Since 1989, Danacord has compiled CDs from the annual Rarities of Piano Music Festival held at Schloss vor Husum series in Northern Germany. This series often introduces to the catalog pieces of piano music, both current and historic, for the first time, and serves an opportunity to hear first-class piano soloists that, for whatever reason, are out of the locus of the recording companies. The volume representing the 2006 Festival is more of a mixed bag than some of the other ones are; most of the pieces are really short, ...
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Since 1989, Danacord has compiled CDs from the annual Rarities of Piano Music Festival held at Schloss vor Husum series in Northern Germany. This series often introduces to the catalog pieces of piano music, both current and historic, for the first time, and serves an opportunity to hear first-class piano soloists that, for whatever reason, are out of the locus of the recording companies. The volume representing the 2006 Festival is more of a mixed bag than some of the other ones are; most of the pieces are really short, and really do not provide any single artist with enough airtime to make a distinct impression. The redoubtable Cecile Licad is heard in two early Scriabin Impromptus totaling about 10 minutes; while it is splendid, one wants to hear more. Russian pianist Eldar Nebolsin comes off exceptionally well in a pair of Soler sonatas, a part of the repertoire where he has not previously demonstrated his proficiency in the few recordings he has made so far. Many of the tracks are strangely...
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