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In 1998 leading contemporary British composer Christopher Fox began work on a new commission, a piece that was to be ‘evening-long, and not a concert’. The result was the quasi-dramatic ‘installation piece’ Everything You Need to Know – a body of musical material which can be deployed in many different ways. Fox realized that the work needed a guide – a parallel version of the same ideas in a different form, rather like the ‘catalogue raisoné’ at an art exhibition. Thus was born a series of pieces for solo voice, as recorded here for the first time under the supervision of the composer and with his appearance as narrator. The sections are based on a series of multiligual texts from various sources including Virgil, Dante, tourist guides and essays. The ‘catalogue’ is about ideas, remembrance and the possibility of improbable connections. In itself as a sound work it is absolutely and positively unique.
Performers: Christopher Fox (speaker), Julia Doyle and Juliet Fraser (sopranos), Jimmy Holliday (bass), Tom Williams (Counter-tenor), James Weeks (speaker, director)
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Christopher Fox:
- Catalogue Irraisonné – I Rationale (3:19)
- Catalogue Irraisonné – II Scanner (4:16)
- Catalogue Irraisonné – III Patrol (5:52)
- Catalogue Irraisonné – IV Hanging Line (7:33)
- Catalogue Irraisonné – V Dialodia (2:52)
- Catalogue Irraisonné – VI Triptych (4:12)
- Catalogue Irraisonné – VII Urtext (2:37)
- Catalogue Irraisonné – VIII Outsider (7:12)
- Catalogue Irraisonné – IX Babel (3:17)
- Catalogue Irraisonné – X Security Code (5:31)
- Catalogue Irraisonné – XI Errata (4:03)
- Catalogue Irraisonné – XII Index (2:11)
- 01 Catalogue Irraisonné – I Rationale (3:19)
- 02 Catalogue Irraisonné – II Scanner (4:16)
- 03 Catalogue Irraisonné – III Patrol (5:52)
- 04 Catalogue Irraisonné – IV Hanging Line (7:33)
- 05 Catalogue Irraisonné – V Dialodia (2:52)
- 06 Catalogue Irraisonné – VI Triptych (4:12)
- 07 Catalogue Irraisonné – VII Urtext (2:37)
- 08 Catalogue Irraisonné – VIII Outsider (7:12)
- 09 Catalogue Irraisonné – IX Babel (3:17)
- 10 Catalogue Irraisonné – X Security Code (5:31)
- 11 Catalogue Irraisonné – XI Errata (4:03)
- 12 Catalogue Irraisonné – XII Index (2:11)
