Composer: Frederic Rzewski
Performer: Igor Levit
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Sony
Catalogue: 88875140162
Release: 2016
Size: 976 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
The People United Will Never Be Defeated! – 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!
01. Thema. With determination
02. Var. 1 – Weaving, delicate but firm
03. Var. 2 – With firmness
04. Var. 3 – Slightly slower, with expressive nuances
05. Var. 4 – Marcato, with determination
06. Var. 5 – Dreamlike, frozen, a little slower, Tempo
07. Var. 6 – Same tempo as beginning, Slower, Tempo, Slower
08. Var. 7 – Tempo (Lightly, impatiently)
09. Var. 8 – With agility, not too much pedal, crisp
10. Var. 9 – Evenly
11. Var. 10 – Comodo, recklessly
12. Var. 11 – Tempo I. Like fragments of an absent melody, in strict time
13. Var. 12
14. Var. 13
15. Var. 14 – A bit faster, optimistically
16. Var. 15 – Flexible, like an improvisation
17. Var. 16 – Same tempo as preceding, with fluctuations, much pedal, expansive, with a victorious feeling
18. Var. 17 – Left hand strictly. Right hand freely, roughly in space
19. Var. 18
20. Var. 19 – With energy
21. Var. 20 – Crisp, precise
22. Var. 21 – Relentless, uncompromising
23. Var. 22 – Very expressionate
24. Var. 23 – As fast as possible, with some rubato
25. Var. 24
26. Var. 25
27. Var. 26 – In a militant manner
28. Var. 27 – Tenderly, with a hopeful expression, Cadenza, Fiercely
29. Var. 28
30. Var. 29
31. Var. 30
32. Var. 31
33. Var. 32
34. Var. 33
35. Var. 34
36. Var. 35
37. Var. 36 – Improvisation
38. Thema. Tempo I
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.