Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
Igor Levit (piano)
never has 1970s agitprop sounded so compelling...Levit squares up to the exhilarating mix with pitch-perfect acuity and aplomb...Whatever follows, hang on tight: it should prove quite a ride.
Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
Igor Levit (piano)
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never has 1970s agitprop sounded so compelling...Levit squares up to the exhilarating mix with pitch-perfect acuity and aplomb...Whatever follows, hang on tight: it should prove quite a ride.
About
Frederick Rzewski’s “The People United Will Never Be Defeated” forms the final disc of this triple release and is a classic of late 20th-Century piano music. 36 Variations make up this large-scale work and before a return to the theme of determination at the very end.
Contents and tracklist
Var. 16 - Same tempo as preceding, with fluctuations, much pedal, expansive, with a victorious feeling
Track length1:42
Awards and reviews
January 2016
never has 1970s agitprop sounded so compelling...Levit squares up to the exhilarating mix with pitch-perfect acuity and aplomb...Whatever follows, hang on tight: it should prove quite a ride.
15th October 2015
If [the Rzewski] sounds potentially sprawling on paper, in Levit's hands it acquires remarkable coherence and a granite-like majesty.
24th November 2015
Levit's attention to detail and tender lyricism reveal the music's nobility, as well as its anger and blistering energy.
4th December 2015
[Levit] has the technical virtuosity and insight to make a magnificent display of the [Rzewski] variations...Even if you don’t subscribe to the agitprop politics, enjoy the immense sweep of one of the late 20th century’s greatest piano works.
New York Times 2nd December 2015
The Rzewski is inspired...The piano and the man playing it become comrades at arms.
