Hyperion Rzewski CD Rzewski: People United Will Never Be Defeated

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

CDA67077

Recording details: August 1998
Henry Wood Hall, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: April 1999
Total duration: 72 minutes 59 seconds

Track listing
The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Rzewski)
CD1 1 Theme 1a: With determination 1:23
2 Variation 01: Weaving: delicate but firm 0:52
3 Variation 02: With firmness 0:51
4 Variation 03: Slightly slower, with expressive nuances 1:05
5 Variation 04: Marcato 0:56
6 Variation 05: Dreamlike, frozen 1:08
7 Variation 06: Same tempo as beginning 1:08
8 Variation 07: Tempo: Lightly, impatiently 0:50
9 Variation 08: With agility; not too much pedal; crisp 1:03
10 Variation 09: Evenly 1:02
11 Variation 10: Comodo, recklessly 0:53
12 Variation 11: Tempo I. Like fragments of an absent melody – in strict time 0:52
13 Variation 12: [No tempo marking] 1:12
14 Variation 13: crochet = 72 1:57
15 Variation 14: A bit faster, optimistically 1:13
16 Variation 15: Flexible, like an improvisation 1:25
17 Variation 16: Same tempo as preceding, with fluctuations; much pedal 1:36
18 Variation 17: LH strictly minum = 36 1:22
19 Variation 18: crochet = 72 1:38
20 Variation 19: With energy 0:35
21 Variation 20: Crisp, precise 0:30
22 Variation 21: Relentless, uncompromising 0:46
23 Variation 22: crochet = 132 0:43
24 Variation 23: As fast as possible, with some rubato 0:22
25 Variation 24: crochet = 72 2:33
26 Variation 25: crochet = ca.84, with fluctuations 2:00
27 Variation 26: In a militant manner 1:06
28 Variation 27: Tenderly, and with a hopeful expression 5:33
29 Variation 28: crochet = 160 1:19
30 Variation 29: crochet = 144-152 0:33
31 Variation 30: crochet = 84 2:36
32 Variation 31: (crochet = 160) 0:52
33 Variation 32: [no tempo marking] 0:52
34 Variation 33: [no tempo marking] 1:00
35 Variation 34: [no tempo marking] 0:56
36 Variation 35: [no tempo marking] 0:55
37 Variation 36: [no tempo marking] 1:58
38 Cadenza: with optional improvisation 6:24
39 Theme 1b: Tempo I 2:50

North American Ballads (Rzewski)
40 No 3: Down by the riverside 5:43
41 No 4: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues 10:27