Paul Corfield Godfrey - Beren and Luthien: Epic Scenes from The Silmarillion after the mythology of J.R.R. Tolkein, Part Two [CD]

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Following the successful release last year of The Fall of Gondolin, the closing segment of the series of 'epic scenes' drawn from J R R Tolkien's posthumous writings for The Silmarillion, Prima Facie Records in collaboration with Volante Opera Productions now presents a recording on 2 CDs of Beren and Lxfathien, Part Two of Paul Corfield Godfrey's cycle written during the period 1982-97 and employing a large variety of posthumously published texts by the author with the permission of the Tolkien Estate. rr

The cycle, extending in performance over four evenings, is the largest-scale work of classical music written in Wales in the twentieth century, demanding a full roster of solo singers, chorus and orchestra, but has only ever been performed in excerpts until now.rAs before, the singers are all professional artists from Welsh National Opera, and the sets make available for the first time a fully representative recording of the music with the complete lyrics by Tolkien. Because of budgetary and other constraints, the orchestra is represented by sampled sets (using the sounds of real instruments) which have been carefully balanced and adjusted in collaboration with the composer to obtain as close a result to the sound of an actual orchestra as possible. Commenting on this aspect, Brian Wilson in a review of The Fall of Gondolin for Music Web International remarked 'I wondered how well this would work, but need have had no apprehensions; it works very well and it's the only way such a project could have been realised. I need only say that the music is often hauntingly beautiful.'rr

The booklet with this set of Beren and Lxfathien explains the methods of production in greater detail, and also includes an essay by the composer on the manner in which the author's text has been adapted for music. Chris Seeman, reviewing The Fall of Gondolin for the Tolkien Music Website, remarked that the work 'delivers nearly two hours of pure Tolkienian epic u2013 Tolkienian not simply by virtue of its subject matter but more importantly by its libretto, which is 100% Tolkien's own text. Or rather texts. In order to flesh out each essential movement of the story, Godfrey has made eclectic use of a variety of texts pertaining to the tale, much as the published Silmarillion was synthesised by Christopher Tolkien from the different manuscripts available to him.' He described the set as 'a superb rendition of an unparalleled story [whose] greatest virtue lies in its ability to enhance rather than overshadow that story.'rr

This musical work was composed before the publication of Beren and Lxfathien by J R R Tolkien, ed. C R Tolkien, in 2017 and is not associated with it.xa0 The literary work is xa9 The Tolkien Estate Limited and C R Tolkien 2017. xa0BEREN AND LxdaTHIEN is a trade mark of The Tolkien Estate Limited

Prologue: Dagor Bragollach

Scene Six: O King, To Leave This Place

Scene 1: Thus Felagund Escaped

Where Have You Been...?

Scene 2: But Still There Remained

He Chanted A Song Of Wizardry

I Hear Rumour... I Wandered Long

It Would Be Little Loss If I Were Dead...

A Great Darkness Of Sleep

Farewell, My Friend And Comrade

Thy Death I Will Avenge

In Western Lands

Scene 3: Southward He Turned

I Hear A Song Far Under Welling

Interlude For Flute

Oh Beren, Beren

Ir Ithil Ammon Eruchin

Scene 7: A Sable Hill

Enchantment Healed His Weary Feet

What Grevious Terror..?

Slowly The Sundering Flood

Shadow, Descend!

He Heard There Oft

In Slothful Gardens

Now Withered Lay

Instrumental: Luthien's Dance

As Beren Looked

And All The Fires Faded

Scene 4: Prelude

Scene 8: Interlude 16 01

Who Are You That Come Hither...?

Farewell Now Here, Ye Leaves Of Trees

Death You Have Earned

O Proud And Fearless Hand And Heart

I See The Ring

I Have Returned According To My Word

O King

Scene Nine: And Luthien Came

Scene 5: My Lord, I Have Need

Long Are The Paths

Be He Friend Or Foe

Epilogue: Long Was The Way...

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