Jonathan Powell - Piano Sonatas 2"If any composer from the last hundred years can be said to have redefined the piano sonata, that composer is John White. A unique figure in British music, his vast compositional output documents a long involvement with the worlds of dance, theatre, experimentalism and electronica as well as with that of the concert hall." (Dave Smith, Senior Lecturer in Music, University of Hertfordshire.) "I write a lot for piano for two main reasons: being a

Wanting the scale and palette of a big band with the flexibility of a small group

trance-like and ongoing

the far horizons of our flat country

at times hateful and in constant struggle with his inner demons

joyful pop tunes with the hypnotic electro of 'Padam Padam' opening the album

In a final showdown that he never saw coming

he returned to the United States where he met John Cage and Morton Feldman

spirit and energy make for a fresh

Fight was a mixture of Judas Priest and thrash

is a heartfelt tribute to the great female singers throughout history

Rather than a single voice

get out of those sweatpants you've been wearing for the last year