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Frederic Rzewski: Dreams; War Songs; Winter Nights; Saints and Sinners

Bobby Mitchell (piano)

Both ‘ Wake Up’ and ‘Ruins’ were dedicated to Igor Levit, the pianist who has done much to bring new listeners to Rzewski’s 1975 variations The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Sony)....

Frederic Rzewski: Dreams; War Songs; Winter Nights; Saints and Sinners

Bobby Mitchell (piano)

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Both ‘ Wake Up’ and ‘Ruins’ were dedicated to Igor Levit, the pianist who has done much to bring new listeners to Rzewski’s 1975 variations The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Sony)....

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Frederic Rzewski was one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time. The themes explored in his late piano works are typical of his entire body of work in their uncompromising and universal nature. The intensely contrapuntal Ruins and virtuoso Wake Up are the last pieces in his vast piano cycle Dreams, while the War Songs weave together six war and anti-war songs from the last seven centuries. Winter Nights was written for Bobby Mitchell. Rzewski said of the three movements that they were intended to help with insomnia in a similar way to Bach’s Goldberg Variations, though they are inevitably very different in the darkness of their moods.

Contents and tracklist

Pt. II: No. 7, Ruins
Track length10:45
Pt. II: No. 8, Wake Up
Track length5:04
Night One
Track length10:47
Night Two
Track length7:57
Night Three
Track length5:58

Awards and reviews

May 2023

Both ‘ Wake Up’ and ‘Ruins’ were dedicated to Igor Levit, the pianist who has done much to bring new listeners to Rzewski’s 1975 variations The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Sony). But Mitchell deserves equal praise for his advocacy, as here he expertly premieres on disc a wealth of Rzewski pieces that remain largely unknown.

Nov/Dec 2023

Bobby Mitchell performs superbly, with all the vibrance, technical facility, clarity, and emotional range one could hope for. The recorded sound is excellent. This is a fine tribute to a great and unique American composer/pianist. Enthusiastically recommended.

June 2023

Compelling, sympathetic and authoritative interpretations.

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