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Title: A great recording
Review: Of the three performances of this piece that I've heard, this is the best one aside from a live performance that I heard that was absolutely sensational. The piece itself is dinosauric in scope. It's an absolute monster that has an incredible message and requires superhuman technique from the performer. Drury's execution of the piece is quite good and filled with emotion and his technical prowess is very present on this recording. It's also great that this recording offers a version of the theme ("El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sera Vencido") in more or less it's original setting. The only thing I could have asked from from Drury is to have employed the optional improvisation that Rzewski offers to the performer after the 36 variations that really can take the piece to a new level. While this recording is really great, I would really like to get my hands on a recording with the improvisation at the end.
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