Rzewski / Oppens / Lowenthal People United Will Never Be Defeated CD

New-music icon Ursula Oppens, who commissioned, premiered, and made the first recording of maverick American composer Frederic Rzewski's The People United Will Never Be Defeated!, a remarkable, monumental set of solo piano variations, has rerecorded that landmark 1975 work to mark it's 40th anniversary.

1. Theme: With Determination 2. Variation 1: Weaving: Delicate But Firm 3. Variation 2: With Firmness 4. Variation 3: Slightly Slower, with Expressive Nuances 5. Variation 4: Marcato 6. Variation 5: Dreamlike, Frozen 7. Variation 6: Same Tempo As Beginning 8. Variation 7: Tempo (Lightly, Impatiently) 9. Variation 8: With Agility; Not Too Much Pedal; Crisp 10. Variation 9: Evenly 11. Variation 10: Comodo, Recklessly 12. Variation 11: Tempo I, Like Fragments of An Absent Melody - in Strict Time 13. Variation 12 14. Variation 13: Crotchet = 72 or Slightly Faster 15. Variation 14: A Bit Faster, Optimistically 16. Variation 15: Flexible, Like An Improvisation 17. Variation 16: Same Tempo As Preceding, with Fluctuations, Much Pedal/Expansive, with a Victorious Feeling 18. Variation 17: L.H. Strictly, R.H. Freely, Roughly in Space 19. Variation 18 20. Variation 19: With Energy 21. Variation 20: Crisp, Precise 22. Variation 21: Relentless, Uncompromising 23. Variation 22: Crotchet = 132 24. Variation 23: As Fast As Possible, with Some Rubato 25. Variation 24: Crotchet = 72 26. Variation 25: Crotchet = Ca. 84, with Fluctuations 27. Variation 26: Crotchet = 168, in a Militant Manner 28. Variation 27: Crotchet = 72, Tenderly, and with a Hopeful Expression 29. Variation 28: Crotchet = 160 30. Variation 29: Crotchet = 144-152 31. Variation 30: Crotchet = 84 32. Variation 31: Crotchet = 106 33. Variation 32 34. Variation 33 35. Variation 34 36. Variation 35 37. Variation 36 38. Improvisation 39. Theme - Tempo I 40. Crotchet = 96-104 - Ursula Oppens/Jerome Lowenthal 41. Senza Misura (Ca. 30" Per Line) - Ursula Oppens/Jerome Lowenthal 42. Crotchet = 72 - Ursula Oppens/Jerome Lowenthal 43. Crotchet = 96 - Ursula Oppens/Jerome Lowenthal