This Hubro disc of Ketil Bjørnstad's early solo piano music is no more and no less than a set of 21 preludes and an eight-part impressionistic piece entitled "Pianology." While this music is nowhere near as satisfying nor as evocative as his many recordings for ECM, it is nonetheless an introduction to the harmonic ideas that Bjørnstad would employ on recordings such as The Sea, The River, and even Night Song years later. That is more a curiosity and worthy of a single listen rather than many. ~ Thom Jurek
