Jonathan Powell - Piano Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Book 1, No. 1. Prelude (Moderato) in C Major 2. Book 1, No. 2. Fugue (Andante) in C minor 3. Book 1, No. 3. Canon (Tranquillo) in D Flat Major 4. Book 1, No. 4. Prelude (Adagio) in C Sharp minor 5. Book 1, No. 5. Fugue (Allegro Moderato) in D Major 6. Book 1, No. 6. Canon (Allegro Non Troppo) in D minor 7. Book 1, No. 7. Prelude (Andante Con Moto) in E Flat Major 8. Book 1, No. 8. Fugue (Andante Sostenuto) in E Flat minor 9. Book 1, No. 9. Canon (Allegro Non Troppo) in E Major 10. Book 1, No. 10. Prelude (Con Moto) in E minor 11. Book 1, No. 11. Fugue (Allegro Moderato) in F Major 12. Book 1, No. 12. Canon (Andante Espressivo) in F minor 13. Book 2. No. 13. Prelude (Andante Non Troppo) in F Sharp Major 14. Book 2. No. 14. Fugue (Andante) in F Sharp minor 15. Book 2. No. 15. Canon (Con Moto, Scherzando) in G Major 16. Book 2. No. 16. Prelude (Moderato) in G minor 17. Book 2. No. 17. Fugue (Molto Tranquillo) in a Flat Major 18. Book 2. No. 18. Canon (Allegretto) in G Sharp minor 19. Book 2. No. 19. Prelude (Tempo Risoluto) in a Major 20. Book 2. No. 20. Fugue (Andante Con Poco Mosso) in a Minor 21. Book 2. No. 21. Canon (Andante) in B Flat Major 22. Book 2. No. 22. Prelude (Molto Tranquillo) in B Flat minor 23. Book 2. No. 23. Gugue (Allegro Non Troppo) in B Major 24. Book 2. No. 24. Canon (Antante Molto Tranquillo) in B minor

The music of the Czech-born Viennese composer Kornauth (1891-1959) was once a staple of Austrian concert-halls. It has been largely forgotten in the half-century since his death. In this pioneering recording, British pianist Powell uncovers the many strands that fed into Kornauth's rich and full-bodied compositions. Album Tracks 1. Phantasie, Op. 10 2. Praeludium 3. Improvisation 4. Walzer 5. Präludium 6. Intermezzo 7. Barcarole 8. Ländler 9. Notturno 10. Walzer 11. Finale 12. Praeludium 13. Passacaglia 14. Präludium 15. Intermezzo 16. Capriccio 17. Mährische Ballade 18. Walzer

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.) InchI write a lot for piano for two main reasons being a pianist allows me to be in touch with a rich and exciting repertoire, which gives me a great variety of role models in terms of vocabulary and gesture with which to formulate and 'clothe' the ideas which come to me and seem to need expression. Being an idealistic rather than a InchcareerInch composer, I find the piano a handy vehicle for the uttering ('outering') of compositional thought, in that the inspiration goes directly into a performable medium without the salesmanship required for getting ensemble pieces played.Inch (John White, in conversation with Sarah Walker. The New English Keyboard School A Second 'Golden Age' Leonardo Music Journal Vol. 11 2001) Album Tracks 1. Sonata No. 105 2. Sonata No. 106 3. Sonata No. 107 4. Sonata No. 120 5. Sonata No. 123 6. Sonata No. 127 7. Sonata No. 131 8. Sonata No. 132 9. Sonata No. 133 10. Sonata No. 136 11. Sonata No. 138 12. Sonata No. 139 13. Sonata No. 146 14. Sonata No. 147 15. Sonata No. 152 16. Sonata No. 153 17. Sonata No. 156 18. Sonata No. 164