| Management number | 254661509 | Release Date | 2026/11/07 | List Price | US$7.20 | Model Number | 254661509 | ||
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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.
| Performer | Rzewski |
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| Music genre | Classical |
| Media format | CD |
| Original release date | 2015 |
| Is collectible | Y |
| Has parental advisory label | N |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Track listing | Theme: With Determination, Variation 1: Weaving: Delicate But Firm, Variation 2: With Firmness, Variation 3: Slightly Slower, with Expressive Nuances, Variation 4: Marcato, Variation 5: Dreamlike, Frozen, Variation 6: Same Tempo As Beginning, Variation 7: Tempo (Lightly, Impatiently), Variation 8: With Agility; Not Too Much Pedal; Crisp, Variation 9: Evenly, Variation 10: Comodo, Recklessly, Variation 11: Tempo I, Like Fragments of An Absent Melody - in Strict Time, Variation 12, Variation 13: Crotchet = 72 or Slightly Faster, Variation 14: A Bit Faster, Optimistically, Variation 15: Flexible, Like An Improvisation, Variation 16: Same Tempo As Preceding, with Fluctuations, Much Pedal/Expansive, with a Victorious Feeling, Variation 17: L.H. Strictly, R.H. Freely, Roughly in Space, Variation 18, Variation 19: With Energy, Variation 20: Crisp, Precise, Variation 21: Relentless, Uncompromising, Variation 22: Crotchet = 132, Variation 23: As Fast As Possible, with Some Rubato, Variation 24: Crotchet = 72, Variation 25: Crotchet = Ca. 84, with Fluctuations, Variation 26: Crotchet = 168, in a Militant Manner, Variation 27: Crotchet = 72, Tenderly, and with a Hopeful Expression, Variation 28: Crotchet = 160, Variation 29: Crotchet = 144-152, Variation 30: Crotchet = 84, Variation 31: Crotchet = 106, Variation 32, Variation 33, Variation 34, Variation 35, Variation 36, Improvisation, Theme - Tempo I, Crotchet = 96-104 - Ursula Oppens/Jerome Lowenthal, Senza Misura (Ca. 30" Per Line) - Ursula Oppens/Jerome Lowenthal, Crotchet = 72 - Ursula Oppens/Jerome Lowenthal, Crotchet = 96 - Ursula Oppens/Jerome Lowenthal |
| Record label | Cedille |
| Composer | Frederic Rzewski |
| Occasion | Anniversary |
| Track name | The People United Will Never Be Defeated! |
| Digital audio file format | CD |
| Music media format | CD |
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