{"product_id":"881943","title":"Godfrey Paul Corfield - The Fall Of Gondolin [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\u003eDuring the period 1982-97 Welsh composer Paul Corfield Godfrey produced a series of 'epic scenes' drawn from J R R Tolkien's posthumous writings for The Silmarillion, employing a large variety of posthumously published texts by the author with the permission of the Tolkien Estate. 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 an orchestra of some eighty players, but has only ever been performed in excerpts until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eFollowing on the success last year of the CD of the composer's music including the piano rondo Akallab\\xeath and other Tolkien works, Prima Facie Records in collaboration with Volante Opera Productions now presents the first instalment in a complete recording of the epic scenes, to be released in a series of double CD albums. In a review last year Chris Seeman of the Tolkien Music Website wrote: 'In the annals of Tolkien-inspired music, Paul Corfield Godfrey is the proverbial elephant in the closet' and expressed a hope that more of his work would be recorded in the near future. Accordingly this set of The Fall of Gondolin will be followed next year by a release of Beren and Luthien, to be followed in due course by The Children of Hurin and Feanor.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe singers are all professional artists from Welsh National Opera, and the sets will 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. The booklet with this set of The Fall of Gondolin 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a review last year of the composer's Akallabeth, Goran Forsling referred to his music as 'accessible and captivating'. Brian Wilson in another review compared his Tolkien songs to the Housman settings of Vaughan Williams, and observed that he would not be surprised if 'some of Godfrey's music becomes as well-loved as the Vaughan Williams.' We would hope that audiences will enjoy the further exploration of this extensive work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue: Sing Us A Tale Of Earendil The Wandering\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn A Dim And Perilous Region\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Shalt Thou Go To Gondolin, Turgon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFell Is This Frost\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene One: And Turgon Rose\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene Six: This Is Strange In You, Voronwe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Aredhel Wearied Of The Guarded City\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRejoice That You Have Found\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo Aredhel Rode Abroad\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstrumental: Wedding March\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene Two: But The Trees Of Nan Elmoth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene Seven: There Elven Lights\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou Are Of The House Of Eol, Maeglin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene Eight: I Am Maeglin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene 3 And, Driven By Anger And Despair\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene Nine : Ilu Iluvatar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Rejoice Indeed That My Sister Has Returned\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorgoth Is Upon Us!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome, Kinsman; For So I Hold You\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAh! Woe Is Me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScene Four: Huor The Brother Of Hurin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Fume Of The Burning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd At That Hour The Sun Went Down\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen A Green Turf Came There\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRise, Son Of Huor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue: I Know A Window In A Western Tower\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstrumental: Storm Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh Happy Mariner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHail, Veronwe! I Await You\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften I Have Vowed\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55138098184577,"sku":"881943","price":17.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51aSHqdG5vL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767328292","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/881943","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}