At Dawn in Rivendell

Infobox Album
Name = At Dawn in Rivendell
Type = Studio Album
Artist = The Tolkien Ensemble


Background = Orange
Released = March 11 2003
Recorded = November. 2001 - September 2002 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre = Classical
Length = 53:09
Label = Decca
Producer = Morten Ryelund Sørensen
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bwn8b594zsqj link]
*Sci-Fi Weekly (B) [http://www.scifi.com/sfw/sound/sfw10178.html link]

Last album = "A Night in Rivendell"
(1999)
This album = "At Dawn in Rivendell"
(2003)
Next album = "Leaving Rivendell"
(2005)

"At Dawn In Rivendell" is the third 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 third part of what was to become a complete musical interpretation of all poems and songs in the book. It is also the first album to feature actor Christopher Lee reciting the spoken poems - something that brought the ensemble to the attention of many internationally.

Track listing

#"Verse of the Rings" (Caspar Reiff) - 1.20
#"Song of Gondor" (Caspar Reiff) - 2.59
#"A Walking Song (I)" (Peter Hall) - 2.50
#"Warning of Winter" (Caspar Reiff) - 0.35
#"Malbet the Seer's Words" (Caspar Reiff) - 5.55
#"A Drinking Song" (Peter Hall) - 2.46
#"The Long List of the Ents, No. 1" (Peter Hall) - 2.17
#"Éomer's Song" (Caspar Reiff) - 2.41
#"Boomirs Riddle" (Caspar Reiff) - 0.34
#"The Bath Song" (Peter Hall, Caspar Reiff) - 1.45
#"Song of Lebenin" (Caspar Reiff) - 5.00
#"Gandalf's Riddle to the Ents" (????) - 0.25
#"Ho! Tom Bombadil" (Peter Hall) - 0.57
#"The Riddle of Strider (I)" (Caspar Reiff) - 0.57
#"Song of Nimrodel" (Caspar Reiff) - 4.42
#"Treebeard's Song" (Peter Hall) - 4.11
#"Farewell Song of Merry and Pippin" (Peter Hall) - 3.09
#"Athelas" (Caspar Reiff) - 0.35
#"A Walking Song (II)" (Peter Hall) - 1.38
#"An Elven Hymn to Elbereth Gilthoniel (III)" (Caspar Reiff) - 7.44

Credits

*Peter Hal - vocal, guitar, mandolin, Penny-whistle, Frodo and Sam
*Caspar Reiff - guitar
*Morten Ryelund Sørensen - violin
*Øyvind Ougaard - 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 2. of Denmark
*Cover Design: Dan Eggers and Connie B. Berentzen

External links

* [http://www.scifidimensions.com/Apr03/rivendell.htm Review of At Dawn In Rivendel from Scifi Dimensions]
* [http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1052880686 Review of At Dawn In Rivendel from TheOneRing.net]