Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff

"Fascinating and highly attractive project which returns the music of Gurdjieff (c. 1866 - 1949) to its ethnic inspirational sources. To date Gurdjieff's compositions have largely been studied, in the West, via the piano transcriptions of Thomas de Hartmann. Armenian composer Levon Eskenian now goes beyond the printed notes to look at the musical traditions that Gurdjieff encountered during his travels, and rearranges the compositions from this perspective. Eskenian draws attention to the roots of the pieces in Armenian, Greek, Arabic, Kurdish, Assyrian, Persian and Caucasian folk and spiritual music. Enlisting the assistance of some of the leading players in Armenia, Eskenian founded the Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble in 2008, and with them he has now realized a remarkable album." ECM, The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble ; Levon Eskeninan, dirigent, arrangemang. Medverkande: Levon Eskenian, dirigent ; Emmanuel Hovhannisyan, duduk ; Avag Margaryan, blul ; Armen Ayvazyan, kamancha ; Aram Nikoghosyan, oud ; Meri Vardanyan, kanon ; Vladimir Papikyan, santur ; Davit Avagyan, tar ; Mesrop khalatyan, dap ; Armen Yeganyan, saz ; Reza Nesimi, tombak ; Harutyun Chkolyan, duduk ; Tigran Karapetyan, duduk ; Artur Atoyan, dam duduk. - "Fascinating and highly attractive project which returns the music of Gurdjieff (c. 1866 - 1949) to its ethnic inspirational sources. To date Gurdjieff's compositions have largely been studied, in the West, via the piano transcriptions of Thomas de Hartmann. Armenian composer Levon Eskenian now goes beyond the printed notes to look at the musical traditions that Gurdjieff encountered during his travels, and rearranges the compositions from this perspective. Eskenian draws attention to the roots of the pieces in Armenian, Greek, Arabic, Kurdish, Assyrian, Persian and Caucasian folk and spiritual music. Enlisting the assistance of some of the leading players in Armenia, Eskenian founded the Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble in 2008, and with them he has now realized a remarkable album." [hy]

Innehåll: Chant from a holy book -- Kurd shepherd melody -- Prayer -- Sayyid chant and dance no. 10 -- Sayyid chant and dance no. 29 -- Armenian song -- Bayaty -- Sayyid chant and dance no. 9 -- No. 11 -- Caucasian dance -- No. 40 -- Trinity -- Assyrian women mourners -- Atarnakh, kurd song -- Arabian dance -- Ancient greek dance -- Duduki