7141148060051

Epic Scenes From The Silmarillion - Complete Demo Recordings

Volante Opera Productions Demo Cast

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Format: 10CD

Cat No: PFCN001

Release Date:  22 September 2023

Label:  Prima Facie

Packaging Type:  Custom Packaging

No of Units:  10

Barcode:  7141148060051

Genres:  Classical  

  • Description

    The complete set of Paul Corfield Godfrey's Epic Scenes from The Silmarillion after the mythology of J R R Tolkien.

    These settings for soloists, chorus and orchestra survey the whole mythology of J R R Tolkien's writings on the First Age of Middle-Earth and beyond, using the author's own words with the kind permission of the Tolkien Estate and HarperCollins Publishers.

    As such it is the largest scale musical work ever written using Tolkien's texts, and is designed for performance over five evenings: Feanor, Beren and Luthien, The Children of Hurin, The Fall of Gondolin and The War of Wrath.

    The scores were written over a period of forty years from 1981 and 2021 and this first complete performance by singers from Welsh National Opera (with an orchestra prepared from live samples) was recorded over a period of six years from 2017 to 2023.

    All five parts of the cycle are here included, together with the complete assembled texts and a guide to The Silmarillion summarising the plot as adapted in the epic scenes themselves.

    CRITICAL ACCLAIM

    "The Fall of Gondolin is a superb rendition of an unparalleled story. Its greatest virtue lies in its ability to enhance rather than overshadow that story." - Tolkien Music Website

    "This is a rewarding recording of a rich and complex work which will bring enjoyment to many - and not just to Tolkien fans." - MusicWeb International on Beren and Luthien

    "I was even more impressed by this than by Godfrey's other Tolkien-based works." - MusicWeb International on The Children of Hurin

    "I am eager to enter again into this lush, sometimes harsh and epic universe of tone and word-painting." - Fanfare on Feanor

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Part One: Feanor: First Triptych

      Disc 2

      • 1. Part One: Feanor: Second Triptych / Third Triptych

      Disc 3

      • 1. Part Two: Beren and Luthien: First Triptych / Second Triptych

      Disc 4

      • 1. Part Two: Beren and Luthien: Second Triptych cont. / Third Triptych

      Disc 5

      • 1. Part Three: The Children of Hurin: First Triptych / Second Triptych

      Disc 6

      • 1. Part Three: The Children of Hurin: Third Triptych

      Disc 7

      • 1. Part Four: The Fall of Gondolin: First Triptych

      Disc 8

      • 1. Part Four: The Fall of Gondolin: Second Triptych cont. / Third Triptych

      Disc 9

      • 1. Part Five: The War of Wrath: First Triptych / Second Triptych

      Disc 10

      • 1. Part Five: The War of Wrath: Third Triptych