In the almost nine years of writing on this blog and not a few write-ups about music, I can’t recall doing any review of an original orchestral composition. Mostly it has been soundtracks and albums by “Weird Al” Yankovic.

So it is that when a copy of A Warrior’s Odyssey – the new album from film composer Penka Kouneva – arrived for review, I made the approach with more than a little trepidation. Composing a review for a movie score or studio album is one thing. Writing it for a more classical work is a whole new thing for me (and my iPod is loaded with everything from Wagner to The Three Tenors in Concert 1994, believe it or not.)

And now, after listening to A Warrior’s Odyssey a bunch of times… I can’t honestly claim that I have skill enough to write about how magnificent an album this ...