Virthulegu forsetar

Released: 10.04
4 Track CD/4 Track DVD-A Doublepack

Disc 1 - normal stereo CD

Disc 2 - hybrid DVD-Audio with a high resolution 96 khz, 24bit 5.1 surround mix and a 96khz 24bit stereo mix

01 Part 1
02 Part 2
03 Part 3
04 Part 4

This is Jann's second album for Touch, after the highly acclaimed 'Englabn'. 'Virthulegu forsetar' contains one hour-long piece for 11 brass players, percussion, electronics, organs and piano. It's presented as an ordinary stereo CD and as a DVD-Audio with a high resolution 5.1 surround mix. The piece had its live debut in Hallgrimskirkja, a large church in Reykjavik and the city's towering edifice, and was named "the most memorable musical event of 2003" in Iceland's leading newspaper. The piece has 'Englabn's' quiet, elegiac beauty, but abandons the brevity of the first album's exquisite miniatures in favor of an extended form that reveals a long, slow process.

More information on this release can be found in the discography.

Posted on 03.09.04


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