Rzewski / Oppens / Lowenthal- People United Will Never Be Defeated (CD)
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.
Tracklist:
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Theme: With Determination
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 1: Weaving: Delicate But Firm
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 2: With Firmness
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 3: Slightly Slower, With Expressive Nuances (Quarter Note = Ca. 88)
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 4: Marcato - With Determination
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 5: Dreamlike, Frozen
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 6: Same Tempo As Beginning
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 7: Tempo (Lightly, Impatiently)
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 8: With Agility; Not Too Much Pedal; Crisp
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 9: Half Note = 48, Evenly
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 10: Comodo, Recklessly (Quarter Note = 96)
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 11: Tempo I (Quarter Note = 106)
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 12
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 13: Quarter Note = 72 Or Slightly Faster
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 14: A Bit Faster, Optimistically
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 15: Flexible, Like An Improvisation
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 16
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 17: L.H. Strictly Half Note = 36, R.H. Freely, Roughly As In Space
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 18: Quarter Note = 72
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 19: Dotted Quarter Note = 144, With Energy
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 20: Crisp, Precise, Quarter Note = 144
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 21: Quarter Note = 108, Relentless, Uncompromising
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 22: Quarter Note = 132
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 23: As Fast As Possible, With Some Rubato
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 24: Quarter Note = 72
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 25: Quarter Note = Ca. 84, With Fluctuations
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 26: Quarter Note = 168, In A Militant Manner
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 27: (Quarter Note = 72) Tenderly, And With A Hopeful Expression
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 28: Quarter Note = 160
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 29: Quarter Note = 144-152
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 30: (Quarter Note = 84)
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 31: (Quarter Note = 106)
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 32
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 33
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 34
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 35
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 36
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Cadenza
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Thema: Tempo I
- 4 Hands: I. Quarter Note = 96-104
- 4 Hands: II. Senza Misura (Ca. 30 Seconds Per Line)
- 4 Hands: III. Quarter Note = 72
- 4 Hands: IV. Quarter Note = 96
UPC > 735131915823
Format > New CD
Label > Cedille
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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.
Tracklist:
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Theme: With Determination
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 1: Weaving: Delicate But Firm
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 2: With Firmness
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 3: Slightly Slower, With Expressive Nuances (Quarter Note = Ca. 88)
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 4: Marcato - With Determination
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 5: Dreamlike, Frozen
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 6: Same Tempo As Beginning
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 7: Tempo (Lightly, Impatiently)
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 8: With Agility; Not Too Much Pedal; Crisp
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 9: Half Note = 48, Evenly
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 10: Comodo, Recklessly (Quarter Note = 96)
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 11: Tempo I (Quarter Note = 106)
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 12
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 13: Quarter Note = 72 Or Slightly Faster
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 14: A Bit Faster, Optimistically
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 15: Flexible, Like An Improvisation
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 16
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 17: L.H. Strictly Half Note = 36, R.H. Freely, Roughly As In Space
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 18: Quarter Note = 72
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 19: Dotted Quarter Note = 144, With Energy
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 20: Crisp, Precise, Quarter Note = 144
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 21: Quarter Note = 108, Relentless, Uncompromising
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 22: Quarter Note = 132
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 23: As Fast As Possible, With Some Rubato
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 24: Quarter Note = 72
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 25: Quarter Note = Ca. 84, With Fluctuations
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 26: Quarter Note = 168, In A Militant Manner
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 27: (Quarter Note = 72) Tenderly, And With A Hopeful Expression
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 28: Quarter Note = 160
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 29: Quarter Note = 144-152
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 30: (Quarter Note = 84)
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 31: (Quarter Note = 106)
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 32
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 33
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 34
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 35
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 36
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Cadenza
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Thema: Tempo I
- 4 Hands: I. Quarter Note = 96-104
- 4 Hands: II. Senza Misura (Ca. 30 Seconds Per Line)
- 4 Hands: III. Quarter Note = 72
- 4 Hands: IV. Quarter Note = 96
UPC > 735131915823
Format > New CD
Label > Cedille
Shop online at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.
> Due to the current limited nature of music titles, ALL CD & Vinyl purchases are limited to FOUR copies per customer, per item. If you place multiple orders for multiples of the same title, your subsequent orders will be canceled.