A lot of new piano music on the site today - but this is the only piano trio and what a revelation it proves. Led by the Finn Anni Kiviniemi you get a sense of the national obsession with tango on opener 'Tiu Dropar' and as the album progresses certainly a strong classical technique grounded in the Romantics can be gleaned. Compatriots bassist Eero Tikkanen and drummer Hans Hulbaekmo are the pianist's bandmates here, all the tunes are originals and convincing they are too. If you are into Iiro Rantala or even more to the point Alexi Tuomarila then you'll be at home here with Kiviniemi's approach. Pick of the tunes - oh not easy but perhaps the impressionism of 'Mére' wins the day.
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