℗ 2015 Cedille
Released September 11, 2015
Duration 1h 06m 32s
Record Label Cedille
Catalogue No. CDR90000-158
Genre Classical (Instrumental)
 

Frederic Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - Four Hands

Ursula Oppens, Jerome Lowenthal

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The People United Will Never Be Defeated  
1.1
Theme: With determination
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:20
1.2
Variation 1: Weaving: delicate but firm
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
0:50
1.3
Variation 2: With firmness
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
0:52
1.4
Variation 3: quarter note = ca. 88, Slightly slower, with expressive nuances
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:09
1.5
Variation 4: Marcato - With determination
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
0:59
1.6
Variation 5: Dreamlike, frozen
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:02
1.7
Variation 6: Same tempo as beginning
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:07
1.8
Variation 7: Tempo (Lightly, impatiently)
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
0:58
1.9
Variation 8: With agility, not too much pedal, crisp
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:08
1.10
Variation 9: half note = 48, Evenly
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:00
1.11
Variation 10: quarter note = 96, Comodo, recklessly
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:00
1.12
Variation 11: Tempo I (quarter note = 106)
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
0:58
1.13
Variation 12
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:09
1.14
Variation 13: quarter note = 72 or slightly faster
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:34
1.15
Variation 14: A bit faster, optimistically
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:34
1.16
Variation 15: Flexible, like an improvisation
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:14
1.17
Variation 16
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:21
1.18
Variation 17: L.H. strictly half note = 36, R.H. freely, roughly as in space
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:00
1.19
Variation 18: quarter note = 72
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:26
1.20
Variation 19: dotted quarter note = 144, With energy
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
0:37
1.21
Variation 20: Crisp, precise, quarter note = 144
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
0:35
1.22
Variation 21: quarter note = 108, Relentless, uncompromising
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
0:53
1.23
Variation 22: quarter note = 132
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
0:48
1.24
Variation 23: As fast as possible, with some rubato
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
0:28
1.25
Variation 24: quarter note = 72
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
2:00
1.26
Variation 25: quarter note = ca. 84, with fluctuations
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:55
1.27
Variation 26: quarter note = 168, In a militant manner
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:09
1.28
Variation 27: quarter note = 72 Tenderly, and with a hopeful expression
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
4:46
1.29
Variation 28: quarter note = 160
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:22
1.30
Variation 29: quarter note = 144-152
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
0:32
1.31
Variation 30: quarter note = 84
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
2:18
1.32
Variation 31: quarter note = 106
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
0:55
1.33
Variation 32
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
0:57
1.34
Variation 33
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
0:58
1.35
Variation 34
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:02
1.36
Variation 35
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:03
1.37
Variation 36
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
1:22
1.38
Cadenza
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
2:38
1.39
Thema: Tempo I
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
2:40
Four Hands  
1.40
I. quarter note = 96-104
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens; Jerome Lowenthal
6:06
1.41
II. senza misura (ca. 30 seconds per line)
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens; Jerome Lowenthal
3:14
1.42
III. quarter note = 72
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens; Jerome Lowenthal
1:28
1.43
IV. quarter note = 96
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens; Jerome Lowenthal
5:05
American composer Frederic Rzewski wrote The People United Will Never Be Defeated! for Grammy nominated new music icon Ursula Oppens in 1975; Oppens has re-recorded this remarkable, monumental set of solo piano variations to mark its 40th anniversary, earning more Grammy nominations. This riveting, audience pleasing tour-de-force is a nearly hour-long set of 36 variations on a popular Chilean protest song from the era of Augusto Pinochet’s repressive right wing military dictatorship. A bonus on this album is the world premiere recording of Rzewski's fiercely challenging work Four Hands, a duet commissioned by and written for Oppens and her duet partner, pianist Jerome Lowenthal.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Cedille Studio Masters
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-3.85
-26.69 to 0.00
-24.19
-49.90 to -18.55
-21.07
-46.70 to -16.00
12
10 to 21
1
Theme: With determination
-2.01-20.65-17.811
2
Variation 1: Weaving: delicate but firm
-12.80-32.72-30.012
3
Variation 2: With firmness
-5.46-24.21-21.413
4
Variation 3: quarter note = ca. 88, Slightly slower, with expressive nuances
-4.91-22.40-19.711
5
Variation 4: Marcato - With determination
-2.66-20.36-17.811
6
Variation 5: Dreamlike, frozen
-1.78-31.02-27.421
7
Variation 6: Same tempo as beginning
-1.70-22.16-18.812
8
Variation 7: Tempo (Lightly, impatiently)
-5.62-24.93-22.113
9
Variation 8: With agility, not too much pedal, crisp
-2.34-20.23-17.512
10
Variation 9: half note = 48, Evenly
-8.89-29.87-27.012
11
Variation 10: quarter note = 96, Comodo, recklessly
-0.05-18.92-16.112
12
Variation 11: Tempo I (quarter note = 106)
-3.75-33.69-28.619
13
Variation 12
-1.86-21.78-18.112
14
Variation 13: quarter note = 72 or slightly faster
-3.54-24.34-20.812
15
Variation 14: A bit faster, optimistically
-3.39-22.08-19.311
16
Variation 15: Flexible, like an improvisation
-6.48-24.15-21.311
17
Variation 16
0.00-20.09-17.411
18
Variation 17: L.H. strictly half note = 36, R.H. freely, roughly as in space
-3.36-24.02-20.412
19
Variation 18: quarter note = 72
-2.82-21.30-17.611
20
Variation 19: dotted quarter note = 144, With energy
-5.37-22.46-19.411
21
Variation 20: Crisp, precise, quarter note = 144
-0.68-19.44-16.811
22
Variation 21: quarter note = 108, Relentless, uncompromising
-3.22-20.97-18.311
23
Variation 22: quarter note = 132
-4.13-22.04-19.413
24
Variation 23: As fast as possible, with some rubato
-4.71-21.44-18.610
25
Variation 24: quarter note = 72
-3.66-25.10-19.912
26
Variation 25: quarter note = ca. 84, with fluctuations
-4.62-27.16-23.812
27
Variation 26: quarter note = 168, In a militant manner
-2.12-19.87-17.312
28
Variation 27: quarter note = 72 Tenderly, and with a hopeful expression
-2.23-23.93-20.913
29
Variation 28: quarter note = 160
-1.84-27.07-24.912
30
Variation 29: quarter note = 144-152
-6.94-24.28-21.911
31
Variation 30: quarter note = 84
0.00-20.77-17.912
32
Variation 31: quarter note = 106
-0.45-22.95-20.212
33
Variation 32
-0.50-20.56-18.013
34
Variation 33
-5.58-23.59-21.010
35
Variation 34
0.00-18.55-16.013
36
Variation 35
-3.22-22.41-18.911
37
Variation 36
-0.29-21.94-17.614
38
Cadenza
-8.91-32.98-29.215
39
Thema: Tempo I
0.00-19.90-16.613
40
I. quarter note = 96-104
0.00-23.15-19.614
41
II. senza misura (ca. 30 seconds per line)
-26.69-49.90-46.714
42
III. quarter note = 72
-4.99-27.21-23.414
43
IV. quarter note = 96
-1.85-23.40-20.414

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