Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Creation of the Universe
2. Creation of the World
3. Day and Night and Sun and Moon
4. Golden Age of Asgard
5. Gods of Asgard
6. Loki, the God of Mischief and Evil
7. Yggdrasil and the Three Norns
8. Apples of Idun
9. Gods Return to Asgard
10. Loki's Mischief Discovered
11. How Tyr Lost His Hand
12. Skymir Meets the Dwarf Gerridour

Disc 2:

1. How Thor Got His Hammer
2. Thor's Anger
3. Dwarves Set to Work
4. Thor in the Hall of the Giants
5. Fort of Utgard
6. Giant Cat
7. Death of Baldur
8. Pleading With Hela
9. Twilight of the Gods

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #432773 in Music
• Released on: 1997-09-05
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Compilation
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Review
It's a full-scale production, the sort of entertainment you feel you should book seats for. It's partly the music - Naxos are expert at choosing exactly the right music. The moment you hear those first crashing, thunderous chords of Mahler's Symphony No 2 in C minor, followed by Benjamin Soames's hushed, reverential announcement - "The Creation of the Universe" - you know you're in for a major 2001: A Space Odyssey kind of experience. - Sue Arnold, The Guardian

Customer Reviews

Dark brooding tales that hold your interest
My family (me, 3 boys ages 8,7,6 and my 75 year old mother) listened to these Norse tales on a long car trip. They are dark and pessimistic but also fascinating as a glimpse at another world view and creation mythology. My six year old doesn't like really scary tales but listened to this with interest. Most of it was probably over the younger kids heads but the booming kettle drums and the stories, for example, of giant wolves tied in unbreakable chains until the ending of the world kept their attention. The recording does suffer from some variability in the sound level, at one point being too soft to hear over the road noise. Good for kids who like fantasy and myths.