Release Date: 31 August 2014
Label: Naxos / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 636943975923
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Rzewski
Description
Frederic Rzewski is most celebrated for his virtuosic variations for piano, The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (8559360). The Four Pieces began as a sequel to that breath-taking work, but whilst sharing certain similarities - Andean dance rhythms and tremendous drama - it occupies its own very distinct sound world, offering a compound of intense lyricism, shattering darkness, and hints of revolutionary fervour. The Housewife's Lament is a set of variations on a 19th-century tune by an anonymous composer with strong influences of Beethoven. The punning title Hard Cuts refers to cuts both budgetary and musical, and Rzewski's signature elements appear throughout: folk rhythms, pointillist clarity, minimalism, and unique craftsmanship.
Tracklisting
Peter Otto; Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero
Dariia Lytvishko
Michael Kaykov
DUO Goni-Perretta
Wenting Shi
Schilli
Schilli
Warsaw Po:Wit
Various Artists
Yulianna Avdeeva
Simon Trpceski; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Thomas Sondergard
Plamena Nikitassova; Les Elemens
Patrick Him, Kirsten Docter, Shuai Want, John Diodati, Paul Vaillancourt, Catherine Ramirez, Jennet
Nicolas Altstaedt; Ian Bostridge; Olli Mustonen
Maurizio Croci
Martha Argerich; Michael Volle; Mischa Maisky; Sascha Maisky; Lily Maisky; Sergio Tiempo; Rosanne P
