Posts Tagged: Anna Thorvaldsdottir

ACL 2023 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year

This year’s Top 20 list is noteworthy for its variety, a reflection of the wealth of music on the market.  For every 200 albums submitted to ACL, only one makes our final list.  This makes it all the more remarkable

ACL 2023 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year

This year’s Top 20 list is noteworthy for its variety, a reflection of the wealth of music on the market.  For every 200 albums submitted to ACL, only one makes our final list.  This makes it all the more remarkable

ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

The year’s most beautiful music can be found here, from soft piano to soaring strings, humble ensemble to booming orchestra.  This was a banner year for modern composition, which even recruited one of the world’s biggest post-rock bands into its

ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

The year’s most beautiful music can be found here, from soft piano to soaring strings, humble ensemble to booming orchestra.  This was a banner year for modern composition, which even recruited one of the world’s biggest post-rock bands into its

Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Eva Ollikainen ~ ARCHORA / AIŌN

Over the past decade, Anna Thorvaldsdottir has slowly and steadily become one of the world’s finest composers ~ and she’s done it the hard way, without soundtracks or singles.  After patiently expanding her body of work, she’s now released “CATAMORPHOSIS” (on

Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Eva Ollikainen ~ ARCHORA / AIŌN

Over the past decade, Anna Thorvaldsdottir has slowly and steadily become one of the world’s finest composers ~ and she’s done it the hard way, without soundtracks or singles.  After patiently expanding her body of work, she’s now released “CATAMORPHOSIS” (on

Iceland Symphony Orchestra ~ Concurrence

The Sono Luminus follow-up to the 2017 CD Recurrence affords listeners a golden opportunity to hear new works from Anna Thorvaldsdóttir, Haukur Tómasson, María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir and Páll Ragnar Pálsson as performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Daniel Bjarnason, and all

Iceland Symphony Orchestra ~ Concurrence

The Sono Luminus follow-up to the 2017 CD Recurrence affords listeners a golden opportunity to hear new works from Anna Thorvaldsdóttir, Haukur Tómasson, María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir and Páll Ragnar Pálsson as performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Daniel Bjarnason, and all

International Contemporary Ensemble Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottir ~ AEQUA

What a treat to hear new music from Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir, teaming up once again with the International Contemporary Ensemble, who made 2015’s In the Light of Air such a delight.  ICE has an obvious love for the composer’s music, drawing

International Contemporary Ensemble Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottir ~ AEQUA

What a treat to hear new music from Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir, teaming up once again with the International Contemporary Ensemble, who made 2015’s In the Light of Air such a delight.  ICE has an obvious love for the composer’s music, drawing

Iceland Symphony Orchestra ~ Recurrence

A sense of wonder develops when one realizes one is listening to one of the year’s best albums.  This takes a while to solidify ~ first impressions are hard to trust ~ but by the tenth play or so, it hardens.

Iceland Symphony Orchestra ~ Recurrence

A sense of wonder develops when one realizes one is listening to one of the year’s best albums.  This takes a while to solidify ~ first impressions are hard to trust ~ but by the tenth play or so, it hardens.

In the Light of Air: ICE Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottír

Less than a month after Anna Thorvaldsdottír’s inclusion on Nordic Affect’s Clockworking, a new collection of her work has been issued.  This four-movement work (plus a concluding piece) premiered only a year ago, and is performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble.  At the

In the Light of Air: ICE Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottír

Less than a month after Anna Thorvaldsdottír’s inclusion on Nordic Affect’s Clockworking, a new collection of her work has been issued.  This four-movement work (plus a concluding piece) premiered only a year ago, and is performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble.  At the

Anna Thorvaldsdottir ~ Aerial

Rhízōma was one of the first albums we ever reviewed, back in early 2012.  Our little site has grown a lot since then, and so has Anna Thorvaldsdottir, whose newest album fulfills the promise shown on the former work.  Now on Deutsche

Anna Thorvaldsdottir ~ Aerial

Rhízōma was one of the first albums we ever reviewed, back in early 2012.  Our little site has grown a lot since then, and so has Anna Thorvaldsdottir, whose newest album fulfills the promise shown on the former work.  Now on Deutsche