Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Yuji Takahashi

The People United Will Never Be Defeated!

(ALM Records, ALCD-19) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Thema (1:15)
  2. Variation 1 (0:59)
  3. Variation 2 (0:48)
  4. Variation 3 (1:10)
  5. Variation 4 (1:13)
  6. Variation 5 (1:33)
  7. Variation 6 (1:08)
  8. Variation 7 (0:57)
  9. Variation 8 (1:19)
  10. Variation 9 (1:58)
  11. Variation 10 (1:07)
  12. Variation 11 (1:11)
  13. Variation 12 (1:16)
  14. Variation 13 (1:53)
  15. Variation 14 (1:22)
  16. Variation 15 (1:38)
  17. Variation 16 (1:38)
  18. Variation 17 (1:17)
  19. Variation 18 (1:29)
  20. Variation 19 (0:38)
  21. Variation 20 (0:39)
  22. Variation 21 (1:00)
  23. Variation 22 (0:55)
  24. Variation 23 (0:37)
  25. Variation 24 (2:52)
  26. Variation 25 (2:22)
  27. Variation 26 (1:00)
  28. Variation 27 (6:32)
  29. Variation 28 (1:46)
  30. Variation 29 (0:33)
  31. Variation 30 (2:39)
  32. Variation 31 (0:58)
  33. Variation 32 (0:54)
  34. Variation 33 (1:12)
  35. Variation 34 (1:08)
  36. Variation 35 (1:16)
  37. Variation 36 (3:08)
  38. Thema (2:29)

Composed by Frederic Rzewski: "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!" for solo piano, 36 variations on "¡El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sera Vencido!" by Sergio Ortega and Quilapa Yun [1975]

Yuji Takahashi: piano

Recorded by Yukio Kojima at Arakawa Kumin Kaikan, Tokyo, March 23 and 24, 1978
Directed by Yukio Kojima
Cover design by Nobukage Torii
Includes a 4-page leaflet with Japanese liner notes by Yuji Takahashi and Hikaru Hayashi, and black and white photos

Released in 1989
Originally released in 1978 as an LP on ALM Records (AL-19)