The People United Will Never Be Defeated!

Frederic Rzewski - The People United Will Never Be Defeated!

Performer: Ursula Oppens - piano

To be honest, I'm more interested in hearing Rzewski performing this himself, but unfortunately, I don't have that recording on hand at the moment. However, this recording is the original as Ursula Oppens commissioned Rzewski to write something for her and this music was the result. Rzewski even dedicated this work to Oppens. This work is considered a classic in the canon of modern piano music. It is a bunch of variations on a song of the same name written by Sergio Ortega. Ortega's song became an anthem of the Chilean resistance movement against the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. There have been several recordings of this work yet Oppens' version is still worth a listen if at least for historical importance.

Tracklisting:

1. Thema {1:23}

2. Variation 1 {0:53}

3. Variation 2 {0:53}

4. Variation 3 {1:07}

5. Variation 4 {0:58}

6. Variation 5 {0:58}

7. Variation 6 {1:05}

8. Variation 7 {0:52}

9. Variation 8 {1:04}

10. Variation 9 {1:05}

11. Variation 10 {0:57}

12. Variation 11 {0:58}

13. Variation 12 {1:09}

14. Variation 13 {1:44}

15. Variation 14 {1:15}

16. Variation 15 {1:19}

17. Variation 16 {1:32}

18. Variation 17 {1:06}

19. Variation 18 {1:27}

20. Variation 19 {0:38}

21. Variation 20 {0:34}

22. Variation 21 {0:48}

23. Variation 22 {0:44}

24. Variation 23 {0:28}

25. Variation 24 {2:10}

26. Variation 25 {2:13}

27. Variation 26 {1:10}

28. Variation 27 {4:54}

29. Variation 28 {1:22}

30. Variation 29 {0:34}

31. Variation 30 {2:24}

32. Variation 31 {0:55}

33. Variation 32 {0:57}

34. Variation 33 {1:00}

35. Variation 34 {1:01}

36. Variation 35 {1:01}

37. Variation 36 {4:21}

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Music of Otto Luening

Otto Luening - Music of Otto Luening

Otto Luening biography

SONATA FOR PIANO (IN MEMORIAM FERRUCCIO BUSONI)

performer: Ursula Oppens - piano

recorded November 5, 1974

FUGUE AND CHORALE FANTASY WITH ELECTRONIC DOUBLES FOR ORGAN AND TAPE

performer: Alec Wyton - organ

tape realized at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center

recorded November 4, 1974

The FUGUE AND CHORALE FANTASY WITH ELECTRONIC DOUBLES FOR ORGAN AND TAPE (1973) consists of varied and easily recognizable sections from my Fugue (1971) and Chorale Fantasy (1922) for organ. The Electronic Doubles are based on tape recorded fragments from these two works, sometimes with slight variations, as played by the brilliant organ virtuoso Dr. Fred Tulan on the large Ruffati pipe organ in St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, and on the poly-synthesis stops of the new Hammond Concorde and the special Hammond X-66 organs. With the technical assistance of Daria Semegen, approximately fifteen reels of timbre variations of these fragments were produced with the Bode Frequency Shifter at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York, and then put on tape. These variations were subsequently developed and worked into Electronic Doubles of the original material, being, in effect, electronic echoes of the various sections played by the organ. Careful timing and the timbre relationships between live and taped sound bring cohesiveness and an overall balance to the work. (Otto Luening)

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Sonata for Piano (In Memoriam Ferruccio Busoni): Introduction {3:00}

2. Sonata for Piano (In Memoriam Ferruccio Busoni): Dramatic Scene {4:47}

3. Sonata for Piano (In Memoriam Ferruccio Busoni): Burlesque {6:22}

4. Sonata for Piano (In Memoriam Ferruccio Busoni): Fantasia {6:05}

Side 2

1. Fugue with Electronic Doubles for Organ and Tape {10:27}

2. Chorale Fantasy with Electronic Doubles for Organ and Tape {10:44}

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