Frederic Rzewski was one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time. The themes explored in his late piano works are typical of his entire body of work in their uncompromising and universal nature. Let It Shine from 2019 is based on the popular gospel song of unknown origin This Little Light of Mine. Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues was composed in 1979 and is based on the workers’ song of the same name and has since become one of Rzewski’s most widely performed piano works. This digital release complements 8.559928 on which Bobby Mitchell plays Rzewski’s Saints and Sinners, War Songs, Winter Nights and two excerpts from Dreams.