{"product_id":"1051769","title":"Paul Corfield Godfrey - Beren and Luthien: Epic Scenes from The Silmarillion after the mythology of J.R.R. Tolkein, Part Two [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing 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 L\\xfathien, 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. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\\r\u003cbr\u003eAs 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.'\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe booklet with this set of Beren and L\\xfathien 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.'\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis musical work was composed before the publication of Beren and L\\xfathien 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 L\\xdaTHIEN is a trade mark of The Tolkien Estate Limited\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue: Dagor Bragollach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene Six: O King, To Leave This Place\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene 1: Thus Felagund Escaped\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere Have You Been...?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene 2: But Still There Remained\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe Chanted A Song Of Wizardry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Hear Rumour... I Wandered Long\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt Would Be Little Loss If I Were Dead...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Great Darkness Of Sleep\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFarewell, My Friend And Comrade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThy Death I Will Avenge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Western Lands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene 3: Southward He Turned\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Hear A Song Far Under Welling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterlude For Flute\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh Beren, Beren\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIr Ithil Ammon Eruchin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene 7: A Sable Hill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnchantment Healed His Weary Feet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Grevious Terror..?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlowly The Sundering Flood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShadow, Descend!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe Heard There Oft\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Slothful Gardens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Withered Lay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstrumental: Luthien's Dance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Beren Looked\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd All The Fires Faded\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene 4: Prelude\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene 8: Interlude 16 01\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho Are You That Come Hither...?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFarewell Now Here, Ye Leaves Of Trees\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeath You Have Earned\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eO Proud And Fearless Hand And Heart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI See The Ring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Have Returned According To My Word\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eO King\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene Nine: And Luthien Came\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene 5: My Lord, I Have Need\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong Are The Paths\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBe He Friend Or Foe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Long Was The Way...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55134703714689,"sku":"1051769","price":17.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/61BvN0K3H2L._SL1500.jpg?v=1767155693","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/1051769","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}