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Apr 15 2008

Podcast: Frederic Rzewski’s The People United Will Never be Defeated

Posted by Raymond in Enhanced Shows, Podcasts, Regular Shows

RZEWSKI: The People United will never be Defeated cover artAn interview with pianist Ralph van Raat about his new recording of Frederic Rzewski’s monumental solo piano variations The People United Will Never be Defeated.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559360

 

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Mar 06 2008

New From Naxos American Classics For March: Frederic Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated!

Posted by David in New Releases

RZEWSKI, Frederic: The People United Will Never Be Defeated album coverFrederic RZEWSKI: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
Ralph van Raat, piano
Naxos 8559360

In December 2006, Gramophone Magazine named Dutch pianist Ralph van Raat “one to watch.” Now, with his second recording for Naxos, van Raat tackles one of the most important works of the modern piano literature: Frederic Rzewski’s fiendishly difficult set of 36 piano variations, The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Naxos 8559360).

Composer Frederic Rzewski studied at Harvard and Princeton with composers Milton Babbitt and Roger Sessions, and later with Luigi Dallapiccola in Italy. As a successful
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