Marc-André Hamelin - Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! [CD]

To the uninitiated it is hard to describe the musical world of the American composer Frederic Rzewski. A pianist himself, Rzewski initially made a name for himself as a champion of the avant-garde, performing everything from Cage to Boulez. In the '70s his own music took a much more populist turn as his political beliefs drove him to find a much more approachable language, basically tonal and incorporating much quotation from popular music. It is music of this period that is recorded here. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! 36 Variations on a Chilean protest song, has been likened to a twentieth-century 'Diabelli' Variations. This lengthy work is a tour de force of compositional and keyboard virtuosity, exhilarating and emotionally all-encompassing in its effect. Marc-Andre Hamelin has been playing the work for many years and has become one of its greatest champions, though the fact that many other pianists have also taken it up confirms that the piece is becoming a twentieth-century classic. Similiar in idiom are the two North American Ballads that complete the recital; once again popular melodies are woven into a fabric which in Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues includes the stunning representation of the mechanical noise of the mill.

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Thema: 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

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 4: Marcato

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: Evenly

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 10: Comodo, Recklessly

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 11: Temp I. Like Fragments Of An Absent Melody

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 12

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 13: Tempo = 72

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: Same Tempo As Preceding, With Fuctuations;

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 17: LH Strictly - RH Freely, Roughly As In Spac

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 18

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 19: With Energy

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 20: Crisp, Precise

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 21: Relentless, Uncompromising

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 22

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

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 25: With Tempo Fluctuations

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 26: In A Militant Manner

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 27: Tenderly, And With A Hopeful Expression

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 28

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 29

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 30

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 31

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 (Optional Improvisation)

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Thema: Tempo I

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Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: Audio CD
• Barcode: 34571170770
• Release Date: September 12, 2025

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