MORE LIGHT - piano music - Christopher Fox - IAN PACE, piano

ID: MSVCD92022 (EAN: 0809730202223)  | 1 CD | DDD
Released in: 1998

LABEL:

METIER

Collection:

Instrumental

Subcollection:

Piano

Composers:

FOX, Christopher

Interprets:

PACE, Ian (piano)

Other info:

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.

tracks:More LightPaired OffPrime SiteComplementary FormsMore things in the air than are visible

“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.” - Paul Driver (The Sunday Times)

“10 RECORDS FOR CHRISTMAS 1998” “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 (Classic CD)

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

“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.” - Avant

“A crisp introduction to an interesting British composer (b 1955). During the course of More Light (1988) repeated ideas steadily alter their shapes. Prime site (1997) works on the principle of avoiding repetition altogether.”
The Sunday Times