The new album from British composer Daniel Elms, Islandia, takes its name from an Austen Tappen Wright’s utopian novel, and includes five separate pieces that evoke both folk traditions and some of the repetitive yet hypnotic phrasing from minimalist composers of the late 20th century. Elms uses a distinct ensemble for each composition, and at any given moment you might hear a string quartet, or synthesizers, or a horn section, or voices. You might even hear Elms playing an electric [...]