Kjartan Sveinsson ~ The Last Farm

The Last Farm is one of the shortest releases we’ve ever covered, but we’re always interested in anything related to Sigur Rós.  Kjartan Sveinsson recorded this score in 2004, and the film was subsequently nominated for an Academy Award; the score has

ACL 2016: The Top 20 Albums of the Year

The last album we reviewed this year ended up being the best ~ in light of the title, a fitting end.  Our cover image is taken from its lead video; the actress seems to be giving the album a closer listen.

ACL 2016: Top Ten Modern Composition

This year’s most competitive category overflows with life, even though some of its subject matter is death.  This is a golden era for modern composition, which borrows from its ancestors in classical music but pushes it forward for newer generations.

Kjartan Sveinsson ~ Der Klang der Offenbarung des Göttlichen

We don’t review much opera ~ our last one was Colin Stetson’s Sorrow.  But Kjartan Sveinsson‘s Der Klang der Offenbarung des Göttlichen (The Explosive Sonics of Divinity) is too solid to ignore.  The former Sigur Rós member offers a gorgeous, heartfelt work on double