The People United Will Never Be Defeated!

Album by Frederic Rzewski & Omri Shimron

The People United Will Never Be Defeated! is a 1975 solo piano album by American composer-pianist Frederic Rzewski. It comprises thirty-six variations on a Chilean protest song, blending virtuosic pianism, extended techniques and improvisatory gestures, and occupies an important place in Rzewski's output and in late-20th-century politically engaged piano repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Theme. With Determination
    1:35
  2. 2.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 1, Weaving. Delicate but Firm
    1:03
  3. 3.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 2, With Firmness
    1:00
  4. 4.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 3, Slightly Slower, with Expressive Nuances
    1:16
  5. 5.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 4, Marcato
    1:10
  6. 6.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 5, Dreamlike, Frozen
    1:10
  7. 7.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 6, Same Tempo as Beginning
    1:22
  8. 8.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 7, Tempo (Lightly, Impatiently)
    1:06
  9. 9.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 8, With Agility; Not Too Much Pedal; Crisp
    1:30
  10. 10.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 9, Half Note = 48, Evenly
    1:14
  11. 11.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 10, Comodo, Recklessly
    1:09
  12. 12.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 11, Tempo I (Like Fragments of an Absent Melody in Strict Time)
    0:51
  13. 13.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 12
    1:29
  14. 14.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 13, Quarter Note = 72 or Slightly Faster
    2:00
  15. 15.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 14, A Bit Faster, Optimistically
    1:28
  16. 16.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 15, Flexible, Like an Improvisation
    1:30
  17. 17.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 16, Same Tempo as Preceding with Fluctuations; Much Pedal
    1:51
  18. 18.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 17, L.H. Strictly Half Note = 36, R.H. Freely, Roughly as in Space
    1:17
  19. 19.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 18, Quarter Note = 72
    1:59
  20. 20.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 19, With Energy
    0:50
  21. 21.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 20, Crisp, Precise
    0:42
  22. 22.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 21, Relentless, Uncompromising
    1:03
  23. 23.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 22, Quarter Note = 132
    0:50
  24. 24.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 23, As Fast as Possible, with Some Rubato
    0:32
  25. 25.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 24, Quarter Note = 72
    2:37
  26. 26.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 25, Quarter Note = ca. 84, with fluctuations
    2:01
  27. 27.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 26, In a Militant Manner
    1:22
  28. 28.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 27, Tenderly, and with a Hopeful Expression
    5:36
  29. 29.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 28, Quarter Note = 160
    1:28
  30. 30.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 29, Quarter Note = 144-152
    0:36
  31. 31.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 30, Quarter Note = 84
    2:54
  32. 32.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 31, Quarter Note = 106
    1:08
  33. 33.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 32
    1:07
  34. 34.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 33
    1:17
  35. 35.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 34
    1:15
  36. 36.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 35
    1:20
  37. 37.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 36
    1:45
  38. 38.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Cadenza (Optional Improvisation)
    3:17
  39. 39.
    The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Theme. Tempo I
    3:26

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