Jonathan Powell - John White: Piano Sonatas, Volume II - The Later Sonatas

�I 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 vo-cabulary 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 �career� 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 ensem-ble pieces played.� - John White