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4 Pieces / Hard Cuts / The Housewife's Lament
Naxos

4 Pieces / Hard Cuts / The Housewife's Lament

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Details

Composer
RZEWSKI, FREDERIC
Artist
Van Raat, Park, Marinissen
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Aug 12, 2014
Catalog #
8559759
UPC
636943975923

About

Frederic Rzewski is most celebrated for his virtuosic variations for piano, The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (8.559360). The Four Pieces began as a sequel to that breath-taking work, but whilst sharing certain similarities – Andean dance rhythms and tremendous drama – it occupies its own very distinct sound world, offering a compound of intense lyricism, shattering darkness, and hints of revolutionary fervor. The Housewife’s Lament is a set of variations on an anon. 19th c. tune with strong influences of Beethoven. The punning title Hard Cuts refers to cuts both budgetary and musical, and Rzewski’s signature elements appear throughout: folk rhythms, pointillist clarity, minimalism, and unique craftsmanship.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. — 08:38
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. —
    Duration
    08:38
    Composer
    Frederic Rzewski
    Performer
    Ralph van Raat
  2. 2 No. 2. — 05:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. —
    Duration
    05:52
    Composer
    Frederic Rzewski
    Performer
    Ralph van Raat
  3. 3 No. 3. — 11:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. —
    Duration
    11:34
    Composer
    Frederic Rzewski
    Performer
    Ralph van Raat
  4. 4 No. 4. — 06:53
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. —
    Duration
    06:53
    Composer
    Frederic Rzewski
    Performer
    Ralph van Raat
  5. 5 I. — 06:36
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    06:36
    Composer
    Frederic Rzewski
    Performer
    Ralph van Raat
    Ensemble
    Lunapark
    Conductor
    Arnold Marinissen
  6. 6 II. — 03:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. —
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Frederic Rzewski
    Performer
    Ralph van Raat
    Ensemble
    Lunapark
    Conductor
    Arnold Marinissen
  7. 7 III. Like bees 08:55
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Like bees
    Duration
    08:55
    Composer
    Frederic Rzewski
    Performer
    Ralph van Raat
    Ensemble
    Lunapark
    Conductor
    Arnold Marinissen
  8. 8 The Housewife's Lament 09:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    The Housewife's Lament
    Duration
    09:53
    Composer
    Frederic Rzewski
    Performer
    Ralph van Raat