TOLKIEN ELVEN SONGS (Romberg), Susanna Wolff, Florent Mourier

Elven Songs by Martin Romberg (2023) I Lindē Quenyasse Soprano solo and piano Written on commission by the Classix Festival, Iași, Romania, 2023. Recording from the live premiere in Iasi on the 2nd of March 2023. I. Fairy Song (Alcott) II. Tingilindë Nicaelen (Taylor) III. I Lindë Moriquendion (Romberg) VI. Nieninque (Tolkien) V. Aia María (Trad. Tolkien) VI. Namárië (Tolkien) This new collection of songs for soprano and piano is based on poems and lyrics translated to J. R. R. Tolkien’s elven language Quenya. This invented language was elaborated over a period of 63 years between 1910–1973, and constitutes the linguistic spine that ended in his mythopoetic literary masterpiece Silmarillion in 1977. The collection includes poems by Louisa May Alcott, Jane Taylor, myself, and Tolkien. Two were translated by the linguistic genius Thorin J. Berge, who also helped with the pronunciation in ge