Today we're looking at two new releases from one of my favourite composers, Anna Thorvaldsdottir. Two albums were recently released by the small American imprint Sono Luminus, who have devoted a lot of loving attention to Thorvaldsdottir's music. One album is dedicated to her orchestral music, and the second is a compilation of Icelandic orchestral music, which leads off with a substantial composition of hers. Thovaldsdottir's music is massive and cosmic in scope, yet it is constructed with many small and subtle gestures and movements. Big like the movement of tectonic plates, but there are a...