Gurdjieff/de Hartman: Music for Piano, vol.1: Asian Songs & Rhythms

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Skeptics might regard George Ivanovich Gurdjieff as a dilettante: interested in spirituality and the arts but only as they regarded his own following. But the piano works he composed with Thomas de Hartmann in the mid-1920s reveal tremendous depth. Born in the Caucasus and travelling into Asia throughout his life, Gurdjieff absorbed enough Asian musical and dance traditions to give these 49 piano miniatures--the sibling of another two-CD set, Music of the Sayyids and Dervishes--convincing depth. De Hartmann, who departed from Gurdjieff's circle in 1929--two years after these works were formulated--likely added the low-end harmonics and carefully dusky textures. But Gurdjieff is likely responsible for the rhythmic moodiness of these pieces. Given that they were pedagogic, in a very loose sense, they seem elementary at times. But they're always colored by a fine concatenation of modernist elements and seemingly indigenous Asian and Mediterranean elements. --Andrew Bartlett --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Gurdjieff/de Hartman: Music for Piano, vol.1: Asian Songs & Rhythms, Music, Georges Gurdjieff, Laurence Rosenthal, Gunter Appenheimer, Linda Daniel-Spitz, Charles Ketcham, Thomas de Hartmann, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Orchestral & Symphonic
Gurdjieff/de Hartman: Music for Piano, vol.1: Asian Songs & Rhythms
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    		Gurdjieff/de Hartman: Music for Piano, vol.1: Asian Songs & Rhythms
    Georges Gurdjieff , Laurence Rosenthal , Charles Ketcham , and Thomas de Hartmann
    Manufacturer: Wergo Germany
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000024ZQL
    Release Date: 1998-10-27

    Tracks:

    1. First Series: No.1: Greek Melody
    2. First Series: No.2: Greek Round Dance
    3. First Series: No.3: Greek Song
    4. First Series: No.4: Kurd Melody (Moderato Con Moto)
    5. First Series: No.5: Oriental Song (Allegro Con Brio)
    6. First Series: No.6: Persian Song (Allegretto)
    7. First Series: No.7: Atarnakh, Kurd Song
    8. First Series: No.8: Tibetan Melody (Giocoso)
    9. First Series: No.9: (Untitled) (Marche Alerte)
    10. First Series: No.10: (Untitled) (Lento, Quasi Recitativo)
    11. First Series: No.11: (Untitled) (Andante Con Moto)
    12. First Series: No.12: (Untitled)
    13. First Series: No.13: Duduki (Andantino)
    14. First Series: No.14: Untitled
    15. First Series: No.15: Armenian Melody (Allegretto Grazioso)
    16. First Series: No.16: Song Of the Molokans (Con Moto)
    17. First Series: No.17: Kurd Shepard Melody (Alla Breve, Lento E Liberamente)
    18. Second Series: No.18: Song Of The Aisors (Andante Con Moto)
    19. Second Series: No.19: Kurd Sheperd's Dance (Allegro Ma Non Troppo)
    20. Second Series: No.20: Song Of The Fisherwomen (Andantino)
    21. Second Series: No.21: Allegretto (Allegretto Commodo)
    22. Second Series: No.22: (Untitled)
    23. Second Series: No.23: Mamasha
    24. Second Series: No.24: Persian Dance
    25. Second Series: No.25: Song Of Ancient Rome
    26. Second Series: No.26: (Untitled)

    Tracks:

    1. Second Series: No.27: Armenian Song (Andantino)
    2. Second Series: No.28: (Untitled) (Poco Marciale)
    3. Second Series: No.29: Ancient Greek Melody (Poco Marciale. Con Anima)
    4. Second Series: No.30: Long Ago In Mikhailov (Andantino)
    5. Second Series: No.31: Oriental Melody (Allegro Assai)
    6. Second Series: No.32: Assyrian Women Mourners (Andante Funebre)
    7. Third Series: No.33: Kurd Melody From Isfahan
    8. Third Series: No.34: Hindu Melody (Allegro Ma Non Troppo)
    9. Third Series: No.35: (Untitled)
    10. Third Series: No.36: Armenian Song
    11. Third Series: No.37: Greek Melody
    12. Third Series: No.38: Afghan Melody
    13. Third Series: No.39: (Untitled) (Moderato)
    14. Third Series: No.40: (Untitled)
    15. Third Series: No.41: Kurd Melody (Allegretto)
    16. Third Series: No.42: Ancient Greek Melody
    17. Third Series: No.43: Ancient Greek Dance
    18. Third Series: No.44: Greek Song
    19. Third Series: No.45: Arabian Dance
    20. Third Series: No.46: Greek Melody (Marciale)
    21. Third Series: No.47: (Untitled)
    22. Third Series: No.48: Tibetan 'Masques', No.1 (Moderato Pesante)
    23. Third Series: No.49: Tibetan 'Masques', No.2 (Vivace Con Brio)

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    Skeptics might regard George Ivanovich Gurdjieff as a dilettante: interested in spirituality and the arts but only as they regarded his own following. But the piano works he composed with Thomas de Hartmann in the mid-1920s reveal tremendous depth. Born in the Caucasus and travelling into Asia throughout his life, Gurdjieff absorbed enough Asian musical and dance traditions to give these 49 piano miniatures--the sibling of another two-CD set, Music of the Sayyids and Dervishes--convincing depth. De Hartmann, who departed from Gurdjieff's circle in 1929--two years after these works were formulated--likely added the low-end harmonics and carefully dusky textures. But Gurdjieff is likely responsible for the rhythmic moodiness of these pieces. Given that they were pedagogic, in a very loose sense, they seem elementary at times. But they're always colored by a fine concatenation of modernist elements and seemingly indigenous Asian and Mediterranean elements. --Andrew Bartlett

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