The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Thema. With determination Igor Levit

• Frederic Rzewski (1938- ): The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!:
• 1 Thema. With determination 01:30
• 2 Var. 1 - Weaving, delicate but firm 01:01
• 3 Var. 2 - With firmness 00:57
• 4 Var. 3 - Slightly slower, with expressive nuances 01:10
• 5 Var. 4 - Marcato, with determination 00:59
• 6 Var. 5 - Dreamlike, frozen, a little slower, Tempo 01:39
• 7 Var. 6 - Same tempo as beginning, Slower, Tempo, Slower 01:14
• 8 Var. 7 - Tempo (Lightly, impatiently) 00:53
• 9 Var. 8 - With agility, not too much pedal, crisp 01:15
• 10 Var. 9 - Evenly 01:30
• 11 Var. 10 - Comodo, recklessly 01:12
• 12 Var. 11 - Tempo I. Like fragments of an absent melody, in strict time 01:05
• 13 Var. 12 01:32
• 14 Var. 13 02:18
• 15 Var. 14 - A bit faster, optimistically 01:15
• 16 Var. 15 - Flexible, like an improvisation 01:47
• 17 Var. 16 - Same tempo as preceding, with fluctuations, much pedal, expansive, with a victorious feeling 01:42
• 18 Var. 17 - Left hand strictly. Right hand freely, roughly in space 01:23
• 19 Var. 18 01:46
• 20 Var. 19 - With energy 00:39
• 21 Var. 20 - Crisp, precise 00:34
• 22 Var. 21 - Relentless, uncompromising 00:49
• 23 Var. 22 - Very expressionate 00:44
• 24 Var. 23 - As fast as possible, with some rubato 00:25
• 25 Var. 24 03:12
• 26 Var. 25 02:39
• 27 Var. 26 - In a militant manner 01:15
• 28 Var. 27 - Tenderly, with a hopeful expression, Cadenza, Fiercely 05:35
• 29 Var. 28 01:22
• 30 Var. 29 00:32
• 31 Var. 30 02:55
• 32 Var. 31 01:00
• 33 Var. 32 01:00
• 34 Var. 33 01:13
• 35 Var. 34 01:02
• 36 Var. 35 01:21
• 37 Var. 36 - Improvisation 06:44
• 38 Thema. Tempo I 03:12
• Total Runtime 01:02:21

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Frederick Rzewski’s “The People United Will Never Be Defeated” forms the final disc of this triple release and is a classic of late 20th-Century piano music. 36 Variations make up this large-scale work and before a return to the theme of determination at the very end.

“never has 1970s agitprop sounded so compelling...Levit squares up to the exhilarating mix with pitch-perfect acuity and aplomb...Whatever follows, hang on tight: it should prove quite a ride.” (BBC Music Magazine)

“The Rzewski is inspired...The piano and the man playing it become comrades at arms.” (New York Times)

“If [the Rzewski] sounds potentially sprawling on paper, in Levit's hands it acquires remarkable coherence and a granite-like majesty.” (Katherine Cooper, Presto Classical)

“Levit's attention to detail and tender lyricism reveal the music's nobility, as well as its anger and blistering energy.” (The Telegraph)

“[Levit] has the technical virtuosity and insight to make a magnificent display of the [Rzewski] variations...Even if you don’t subscribe to the agitprop politics, enjoy the immense sweep of one of the late 20th century’s greatest piano works.” (The Times)

Igor Levit, piano

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