from Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (CDA67077) 1 With determination [1'23] 56 minutes 49 seconds 39 tracks2 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] ‘Never likely to be equalled, let alone surpassed … I would urge all readers to hear this extraordinary recording’ (Gramophone) ‘My new piano CD of the week—possibly of the year—has to be Marc-André Hamelin's extraordinary traversal of the 36 variations on a Chilean song’ (The Independent) ‘Hamelin is more than a match for this music; his art lifts it off the page and releases its intense communicative power’ (Hi-Fi News) |