and Lúthien"Caspar Reiff7.59
6."Galadriel's Song of Eldamar, I sang of leaves"Caspar Reiff6.23
7."Elven Hymn to Elbereth Gilthoniel, Snow-white! Snow-white!"Caspar Reiff5.31
8."The Ent and the Ent-wife"Caspar Reiff7.45
9."Sam's Rhyme of the Troll"Peter Hall5.19
10."Galadriel's Song of Eldamar, Ai! Laurië lantar..."Caspar Reiff6.10
11."Sam's Song in the Orc-tower"Caspar Reiff and Peter Hall5.20
12."The Old Walking Song, The Road...,Reprise"Caspar Reiff2.41

Credits

  • Peter Hall - 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

Production

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