The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Rzewski)
from Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (CDA67077)
1 With determination [1'23]
2 Weaving, delicate but firm [0'52]
3 With firmness [0'51]
4 Slightly slower, with expressive nuances [1'05]
5 Marcato [0'56]
6 Dreamlike, frozen [1'08]
7 Same tempo as beginning [1'08]
8 Tempo. Lightly, impatiently [0'50]
9 With agility; not too much pedal; crisp [1'03]
10 Evenly [1'02]
11 Comodo, recklessly [0'53]
12 Tempo I. Like fragments of an absent melody – in strict time [0'52]
No 13 Variation 12 [1'12]
14 crochet = 72 [1'57]
15 A bit faster, optimistically [1'13]
16 Flexible, like an improvisation [1'25]
17 Same tempo as preceding, with fluctuations; much pedal [1'36]
18 LH strictly minim = 36 [1'22]
19 crochet = 72 [1'38]
20 With energy [0'35]
21 Crisp, precise [0'30]
22 Relentless, uncompromising [0'46]
23 crochet = 132 [0'43]
24 As fast as possible, with some rubato [0'22]
25 crochet = 72 [2'33]
26 crochet = ca.84, with fluctuations [2'00]
27 In a militant manner [1'06]
28 Tenderly, and with a hopeful expression [5'33]
29 crochet = 160 [1'19]
30 crochet = 144-152 [0'33]
31 crochet = 84 [2'36]
32 (crochet = 160) [0'52]
No 33 Variation 32 [0'52]
No 34 Variation 33 [1'00]
No 35 Variation 34 [0'56]
No 36 Variation 35 [0'55]
No 37 Variation 36 [1'58]
38 with optional improvisation [6'24]
39 Tempo I [2'50]
56 minutes 49 seconds 39 tracks
‘Never likely to be equalled, let alone surpassed … I would urge all readers to hear this extraordinary recording’ (Gramophone)
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