Gurdjieff/de Hartmann: Music for the Piano, Vol. 2: Music of the Sayyids and the Dervishes
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Track Listing
Disc 1:
- First Series: No.1 Sayyid Chant And Dance
- First Series: No.2 For Profesor Skridlov
- First Series: No.3 Sayyid Chant And Dance
- First Series: (Untitled)
- First Series: No.5 Dervish Dance: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
- First Series: No.6 Persian Dance
- First Series: No.7 Dervish Chant And Dance: Andante Con Moto
- First Series: No.8 Sayyid Chant And Dance: Rubato
- First Series: No.9 Sayyid Chant And Dance: Lento. Poco Rubato
- First Series: No.10 Sayyid Chant And Dance: Andantino. Molto Cantabile Ed Espressivo
- First Series: No.11 (Untitled)
- First Series: No.12 Sayyid Chant And Dance: Librement
- First Series: No.13 (Untitled)
- First Series: No.14 Dervish Dance: Andante Con Moto. Poco Marciale
- First Series: No.15 Sayyid Chant
- Second Series: No.16 Persian Dervish: Moderato. Poco Rubato
- Second Series: No.17 Dervish Dance: Pesante
- Second Series: No.18 (Untitled)
- Second Series: No.19 Sayyid Chant And Dance: Librement
- Second Series: No.20 (Untitled)
- Second Series: No.21 Sayyid Dance: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
- Second Series: No.22 Sayyid Dance: Andantino. Poco Marciale
Disc 2:
- Second Series: No.23 Sayyid Chant And Dance: Liberamente
- Second Series: No.24 (Untitled)
- Second Series: No.25 Sayyid Chant And Dance: Lento Non Troppo
- Second Series: No.26 Sayyid Dance: Allegro Con Brio
- Second Series: No.27 Dervish Dance: Con Moto. ll Ritmo Marcato Assai
- Second Series: No.28 Moorish Dance: Allegro Con Brio
- Third Series: No.29 Sayyid Chant And Dance
- Third Series: No.30 Sayyid Chant And Dance
- Third Series: No.31 Sayyid Dance
- Third Series: No.32 Katzapsky Song
- Third Series: No.33 Sayyid Dance
- Third Series: No.34 Sayyid Dance: Quasi Recitativo. Con Moto
- Third Series: No.35 Bayaty
- Third Series: No.36 Dervish Dance: Moderato. Pesante
- Third Series: No.37 (Untitled)
- Third Series: No.38 Caucasian Dance: Allegro Con Brio
- Third Series: No.39 Kurdo-Greek Melody: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
- Third Series: No.40 Kurdish Song: Allegro Con Moto
- Third Series: No.41 Sayyid Chant And Dance
- Third Series: No.42 Sayyid Chant
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #445899 in Music
- Released on: 1998-10-27
- Number of discs: 2
- Format: Import
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
George Ivanovich Gurdjieff was a modernist Renaissance man, able to conduct the boldly-named Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man and lead flocks of faithful spiritualists. He was also--as this two-CD set, its sibling Asian Songs and Rhythms, and two more sets attest--an articulate piano-music co-composer. Thomas de Hartmann, musically trained and familiar with various modernist arts movements, was Gurdjieff's collaborator on these 42 miniatures, adding a mix of pre-minimalist pacing and learned tonal elements to what Gurdjieff surely saw as indigenous folk sketches. Indeed, so much of this music is introspective that whole swirls of dance elements come to full fruition with a delicate grace. This is a fantastic solo piano recording. --Andrew Bartlett

