Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Varia

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Label
New Focus Recordings
Release Date
July 8, 2014
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      RZEWSKI, FREDERIC
    • PERFORMER
      Omri Shimron
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 08, 2014
    • UPC
      616892210344
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FCR134
    • LABEL
      New Focus Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Theme: With determination

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    2. Variation 1: Weaving: delicate but firm

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    3. Variation 2: With firmness

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    4. Variation 3: Slightly slower, with expressive nuances

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    5. Variation 4: Marcato

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    6. Variation 5: Dreamlike, frozen

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    7. Variation 6: Same tempo as beginning

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    8. Variation 7: Tempo (Lightly, impatiently)

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    9. Variation 8: With agility; not too much pedal; crisp

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    10. Variation 9: half note = 48, Evenly

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    11. Variation 10: Comodo, recklessly

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    12. Variation 11: Tempo I (Like fragments of an absent melody-in strict time)

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    13. Variation 12

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    14. Variation 13: quarter note = 72 or slightly faster

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    15. Variation 14: A bit faster, optimistically

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    16. Variation 15: Flexible, like an improvisation

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    17. Variation 16: Same tempo as preceding with fluctuations; much pedal

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    18. Variation 17: L.H. strictly half note = 36, R.H. freely, roughly as in space

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    19. Variation 18: quarter note = 72

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    20. Variation 19: With energy

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    21. Variation 20: Crisp, precise

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    22. Variation 21: Relentless, uncompromising

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    23. Variation 22: quarter note = 132

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    24. Variation 23: As fast as possible, with some rubato

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    25. Variation 24: quarter note = 72

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    26. Variation 25: quarter note = ca. 84, with fluctuations

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    27. Variation 26: In a militant manner

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    28. Variation 27: Tenderly, and with a hopeful expression

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    29. Variation 28: quarter note = 160

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    30. Variation 29: quarter note = 144-152

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    31. Variation 30: quarter note = 84

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    32. Variation 31: quarter note = 106

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    33. Variation 32

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    34. Variation 33

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    35. Variation 34

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    36. Variation 35

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    37. Variation 36

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    38. Cadenza (optional improvisation)

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron

    39. Theme: Tempo I

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Omri Shimron


Pianist Omri Shimron releases a virtuosic and personal account of Rzewski's iconic hour-long solo work, The People United Shall Never Be Defeated! + Shimron draws from his own family history to construct a unique cadenza based on Zionist songs and draw a parallel between the Chilean-Marxist origins of Rzewski's chosen theme and other solidarity movements across the globe. + Based in Greensboro, NC, Mr. Shimron is an associate professor at Elon University in Elon, NC.