The first CD of the cycle Tolkieniana, Musical Journey in the Middle Earth, "Towards Minas Thirit", has been officially presented in the Theatre of the Italian Culture Centre, Brussells, during Tolkien50Years, and it will avalaible from June 1, 2004.

From this page you can read the poems that Frodo performs in the CD and the relative translations, some news about the music pieces and download some little example too. Enjoy!

After many evenings and nights of huge work, I can say to better understand wich tiredness Frodo and Sam have felt in the Lands of Mordor :-)

The first Compact Disk contains 20 musical pieces, of which 10 of pure music, 1 song with the singing of Giuseppe Festa (Lingalad) and 8 poems, with music too, of Frodo Baggins himself (thanks to Davide Perino, the Elijah Wood's voice in Italy), and a bonus track.

Beyond 54 minutes of music, where I hope and believe to have been able to transmit the wonderful sensations and emotions that the Tolkien's reading has donated to me.

Sountrack:
"The Wood of Ents"
(The March towards Isengard, first 24 seconds)

Hardware

• Master Keyboard: Roland XP-30 64 voice expandable Synthetizer
• Master Keyboard: Yamaha Clavinova CLP-560
• Roland S-750 Digital Sampler
• Scheda Digidesign Sample Cell Nu-Bus with 32MB di RAM mounted on:
• Apple Power PC 8100/100 con 128 MB di RAM
• Mixer Roland M-12E 12 Channel
• Motu 828 Firewire Audio Interface
• Roland UA-30 USB Audio Interface
• Midiman Midisport Interface USB 4*4
• Apple Powerbook G3 500 Mhz 768 MB RAM 20GB Hard Disk
• Hard Disk 120GB Lacie External Firewire
• Hard Disk 80GB QSP External Firewire

Software