℗ 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
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
The People United Will Never Be Defeated
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1.1
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Theme: With determination
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:20 | |||
1.2
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Variation 1: Weaving: delicate but firm
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
0:50 | |||
1.3
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Variation 2: With firmness
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
0:52 | |||
1.4
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Variation 3: quarter note = ca. 88, Slightly slower, with expressive nuances
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:09 | |||
1.5
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Variation 4: Marcato - With determination
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
0:59 | |||
1.6
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Variation 5: Dreamlike, frozen
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:02 | |||
1.7
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Variation 6: Same tempo as beginning
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:07 | |||
1.8
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Variation 7: Tempo (Lightly, impatiently)
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
0:58 | |||
1.9
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Variation 8: With agility, not too much pedal, crisp
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:08 | |||
1.10
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Variation 9: half note = 48, Evenly
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:00 | |||
1.11
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Variation 10: quarter note = 96, Comodo, recklessly
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:00 | |||
1.12
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Variation 11: Tempo I (quarter note = 106)
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
0:58 | |||
1.13
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Variation 12
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:09 | |||
1.14
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Variation 13: quarter note = 72 or slightly faster
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:34 | |||
1.15
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Variation 14: A bit faster, optimistically
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:34 | |||
1.16
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Variation 15: Flexible, like an improvisation
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:14 | |||
1.17
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Variation 16
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:21 | |||
1.18
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Variation 17: L.H. strictly half note = 36, R.H. freely, roughly as in space
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:00 | |||
1.19
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Variation 18: quarter note = 72
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:26 | |||
1.20
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Variation 19: dotted quarter note = 144, With energy
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
0:37 | |||
1.21
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Variation 20: Crisp, precise, quarter note = 144
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
0:35 | |||
1.22
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Variation 21: quarter note = 108, Relentless, uncompromising
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
0:53 | |||
1.23
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Variation 22: quarter note = 132
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
0:48 | |||
1.24
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Variation 23: As fast as possible, with some rubato
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
0:28 | |||
1.25
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Variation 24: quarter note = 72
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
2:00 | |||
1.26
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Variation 25: quarter note = ca. 84, with fluctuations
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:55 | |||
1.27
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Variation 26: quarter note = 168, In a militant manner
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:09 | |||
1.28
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Variation 27: quarter note = 72 Tenderly, and with a hopeful expression
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
4:46 | |||
1.29
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Variation 28: quarter note = 160
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:22 | |||
1.30
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Variation 29: quarter note = 144-152
