Jonathan Powell

Jonathan Powell is an English composer and pianist of highly individual character: as a composer he has written mostly small-scale compositions for solo piano and chamber and vocal forces; as a pianist he has specialized in an odd mixture of repertory, from Russian Romantic-era fare taking in Goldenweiser, Scriabin, Krein, and others, as well as contemporary works by Ferneyhough, Feldman, Salonen, Ambrosini, Dillon, and Staud. Powell has also given special attention to the compositions of Sorabji (including the massive, rarely performed Clavicembalisticum) and Busoni. Yet his ...