The star of Trio Ramberget‘s self-titled sixth album isn’t Trio Ramberget, but a “fourth player”, a big oil cistern on the island of Svanö, Sweden, in which the album was recorded. While it’s unclear how many people can fit in such a cistern, while listening, one yearns for the live experience; such is the gorgeous reverberation, the echo, the decay.
Released on New Year’s Day, Trio Ramberget is perfectly suited to the sprawl of deep winter and the contemplations of a new year. There are no markers in the slow, six-part suite, which flows together as one, although the tone changes subtly from piece to piece: for example, the peering into a higher register in the second part. The trombone, bass clarinet and double bass find themselves in conversational territory with…

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