I just came across news of a new project of the Danish "Tolkien Ensemble" with - again - the participation of Christopher Lee.
From the website http://www.cdklassisk.dk/product_info.php/products_id/2387:
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Christopher Lee & Tolkien Ensemble: Complete Songs and Poems 4-CD box + 120 pages book. The first complete musical interpretation of J. R. R. Tolkiens masterpiece The Lord of the Rings with original illustrations by her Majesty the Queen Margrethe II - Kurt Ravn, Ulrik Cold, Tom McEwan og Povl Dissing have collaborated with The Tolkien Ensemble to put music to the 70 poems in the book. The costly project has taken 10 years and has involved many Danish musicians: DR Underholdningsorkestret, DR Radio The chamber choir, The chamber choir Camerata, The chamber choir Hymnia, and Københavns Yngre Strygere. The legendary Christopher Lee and the Scot folksinger Nick Keir have also participated in the project. The music is written by Caspar Reiff (1971), who founded The Tolkien Ensemble in 1995 and Peter Hall (1946). Caspar Reiff and Peter Hall have got the permission by The Tolkien Estate to take on the great endevour 4-CD box + 120 pages book
A German news site has posted additional information: they write that Christopher Lee will be a narrator on these CDs, to connect the musical pieces with the story. Here is the link (in German, unfortunately): http://www.herr-der-ringe-film.de/v2/de/news/news_489.php. The source is cited as Amazon, however I can't find that much information on their page about the CD.
It is not mentioned whether he will sing and/or recite Treebeard's poetry, as he has done on the Tolkien Ensemble CD "At Dawn in Rivendell" with "Treebeard's Song" and "The List of the Ents".
I wondered whether I should put this topic here or in the discussions forum, but I would like to ask for more information about Christopher Lee's participation in this project, and, of course, I would like to know whether the above information is correct.
I just hope it is correct, and I hope he will both sing and narrate.
(Well, I would certainly not complain even if he did the whole 4 CDs all by himself, all the voices and everything but the instruments *grin*. The Galadriel song might be a bit of a problem, but then again, I think he can do everything. 
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Renate
Re: Christopher Lee & Tolkien Ensemble: Complete Songs and Poems
Why that's marvelous!
I just love Lord of the Rings (though I've read the old version of the book and it gave me a headache :tomato: ) and I have to say that Mr. Lee is lucky to be granted the honor of being one of the few that have known Mr. Tolkien in person who sadly is long gone.
Does anyone know if the Tolkien Ensemble will be available in the Netherlands and if so when?
Love,
Marije
Re: Christopher Lee & Tolkien Ensemble: Complete Songs and Poems
Marije Kraa wrote:
Does anyone know if the Tolkien Ensemble will be available in the Netherlands and if so when?
Do you mean the new CD box? It can be ordered from amazon.de (I ordered it yesterday, but they state a delivery time of 4-6 weeks...), so if it's not available in the Netherlands, just PM me, please. The old CD "At Dawn in Rivendell" is also available on amazon.de.
There was a wonderful concert at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in 2004, with the participation of Mr Lee and the Tolkien Ensemble, but I don't think that concert was recorded 
. I do not know if there are plans to do another concert with the material from the new CD. The old web site of the Tolkien Ensemble seems to have vanished.
Suilad,
Renate
Re: Christopher Lee & Tolkien Ensemble: Complete Songs and Poems
Renate Knobloch wrote:
There was a wonderful concert at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in 2004, with the participation of Mr Lee and the Tolkien Ensemble, but I don't think that concert was recorded
Suilad,
Renate
So I heard :sob:
I just didn't have the money to go
Sad aren't I :puppy eyes:
love
Blood
Re: Christopher Lee & Tolkien Ensemble: Complete Songs and Poems
I just saw in the Castellano section of this board that Luzmila had posted the news about the new CDs earlier, and she gave this link:
http://www.elbenwald.de/index.php?page_name=NeuigkeitenDetailsHdR&product_id=2030
The Elbenwald is also a German Tolkien board with associated shop, and here they say that Mr Lee will both be the narrator and sing the Treebeard songs. *jumps with joy*
That's great news! So, the CD is also available from www.elbenwald.de.
I wonder if they re-recorded the songs or not. But we shall see. Seems they are able to deliver within a couple of days, unlike Amazon. I'm just placing my order 
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Suilad,
Renate
Re: Christopher Lee & Tolkien Ensemble: Complete Songs and Poems
I hadn't heard. Sounds great to me as I have "Dawn At Rivendell" and love it! I am not a real LOTR fan, but Tolkien did have a way with words. Mr. Lee sings and speaks them all beautifully! In fact, I had just a day or so ago had to visit the doctor, and I was in a state of nerves. So I popped the disc in the car and it made the drive there much more pleasent. "Gondor" is by far my favorite!
So this sounds something to look forward to!
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