Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: Unite! (Piano Works) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Frederic Rzewski was one of the essential contemporary US composers whose death anniversary is approaching for the first time. The German pianist Benyamin Nuss presents three of the most famous works on his new CD “UNITE!”. Nuss starts the album with the four movements of the “North American Ballads” and takes you directly into the composer’s sound universe. These pieces tell of the nation’s workers, the downtrodden and oppressed, and illustrate Rzewski’s view of the United States of his time.

The second work of the double album, “Mayn Yingele”, was written on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Reich Pogrom Night and expressed the pain of a shift worker of that time. Rzewksi’s best-known work, “The People United Will Never Be Defeated,” closes the album with 36 variations on a Chilean resistance song. Throughout the album, Nuss impressively demonstrates the technical precision and dedication with which he has fully immersed himself in Rzewski’s works, making “Unite!” one of the most challenging recordings of his entire discography.

Tracklist:

01. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Thema (01:33)
02. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 1 – Weaving, Delicate but Firm (01:00)
03. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 2 – With Firmness (01:00)
04. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 3 – Slightly Slower, with Expressive Nuances (01:16)
05. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 4 – Marcato (01:06)
06. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 5 – Dreamlike, Frozen (01:32)
07. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 6 – Same Tempo as Beginning (01:12)
08. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 7 – Tempo (Lightly, Impatiently) (01:01)
09. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 8 – With Agility, Not Too Much Pedal, Crisp (01:26)
10. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 9 – Evenly (01:02)
11. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 10 – Comodo, Recklessly (01:10)
12. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 11 – Tempo I. Like Fragments of an Absent Melody – In Strict Time (00:52)
13. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 12 (01:19)
14. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 13 (01:55)
15. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 14 – A Bit Faster, Optimistically (01:21)
16. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 15 – Flexible, Like an Improvisation (01:31)
17. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 16 – Same Tempo as Preceding, with Fluctuations, Much Pedal (01:56)
18. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 17 – Left Hand Strictly. Right Hand Freely, Roughly in Space (01:21)
19. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 18 (01:38)
20. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 19 – With Energy (00:43)
21. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 20 – Crisp, Precise (00:42)
22. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 21 – Relentless, Uncompromising (00:57)
23. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 22 (00:47)
24. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 23 – As Fast as Possible, with Some Rubato (00:25)
25. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 24 (03:16)
26. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 25 (02:15)
27. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 26 – In a Militant Manner (01:14)
28. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 27 – Tenderly, with a Hopeful Expression – Cadenza (05:58)
29. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 28 (01:25)
30. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 29 (00:42)
31. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 30 (02:31)
32. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 31 (01:01)
33. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 32 (01:01)
34. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 33 (01:08)
35. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 34 (01:06)
36. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 35 (01:13)
37. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Variation 36 (01:43)
38. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Improvisation (03:45)
39. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Thema. Tempo I (02:59)
40. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Improvisation II (02:28)
41. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Improvisation III (03:59)
42. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: North American Ballads: I. Dreadful Memories (After Aunt Molly Jackson) (04:20)
43. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: North American Ballads: II. Which Side Are You On? (After Florence Reese) (11:42)
44. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: North American Ballads: III. Down by the Riverside (09:03)
45. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: North American Ballads: IV. Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (10:28)
46. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: Mayn Yingele: Thema. Variation 1 – Espressivo. Variation 2 (01:15)
47. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: Mayn Yingele: Variation 3 – Espressivo, in Un Tempo Flessibile. Variation 4 – Tempo Giusto. Variation 5 (01:25)
48. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: Mayn Yingele: Variation 6 – Faster. Variation 7 – Tempo I – Tenderly (00:57)
49. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: Mayn Yingele: Variation 8 – Pp Sempre E Staccato. Variation 9. Variation 10 – Meno Mosso, Espressivo (01:35)
50. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: Mayn Yingele: Variation 11 – Ancora Meno Mosso (00:34)
51. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: Mayn Yingele: Variation 12 – Piu Mosso. Legato, Sussurrato. Variation 13 – Sempre Legato. Mormorando (01:01)
52. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: Mayn Yingele: Variation 14 – Sempre Legato, Ma Piu Agitato. Variation 15 – Marcato, Eccitato. Variation 16 – Piu Mosso (01:07)
53. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: Mayn Yingele: Variation 17. Variation 18 (01:18)
54. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: Mayn Yingele: Variation 19 – Piu Mosso. Variation 20 – Ancora Piu Mosso (00:44)
55. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: Mayn Yingele: Variation 21 – Meno Mosso (00:36)
56. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: Mayn Yingele: Variation 22 – Meno Mosso (04:30)
57. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: Mayn Yingele: Variation 23 – Free Tempo, Espressivo (01:04)
58. Benyamin Nuss – Rzewski: Mayn Yingele: Variation 24 – Each Bar Different in Duration from the Preceding One, but Becoming Generally Progressively Longer (01:15)