Igor Levit - Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!

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premiera polska: 2016-11-04
opakowanie: Jewelcaseowe etui
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Editor's Info:
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.

BBC Music Magazine * * * * *
never has 1970s agitprop sounded so compelling...Levit squares up to the exhilarating mix with pitch-perfect acuity and aplomb...Whatever follows, hang on tight: it should prove quite a ride.

The Telegraph * * * * *
Levit's attention to detail and tender lyricism reveal the music's nobility, as well as its anger and blistering energy.

The Times * * * * *
[Levit] has the technical virtuosity and insight to make a magnificent display of the [Rzewski] variations...Even if you don’t subscribe to the agitprop politics, enjoy the immense sweep of one of the late 20th century’s greatest piano works.

New York Times
The Rzewski is inspired...The piano and the man playing it become comrades at arms.

muzycy:
Igor Levit: piano solo

utwory:
1. Thema. With determination
2. Var. 1 - Weaving, delicate but firm
3. Var. 2 - With firmness
4. Var. 3 - Slightly slower, with expressive nuances
5. Var. 4 - Marcato, with determination
6. Var. 5 - Dreamlike, frozen, a little slower, Tempo
7. Var. 6 - Same tempo as beginning, Slower, Tempo, Slower
8. Var. 7 - Tempo (Lightly, impatiently)
9. 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

wydano: 4th Nov 2016
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