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Rzewski & Bach: Variations

Christopher Hinterhuber (piano)

Rzewski & Bach: Variations

Rzewski & Bach: Variations

Christopher Hinterhuber (piano)

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About

Four decades after Frederik Rzewski wrote his variations on Sergio Ortega's “El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sera Vencio“ (written during Pinochet's coup against Chile's former president Salvador Allende), this opus is not only a political statement, but is still full of actuality.

Contents and tracklist

Thema: Tempo I
Track length1:27
Variation 1: Weaving: delicate but firm
Track length0:51
Variation 2: With firmness
Track length0:51
Variation 3: Slightly slower, with expressive nuances (quarter note = ca. 88)
Track length1:05
Variation 4: Marcato - With determination
Track length1:01
Variation 5: Dreamlike, frozen
Track length1:24
Variation 6: Same tempo as beginning
Track length1:07
Variation 7: Tempo (Lightly, impatiently)
Track length0:55
Variation 8: With agility; not too much pedal; crisp
Track length1:06
Variation 9: half note = 48, Evenly
Track length1:13
Variation 10: Comodo, recklessly (quarter note = 96)
Track length1:13
Variation 11: Tempo I (quarter note = 106)
Track length1:06
Variation 12
Track length1:23
Variation 13: quarter note = 72 or slightly faster
Track length1:50
Variation 14: A bit faster, optimistically
Track length1:21
Variation 15: Flexible, like an improvisation
Track length1:20
Variation 16
Track length1:37
Variation 17: L.H. strictly half note = 36, R.H. freely, roughly as in space
Track length1:19
Variation 18: quarter note = 72
Track length1:40
Variation 19: dotted quarter note = 144, With energy
Track length0:36
Variation 20: Crisp, precise, quarter note = 144
Track length0:31
Variation 21: quarter note = 108, Relentless, uncompromising
Track length0:50
Variation 22: quarter note = 132
Track length0:43
Variation 23: As fast as possible, with some rubato
Track length0:25
Variation 24: quarter note = 72
Track length2:35
Variation 25: quarter note = ca. 84, with fluctuations
Track length2:04
Variation 26: quarter note = 168, In a militant manner
Track length1:09
Variation 27: (quarter note = 72) Tenderly, and with a hopeful expression
Track length5:01
Variation 28: quarter note = 160
Track length1:21
Variation 29: quarter note = 144-152
Track length0:34
Variation 30: (quarter note = 84)
Track length2:32
Variation 31: (quarter note = 106)
Track length0:51
Variation 32
Track length0:53
Variation 33
Track length1:03
Variation 34
Track length1:00
Variation 35
Track length1:10
Variation 36
Track length1:52
Optional Improvisation
Track length3:35
Thema
Track length3:02
Aria
Track length2:08
Variation 1
Track length1:19
Variation 2
Track length1:07
Variation 3
Track length1:13
Variation 4
Track length1:02
Variation 5
Track length1:03
Variation 6
Track length1:50
Variation 7
Track length0:54
Variation 8
Track length0:47
Variation 9
Track length0:56
Variation 10
Track length2:48
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