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Fox: More Light

Catalogue No: MSVCD 92022
EAN/UPC: 809730202223
Artist(s):
Ian Pace

Composer(s):
Christopher Fox

Release Date: July 1, 1998
Genres:
Instrumental Piano

Discs: 1
Total Playing Time: 74:45

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Fox: More Light

Christopher Fox, according to pianist Ian Pace, is one of the few British composers to have managed to move beyond the problems and questions posed by modernism; certainly his is a voice most distinctive, interesting and entertaining.. no more so than on this fine record.

    Christopher Fox:
  1. More Light (22:39)
  2. Paired Off (3:23)
  3. Prime Site – Section 1 (4:13)
  4. Prime Site – Section 2 (2:31)
  5. Prime Site – Section 3 (3:28)
  6. Prime Site – Section 4 (2:07)
  7. Prime Site – Section 5 (3:06)
  8. Prime Site – Section 6 (4:14)
  9. Prime Site – Section 7 (3:13)
  10. Complimentary Forms (2:34)
  11. More things in the air than are visible – Section 1 (4:59)
  12. More things in the air than are visible – Section 2 (3:59)
  13. More things in the air than are visible – Section 3 (14:39)

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  1. 01
    More Light (22:39)

  2. 02
    Paired Off (3:23)

  3. 03
    Prime Site – Section 1 (4:13)

  4. 04
    Prime Site – Section 2 (2:31)

  5. 05
    Prime Site – Section 3 (3:28)

  6. 06
    Prime Site – Section 4 (2:07)

  7. 07
    Prime Site – Section 5 (3:06)

  8. 08
    Prime Site – Section 6 (4:14)

  9. 09
    Prime Site – Section 7 (3:13)

  10. 10
    Complimentary Forms (2:34)

  11. 11
    More things in the air than are visible – Section 1 (4:59)

  12. 12
    More things in the air than are visible – Section 2 (3:59)

  13. 13
    More things in the air than are visible – Section 3 (14:39)

  • The Sunday Times

    “

    This disc is a good introduction to the work of a composer (b 1955) who is both an interesting conceptualist and a craftsman well able to realise his ideas in an aurally satisfying way. Pace plays with clarity and fervour throughout. 10 RECORDS FOR CHRISTMAS 1998

    ” —Paul Driver

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  • Classic CD

    “

    This is music where the apparently bland exterior discloses a wealth of invention on repeated listening. Pianist Ian Pace’s performances are exceptional and insightful. – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    ” —Andy Hamilton

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  • Gramophone

    “

    Christopher Fox merges often complex technical procedures into sensuous streams of sound that beguile as well as fascinate the ear.

    ” —unknown reviewer

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  • The Wire

    “

    Minimalism and complexity seem unavoidable labels. Though they’re inadequate, they offer some guide to the listener through the confusing mass of contemporary composition. But then along comes Chris Fox, a composer who messes up journalistic simplifications because he clearly has affinities with both camps. More Light is the first of two CDs of Fox’s music […]

    ” —Unknown reviewer

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  • Avant

    “

    Ian Pace plays this powerful but almost unfathomable music with great sensitivity. The sleeve notes by Pace and Fox could hardly be better, and I’m bound to say I’m looking forward to the companion volume that Metier has promised.

    ” —Unknown reviewer

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