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
0:32 | |||
1.31
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Variation 30: quarter note = 84
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
2:18 | |||
1.32
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Variation 31: quarter note = 106
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
0:55 | |||
1.33
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Variation 32
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
0:57 | |||
1.34
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Variation 33
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
0:58 | |||
1.35
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Variation 34
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:02 | |||
1.36
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Variation 35
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:03 | |||
1.37
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Variation 36
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
1:22 | |||
1.38
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Cadenza
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
2:38 | |||
1.39
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Thema: Tempo I
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens |
2:40 | |||
Four Hands
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1.40
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I. quarter note = 96-104
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens; Jerome Lowenthal |
6:06 | |||
1.41
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II. senza misura (ca. 30 seconds per line)
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens; Jerome Lowenthal |
3:14 | |||
1.42
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III. quarter note = 72
Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens; Jerome Lowenthal |
1:28 | |||
1.43
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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 | -17.8 | 11 |
2 | Variation 1: Weaving: delicate but firm | -12.80 | -32.72 | -30.0 | 12 |
3 | Variation 2: With firmness | -5.46 | -24.21 | -21.4 | 13 |
4 | Variation 3: quarter note = ca. 88, Slightly slower, with expressive nuances | -4.91 | -22.40 | -19.7 | 11 |
5 | Variation 4: Marcato - With determination | -2.66 | -20.36 | -17.8 | 11 |
6 | Variation 5: Dreamlike, frozen | -1.78 | -31.02 | -27.4 | 21 |
7 | Variation 6: Same tempo as beginning | -1.70 | -22.16 | -18.8 | 12 |
8 | Variation 7: Tempo (Lightly, impatiently) | -5.62 | -24.93 | -22.1 | 13 |
9 | Variation 8: With agility, not too much pedal, crisp | -2.34 | -20.23 | -17.5 | 12 |
10 | Variation 9: half note = 48, Evenly | -8.89 | -29.87 | -27.0 | 12 |
11 | Variation 10: quarter note = 96, Comodo, recklessly | -0.05 | -18.92 | -16.1 | 12 |
12 | Variation 11: Tempo I (quarter note = 106) | -3.75 | -33.69 | -28.6 | 19 |
13 | Variation 12 | -1.86 | -21.78 | -18.1 | 12 |
14 | Variation 13: quarter note = 72 or slightly faster | -3.54 | -24.34 | -20.8 | 12 |
15 | Variation 14: A bit faster, optimistically | -3.39 | -22.08 | -19.3 | 11 |
16 | Variation 15: Flexible, like an improvisation | -6.48 | -24.15 | -21.3 | 11 |
17 | Variation 16 | 0.00 | -20.09 | -17.4 | 11 |
18 | Variation 17: L.H. strictly half note = 36, R.H. freely, roughly as in space | -3.36 | -24.02 | -20.4 | 12 |
19 | Variation 18: quarter note = 72 | -2.82 | -21.30 | -17.6 | 11 |
20 | Variation 19: dotted quarter note = 144, With energy | -5.37 | -22.46 | -19.4 | 11 |
21 | Variation 20: Crisp, precise, quarter note = 144 | -0.68 | -19.44 | -16.8 | 11 |
22 | Variation 21: quarter note = 108, Relentless, uncompromising | -3.22 | -20.97 | -18.3 | 11 |
23 | Variation 22: quarter note = 132 | -4.13 | -22.04 | -19.4 | 13 |
24 | Variation 23: As fast as possible, with some rubato | -4.71 | -21.44 | -18.6 | 10 |
25 | Variation 24: quarter note = 72 | -3.66 | -25.10 | -19.9 | 12 |
26 | Variation 25: quarter note = ca. 84, with fluctuations | -4.62 | -27.16 | -23.8 | 12 |
27 | Variation 26: quarter note = 168, In a militant manner | -2.12 | -19.87 | -17.3 | 12 |
28 | Variation 27: quarter note = 72 Tenderly, and with a hopeful expression | -2.23 | -23.93 | -20.9 | 13 |
29 | Variation 28: quarter note = 160 | -1.84 | -27.07 | -24.9 | 12 |
30 | Variation 29: quarter note = 144-152 | -6.94 | -24.28 | -21.9 | 11 |
31 | Variation 30: quarter note = 84 | 0.00 | -20.77 | -17.9 | 12 |
32 | Variation 31: quarter note = 106 | -0.45 | -22.95 | -20.2 | 12 |
33 | Variation 32 | -0.50 | -20.56 | -18.0 | 13 |
34 | Variation 33 | -5.58 | -23.59 | -21.0 | 10 |
35 | Variation 34 | 0.00 | -18.55 | -16.0 | 13 |
36 | Variation 35 | -3.22 | -22.41 | -18.9 | 11 |
37 | Variation 36 | -0.29 | -21.94 | -17.6 | 14 |
38 | Cadenza | -8.91 | -32.98 | -29.2 | 15 |
39 | Thema: Tempo I | 0.00 | -19.90 | -16.6 | 13 |
40 | I. quarter note = 96-104 | 0.00 | -23.15 | -19.6 | 14 |
41 | II. senza misura (ca. 30 seconds per line) | -26.69 | -49.90 | -46.7 | 14 |
42 | III. quarter note = 72 | -4.99 | -27.21 | -23.4 | 14 |
43 | IV. quarter note = 96 | -1.85 | -23.40 | -20.4 | 14 |