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

J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...

's The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in...

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

Christopher Lee

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ is an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films...

 reciting the spoken poems - something that brought the ensemble to the attention of many internationally.

Track listing

1. "Verse of the Rings" (Caspar Reiff) - 1:20
2. "Song of Gondor" (Caspar Reiff) - 2:59
3. "A Walking Song
   A Walking Song
   "A Walking Song" is a poem in the form of a song from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings, originally published in three volumes. It appears in the third chapter of the novel, entitled "Three is Company"; usually as part of the first volume, The Fellowship of the Ring...
   
    (I)" (Peter Hall) - 2:50
4. "Warning of Winter" (Caspar Reiff) - 0:35
5. "Malbeth the Seer's Words" (Caspar Reiff) - 5:55
6. "A Drinking Song" (Peter Hall) - 2:46
7. "The Long List of the Ents, No. 1" (Peter Hall) - 2:17
8. "Éomer's Song" (Caspar Reiff) - 2:41
9. "Boromirs Riddle" (Caspar Reiff) - 0:34
10. "The Bath Song" (Peter Hall, Caspar Reiff) - 1:45
11. "Song of Lebennin" (Caspar Reiff) - 5:00
12. "Gandalf's Riddle of the Ents" (????) - 0:25
13. "Ho! Tom Bombadil" (Peter Hall) - 0:57
14. "The Riddle of Strider
    All that is Gold Does Not Glitter
    All that is gold does not glitter is a poem written by J. R. R. Tolkien for his fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. It alludes to an integral part of the plot. The poem reads:...
    
     (I)" (Caspar Reiff) - 0:57
15. "Song of Nimrodel" (Caspar Reiff) - 4:42
16. "Treebeard's Song" (Peter Hall) - 4:11
17. "Farewell Song of Merry and Pippin" (Peter Hall) - 3:09
18. "Athelas" (Caspar Reiff) - 0:35
19. "A Walking Song (II)" (Peter Hall) - 1:38
20. "An Elven Hymn to Elbereth Gilthoniel
    A Elbereth Gilthoniel
    A Elbereth Gilthoniel is an Elvish hymn to Varda in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.-The Hymn:There are three versions of this hymn, the first of which being the largest portion of Sindarin found in the novel:-Musical Versions:...
    
     (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
  Ulrik Cold
  Ulrik Cold was a Danish operatic bass. In 1963 he made his professional opera debut at the Royal Danish Theatre as Seneca in Claudio Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea...
  
   - 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
  Margrethe II of Denmark
  Margrethe II is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of Denmark. In 1972 she became the first female monarch of Denmark since Margaret I, ruler of the Scandinavian countries in 1375-1412 during the Kalmar Union.-Early life:...
  
  
• Cover Design: Dan Eggers and Connie B. Berentzen

External links

• Review of At Dawn In Rivendel from Scifi Dimensions
• Review of At Dawn In Rivendel from TheOneRing.net