The Lord of the Rings: Complete Songs & Poems (4CD Box) (Album)

Tolkien Ensemble & Christopher Lee

Temporary releasedate: 2006-05-02

Price € 56.95

This 4 CD BOX contains the worlds first complete musical interpretation of the poems from J. R. R. Tolkien's masterpiece The Lord of the Rings. With permission from The Tolkien Estate 14 soloists and over 150 professional musicians take part in this major project.

The world famous actor Christopher Lee, known from George Lucas' "Star Wars" and Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" is narrator throughout the 4 CDs and even sings the character of Treebeard.

Here's the chance to discover The Lord of the Rings in a new and exciting way from the cheerful folktunes in the beginning to the dramatic pieces in the end as the story develops.

As a special feature the booklet is illustrated by her majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. This is the first time her original illustrations are published.

Tracks

Disc 1

1

The Fellowship of the Ring: The Old Walking Song (
2

Verse of the Rings (I)
3

The Old Walking Song (II)
4

A Walking Song (I)
5

Elven Hymn to Elbereth Gilthoniel (I)
6

A Drinking Song
7

The Bath Song
8

Farewell Song of Merry and Pippin
9

Song in the Woods
10

Tom Bombadil's Song (I)
11

Song to Goldberry

12

Tom Bombadil's Song (II)
13

Tom Bombadil's Song (III)
14

Ho! Tom Bombadil (I)
15

Wight's Chant
16

Ho! Tom Bombadil (II)
17

Tom Bombadil's Song (IV)
18

There is an inn, a merry old inn...
19

The Riddle of Strider (I)
20

The Fall of Gil-galad
21

Song of Beren and Lúthien

Disc 2

1

The Fellowship of the Ring, continued: Sam's Rhyme
2

Song of Eärendil
3

Elven Hymn to Elbereth Gilthoniel (II)
4

Boromir's Riddle
5

The Riddle of Strider (II)
6

Verse of the Rings (II)
7

Warning of Winter

8

Bilbo's Song
9

Song of Durin
10

Song of Nimrodel
11

Frodo's Lament for Gandalf
12

Galadriel's Song of Eldamar (I)
13

Song of the Elves beyond the Sea / Galadriel's Son
14

Song of the Elves beyond the Sea, Translation: Gal

Disc 3

1

The Two Towers: Lament for Boromir
2

Song of Gondor
3

The Long List of the Ents (I)
4

Treebeard's Song
5

The Ent and the Entwife
6

Bregalad's Song
7

The Ents' Marching Song
8

Galadriel's Messages
9

Lament of the Rohirrim

10

Gandalf's Song of Lórien
11

Call to Arms of the Rohirrim
12

Gandalf's Riddle of the Ents
13

The Long List of the Ents (II)
14

A Rhyme of Lore
15

Gollum's Song / Riddle
16

Oliphaun
17

Sam's invocation of Elven Hymn to Elbereth Gilthon

Disc 4

1

The Return of the King: Malbeth the Seer's Words
2

Lament for Théoden
3

Théoden's Battle Cry
4

At Théoden's Death
5

Snowmane's Epitaph
6

Éomer's Song
7

Song of the Mounds of Mundburg
8

Athelas
9

Song of Lebennin

10

Sam's Song in the Orc-tower
11

Long live the Halflings!
12

Legolas's Song of the Sea
13

The Eagle's Song
14

Burial Song of Théoden
15

The Old Walking Song (III)
16

A Walking Song (II)
17

Elven Hymn to Elbereth Gilthoniel (III)

Fact

Composer:		Title:	The Lord of the Rings: Complete Songs & Poems (4CD Box)
Label:	MEMBRAN	Distributor:	MusikkLosen
Format:	Album	Release date:	2006-05-02
Delivery time:	Out of stock	Catalog number:	MUL-22352-0
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