Rzewski / Bach: Variations

Name: Rzewski / Bach: Variations
Brand: Paladino
SKU: PMR0037
Price: 19.99 EUR
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Artists: Hinterhuber, Christopher

Description

Almost 40 years after its creation, Rzewski's Variations on Sergio Ortega's "El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sera Vencio", written amid the turmoil surrounding Pinochet's coup against the then Chilean President Salvador Allende, also bear a political statement of our time. Since then, the piece has become an anthem against political oppression and a symbol of resistance. Irony of fate: Justament, a song that supported a regime which was overthrown with the help of the CIA, served as the basis for a work that was premiered at the 200th anniversary celebration of the USA. Johann Sebastian Bach composed only two variation works for keyboard instruments, the "Goldberg Variations" and the much earlier work "Aria Variata alla Maniera Italiana" in A minor, around 1709. Thus, Bach was already a master of the keyboard instruments of his time as a young man in his twenties.

Number	Title	Playing time
1	The people united will never be defeated (36 Variations on El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sera Vencido!)
1 . 1	1. Theme: With determination	00:01:27	listen
2 . 2	2. Variation No. 1 (Waving): Delicate but firm	00:00:51	listen
3 . 3	3. Variation No. 2: With firmness	00:00:51	listen
4 . 4	4. Variation No. 3: Slightly slower, with expressive nuances	00:01:05	listen
5 . 5	5. Variation No. 4: Marcato	00:01:01	listen
6 . 6	6. Variation No. 5: Dreamlike, frozen	00:01:24	listen
7 . 7	7. Variation No. 6: Same tempo as beginning	00:01:07	listen
8 . 8	8. Variation No. 7: Lightly, impatiently	00:00:55	listen
9 . 9	9. Variation No. 8: With agility	00:01:06	listen
10 . 10	10. Variation No. 9: Evenly	00:01:13	listen
11 . 11	11. Variation No. 10: Comodo	00:01:13	listen
12 . 12	12. Variation No. 11: Tempo 1, like fragments of an absent melody - In strict time	00:01:06	listen
13 . 13	13. Variation No. 12	00:01:23	listen
14 . 14	14. Variation No. 13	00:01:50	listen
15 . 15	15. Variation No. 14: A bit faster, optimistically	00:01:21	listen
16 . 16	16. Variation No. 15: Flexible, like an improvisation	00:01:20	listen
17 . 17	17. Variation No. 16: Same tempo as preceding, with fluctuations; much pedal - Expansive, with a victorious feeling	00:01:37	listen
18 . 18	18. Variation No. 17: Left hand strictly, right hand freely (Rough in space)	00:01:19	listen
19 . 19	19. Variation No. 18	00:01:40	listen
20 . 20	20. Variation No. 19: With energy	00:00:36	listen
21 . 21	21. Variation No. 20: Crisp, precise	00:00:31	listen
22 . 22	22. Variation No. 21: Relentless, uncompromising	00:00:50	listen
23 . 23	23. Variation No. 22: Very expressionate	00:00:43	listen
24 . 24	24. Variation No. 23: As fast as possible, with some rubato	00:00:25	listen
25 . 25	25. Variation No. 24	00:02:35	listen
26 . 26	26. Variation No. 25	00:02:04	listen
27 . 27	27. Variation No. 26: In a militant manner	00:01:09	listen
28 . 28	28. Variation No. 27: Tenderly, with a hopeful expression - Cadenza	00:05:01	listen
29 . 29	29. Variation No. 28	00:01:21	listen
30 . 30	30. Variation No. 29	00:00:34	listen
31 . 31	31. Variation No. 30	00:02:32	listen
32 . 32	32. Variation No. 31	00:00:51	listen
33 . 33	33. Variation No. 32	00:00:53
34 . 34	34. Variation No. 33	00:01:03
35 . 35	35. Variation No. 34	00:01:00
36 . 36	36. Variation No. 35	00:01:10
37 . 37	37. Variation No. 36	00:01:52
38 . 38	38. Optional improvisation	00:03:35
39 . 39	39. Theme: Reprise	00:03:02
40	Aria variata alla maniera italiana a-moll BWV 989
40 . 1	1. Aria	00:02:08
41 . 2	2. Variation No. 1: Largo	00:01:19
42 . 3	3. Variation No. 2	00:01:07
43 . 4	4. Variation No. 3	00:01:13
44 . 5	5. Variation No. 4: Allegro	00:01:02
45 . 6	6. Variation No. 5: Un poco allegro	00:01:03
46 . 7	7. Variation No. 6: Andante	00:01:50
47 . 8	8. Variation No. 7: Allegro	00:00:54
48 . 9	9. Variation No. 8: Allegro	00:00:47
49 . 10	10. Variation No. 9	00:00:56
50 . 11	11. Variation No. 10	00:02:48