Edition: Album

Composer: Frederic Rzewski

Label: Hyperion

Number of Discs: 1

Duration: 73.30 minutes

Track Listing:
1: Thema - With determination
2: Variation 1 - Weaving: delicate but firm
3: Variation 2 - With firmness
4: Variation 3 - Slightly slower, with expressive nuances
5: Variation 4 - Marcato
6: Variation 5 - Dreamlike, frozen
7: Variation 6 - Same tempo as beginning
8: Variation 7 - Tempo (Lightly, impatiently)
9: Variation 8 - With agility; not too much pedal; crisp
10: Variation 9 - Evenly
11: Variation 10 - Comodo, recklessly
12: Variation 11 - Tempo 1. Like fragments of an absent melody - in strict time
13: Variation 12
14: Variation 13 - Music = 72
15: Variation 14 - A bit faster, optimistically
16: Variation 15 - Flexible, like an improvisation
17: Variation 16 - Same tempo as preceding, with fluctuations; much pedal
18: Variation 17 - LH strictly music = 36 RH freely, roughly as in space
19: Variation 18 - music = 72
20: Variation 19 - With energy
21: Variation 20 - Crisp, precise
22: Variation 21 - Relentless, uncompromising
23: Variation 22 - music = 132
24: Variation 23 - As fast as possible, with some rubato
25: Variation 24 - music = 72
26: Variation 25 - music = ca.84, with fluctuations
27: Variation 26 - In a militant manner
28: Variation 27 - Tenderly, and with a hopeful expression
29: Variation 28 - music = 160
30: Variation 29 - music = 144-152
31: Variation 30 - music = 84
32: Variation 31 - (music = 160)
33: Variation 32
34: Variation 33
35: Variation 34
36: Variation 35
37: Variation 36
38: Cadenza (optional improvisation)
39: Thema - Tempo 1
40: No. 3: Down by the Riverside
41: No. 4: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues