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Rzewski: The People United Will Never be Defeated

~ Frederic Rzewski (Composer), Marc-André Hamelin (Performer)
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  • Performer: Marc-André Hamelin
  • Composer: Frederic Rzewski
  • Audio CD (1 Jan 2000)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Hyperion
  • ASIN: B00000IXWM
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 148,759 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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    #11 in  Music > Classical Instrumental > Performers > A-Z > G-H > Hamelin, Marc-André

Track Listings

1. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Thema: With Determination
2. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 1: Weaving; Delicate But Firm
3. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 2: With Firmness
4. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 3: Slightly Slower, With Expressive Nuances
5. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 4: Marcato
6. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 5: Dreamlike, Frozen
7. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 6: Same Tempo As Beginning
8. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 7: Tempo (Lightly, Impatiently)
9. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 8: With Agility; Not Too Much Pedal; Crisp
10. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 9: Evenly
11. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 10: Comodo, Recklessly
12. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 11: Temp I. Like Fragments Of An Absent Melody - In Strict Time
13. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 12
14. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 13: Tempo = 72
15. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 14: A Bit Faster, Optimistically
16. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 15: Flexible, Like An Improvisation
17. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 16: Same Tempo As Preceding, With Fuctuations; Much Pedal
18. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 17: LH Strictly - RH Freely, Roughly As In Space
19. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 18
20. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 19: With Energy
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On this CD:
  1. (The) People United Will Never Be Defeated!
    Composed by Frederic Rzewski
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  2. (4) North American Ballads
    Composed by Frederic Rzewski
    with Marc-André Hamelin


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Amazon.co.uk Review
Frederic Rzewski's homage to Latin American liberation struggles is well represented, with stunning interpretations by such luminaries as Stephen Drury and Ursula Oppens prior to this version by Marc-André Hamelin. Drury's version might well be the high-water mark, in part because New Albion Records wisely included a rousing 1975 live version of the original Sergio Ortega liberation anthem with Quilapayun and thousands of singers to give the piano performance context. But comparing two versions of these 36 variations on the song's theme is fraught, given Rzewski's heavily improvisational performance instructions (e.g., to play variation 11 "like fragments of an absent melody--in strict time," variation 27 "Tenderly, and with a hopeful expression"). Hamelin takes the piece more strictly and in more clearly virtuosic terms than Drury, just as he's taken Scriabin and Medtner. He starts off stronger and paces himself differently, sometimes faster, sometimes slower, but always more deliberately. People is a work prone to radically different interpretations, and while it's easy to compare Hamelin and Drury, it's musically better to take each on its own. It's folksy, rootsy music that gets microtonal in fragments and deconstructs the melody so thoroughly that it'll be 36 times lovelier when you're done listening. The added bonus of Hamelin's version is the inclusion of the warm "Down by the Riverside" and "Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues", both given the theme-restatement-improvisation processing treatment that marks Rzewski's unparalleled work in traditional folk music. --Andrew Bartlett

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Performance of a Great Work, 17 Jul 2006
By Sordel (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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I happened upon this CD because I knew some of Marc-Andre Hamelin's Sorabji recordings and knew that he concentrated on virtuosic repertoire. Rzewski was new to me, but even on a first listen it was abvious that this series of variations for solo piano is a substantial addition to the piano repertoire. Although no one would mistake it for a nineteenth century piece, it is far from avant garde and there is plenty here that links it to the main canon of such works.

Stylistically "The People United ..." embraces many different styles, so it is arguable that a genuine "Rzewski" voice is difficult to identify, but the distinctive nature of the Theme, together with the ingenuity of scoring, results in a work that has more coherence and variety than you might expect. There is very little pastiche here - no Straussian waltzes or Bachian fugues - so most of the playfulness has to be generated solely by the exuberance of the pianistic writing, which is quite stunning .... not least in the contrapuntal series of variations from 19 to 23.

Subsequently, I bought the Nonesuch Rzewski boxed set which includes the composer's own performance of "The People United ...", and Hamelin's is to me superior both in recording and performance. Having listened to that set I also think that "The People United ..." is by far the best introduction to the composer's work since it holds in check some of his more idiosyncratic tricks. As it is, there are short passages of whistling in "The People United ..." that will not appeal to everyone.

The fillers on this disc - two of the four "North American Ballads" are, it should be added, excellent and make a compelling argument for purchase on their own. I'd urge anyone with any interest in piano repertoire - even if their interest usually stops with Chopin - to give this disc a chance.
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