Rembrandt Frerichs Trio - A Wind Invisible Sweeps Us Through the World (2021) [CD-Rip]

The three members of the Rembrandt Trio, after fifteen years of touring the world together, found themselves grounded in The Netherlands when the world came to a standstill in 2020. Known for their curiosity-driven approach to music, incorporating many different musical cultures into their work and collaborating with grandmasters from different countries and continents (most notably with Persian grandmasters Hossein Alizadeh and Kayhan Kalhor) - the trio was now forced to stay put, stop performing, travelling and collaborating.

This time of reflection made The Rembrandt Trio realize how all their journeys of the past fifteen years had shaped a shared musical vocabulary that all three could draw from - and a musical trust that they had come to cherish deeply. They decided to record an album of songs that brought into play these collective memories, a shared imagination in which they still traveled the world. In February 2021, they secluded themselves in a former church in Amsterdam, filled with antique organs, and recorded with Just Listen Records. On “A Wind Invisible Sweeps Us Through The World” they take the melody as their guide, and drawing on their communal experience on stages across the globe, they play compositions that feel timeless, have a universal quality about them, and connect across cultures. Songs to transcend boundaries - those of eras and places - as a much needed release in times of suspension.

While touring venues all over the world, the trio discovered that some compositions shared a special kind of magic that translated wherever they were played. Often, the pieces were based on themes from different times and cultures; a Bach motif, a Chinese folk song, a whiff of Armenian folklore. Beautiful, strong melodies that touched audiences no matter their background or culture. Like fairy tales told all over the world might have different characters but share the same plot: What it is to be human. The trio decided they wanted to create this kind of ‘universal’ music, keeping it concise and powerful - with melodies that have a universal quality, touching listeners far and wide. For this album, they chose strong, timeless melodies to try and transpose into song what we all share - our being human.

Working together with the audiophile label Just Listen Records, Amsterdam’s ‘Orgelpark’ was chosen for the recordings. This former church, now a haven for organists because of its large collection of historical organs, has very specific and beautiful acoustics. Surrounded by these colossal instruments, the trio was drawn to include them in their creative process. Rembrandt, a descendant of two generations of church organists, felt his heritage come through, trying out the sounds of the box organ and the Sauer organ. The space itself, with its specific reverberations became another player in this band of three.

The album title, taken from a poem by the 13th century Persian poet Rumi, tries to capture the universality of music and conveys how curiosity drives the trio to travel and incorporate motifs, themes and experiences from all over the world into their work. The wind, air blowing through the pipes of the organ, the invisible waves of sound that shape a song - the driving force that inspires traveling, broadening horizons.

Tracklist
1. A Wind Invisible Sweeps Us Through The World (04:21)
2. Mélodie Antique (03:49)
3. Bleib Bei Uns, Johann Sebastian (05:58)
4. Bohemia Theme (05:31)
5. The Moon Shines Bright When It Doesn’t Avoid The Night (04:43)
6. Fay Maria (04:20)
7. Goodbye If Only (05:00)
8. Leaves of Green, Var. 1 (01:41)
9. Leaves of Green (03:58)
10. Eternal Variating Alternations (05:01)
11. Why Flower Red? (04:42)
12. Bohemia Theme solo piano (02:16)
13. Fight Song (05:48)
14. Ich Bin Vergnügt mit Deine Klängen (03:48)
15. Grace (04:17)