The road goes ever / [words by] J.R.R. Tolkien ; music by Donald Swann.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Swann, Donald, 1923-1994.

Contributor:

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973, lyricist.

Elvin, William, performer.

Swann, Donald, 1923-1994, performer.

Standardized Title:

Songs. Selections

Language:

Artificial (Other)

English

Subjects (All):

Songs, English.

Songs with piano.

Songs, Elvish.

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973--Musical settings.

Tolkien, J. R. R.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Songs.

Musical settings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

London : HarperCollins, 2002.

Language Note:

Sung in English, except the 5th and 7th sung in Elvish.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

The road goes ever on (1:00)

Upon the hearth the fire is red (1:37)

In the willow-meads of Tasarinan (2:37)

In Western lands (1:34)

Namárië (2:16)

I sit beside the fire (1:40)

A Elbereth Gilthoniel (1:01)

Errantry (4:41)

Bilbo's last song (at the Grey Havens) (4:16)

Lúthien Tinúviel (1:41).

Participant:

William Elvin, baritone, Donald Swann (9th song), Clive McCrombie (10th song), singers ; Donald Swann, piano.

Notes:

Songs.

Texts of the 1st-7th songs from the trilogy Lord of the Rings, of the 8th from The adventures of Tom Bombadil, of the 9th from Bilbo's last song, and of the 10th from The Silmarillion.

Compact disc.

Issued with score of the same title.

OCLC:

249371559

Publisher Number:

TOLKIEN-CD 01