Rzewski / Oppens / Lowenthal: People United Will Never Be Defeated
Rzewski / Oppens / Lowenthal: People United Will Never Be Defeated
Format: CD
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Artist: Rzewski / Oppens / Lowenthal
Label: Cedille
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 735131915823
Genre: Classical
New-music icon Ursula Oppens, who commissioned, premiered, and made the first recording of maverick American composer Frederic Rzewski's The People United Will Never Be Defeated!, a remarkable, monumental set of solo piano variations, has rerecorded that landmark 1975 work to mark it's 40th anniversary.
Tracks:
1.1 Theme: With Determination
1.2 Variation 1: Weaving: Delicate But Firm
1.3 Variation 2: With Firmness
1.4 Variation 3: Slightly Slower, with Expressive Nuances
1.5 Variation 4: Marcato
1.6 Variation 5: Dreamlike, Frozen
1.7 Variation 6: Same Tempo As Beginning
1.8 Variation 7: Tempo (Lightly, Impatiently)
1.9 Variation 8: With Agility; Not Too Much Pedal; Crisp
1.10 Variation 9: Evenly
1.11 Variation 10: Comodo, Recklessly
1.12 Variation 11: Tempo I, Like Fragments of An Absent Melody - in Strict Time
1.13 Variation 12
1.14 Variation 13: Crotchet = 72 or Slightly Faster
1.15 Variation 14: A Bit Faster, Optimistically
1.16 Variation 15: Flexible, Like An Improvisation
1.17 Variation 16: Same Tempo As Preceding, with Fluctuations, Much Pedal/Expansive, with a Victorious Feeling
1.18 Variation 17: L.H. Strictly, R.H. Freely, Roughly in Space
1.19 Variation 18
1.20 Variation 19: With Energy
1.21 Variation 20: Crisp, Precise
1.22 Variation 21: Relentless, Uncompromising
1.23 Variation 22: Crotchet = 132
1.24 Variation 23: As Fast As Possible, with Some Rubato
1.25 Variation 24: Crotchet = 72
1.26 Variation 25: Crotchet = Ca. 84, with Fluctuations
1.27 Variation 26: Crotchet = 168, in a Militant Manner
1.28 Variation 27: Crotchet = 72, Tenderly, and with a Hopeful Expression
1.29 Variation 28: Crotchet = 160
1.30 Variation 29: Crotchet = 144-152
1.31 Variation 30: Crotchet = 84
1.32 Variation 31: Crotchet = 106
1.33 Variation 32
1.34 Variation 33
1.35 Variation 34
1.36 Variation 35
1.37 Variation 36
1.38 Improvisation
1.39 Theme - Tempo I
1.40 Crotchet = 96-104 - Ursula Oppens/Jerome Lowenthal
1.41 Senza Misura (Ca. 30" Per Line) - Ursula Oppens/Jerome Lowenthal
1.42 Crotchet = 72 - Ursula Oppens/Jerome Lowenthal
1.43 Crotchet = 96 - Ursula Oppens/Jerome Lowenthal
Audio Sample:
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