Rzewski- The People United Will Never be Defeated

So, this is the second time I've uploaded this piece (I also have Drury's recording available). Here, however, is Ursula Oppens, in the premiere recording, and the recording that most consider to be the benchmark for the piece. Not as much muscle as Hamelin, but it feels much truer to the written music, assuming you're of the persuasion to think that means anything.

In fact, assuming I can get a hold of Takahashi's, I might even upload it a third time xD

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Frederic
• Rzewski
• People
• United
• Pueblo
• Unido
• Ursula
• Oppens
• Solo
• Piano
• Variations

[somnynightin78]

AMAZING!!! This is my favorite 20th century piece of music.

[marlobritof]

Muy bien!!

[marlobritof]

Muy bien!!!!

[Mattyb2001uk]

44:25 is amazing!

[poiupupu]

Saint Ursula is great!

[Xzaln]

love this!!!! my favorite part is at 20:00 when it sounds like its going to refrain but goes back to ordered chaos !!! thud thump thud clunk

[juanandresmarambio]

Extraordinaria...

[anokaguy]

I heard her play this at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota in the early 1980's. How lucky I was to hear this live...what a glorious musical education. I still remember how she broke strings on both of the concert grands. (Pianos were moved/switched in the interval.) She played those Steinways to inches of their lives over that long weekend of concertizing. Her Schumann, after the Rzewski was sublime...best playing I have ever heard

[lispectorando]

very timely.

[stochasticactus]

Must say, to my taste, Hamelin's version sounds robotic and heartless compared to this very expressive performance by the wonderful Oppens.