Ára bátur

Sigur Rós is the first reason I can think of for wanting to understand Icelandic. After hearing the mini in-studio clip they had on their website, I listened through their upcoming album Með suð i eyrum við spilum endalaust (or rather, "with a buzz in our ear we play endlessly") to find which song it belonged to. I finally discovered "Ára bátur" - which was recorded at Abbey Road with the 67-piece London Sinfonietta Orchestra & London Oratory Boy's choir (apparently the same one singing in the Harry Potter films). It was recorded in one take, & comes out nothing less than eight minutes of musical magic (even the voice/range break at 5:51 can't ruin that).