Gurdjieff / De Hartmann - Complete Piano Music (6CD)

Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff & Thomas de Hartmann

Complete Music for the Piano

CD1 79’00

Volume I, Asian Songs and Rhythms

First Series

1. Greek Melody 2’38

2. Greek Round Dance * 1’22

3. Greek Song 2’40

4. Kurd Melody for two Flutes 1’00

5. Oriental Song 1’21

6. Persian Song * 4’29

7. Atarnakh, Kurd Song 2’48

8. Tibetan Melody 1’48

9. Marche alerte 1’42

10. Lento, quasi recitativo 3’06

11. Andante con moto 4’34

12. 15 XII (1925) 0’43

13. Duduki 2’21

14. 13 X (1926) * 1’54

15. Armenian Melody 1’42

16. Song of the Molokans 1’34

17. Kurd Shepherd Melody 3’51

Second Series

18. Song of the Aïsors 4’33

19. Kurd Shepherd's Dance * 0’56

20. Song of the Fisherwomen * 1’53

21. Allegretto * 0’51

22. 29 XII (1925) * 2’31

23. Mamasha * 0’54

24. Persian Dance * 0’51

25. Song of Ancient Rome 0’49

26. 07 XII (1925) * 1’28

27. Armenian Song 2’45

28. Poco Marciale * 1’00

29. Ancient Greek Melody 2’33

30. Long ago in Mikhaïlov 3’11

31. Oriental Melody * 2’25

32. Assyrian Women Mourners 2’47

Third Series

33. Kurd Melody from Isfahan 2’43

34. Hindu Melody 2’10

35. 22 X (1926) 0’57

36. Armenian Song 1’07

37. Greek Melody 2’37

CD2 70’31

1. Afghan Melody 1’33

2. Moderato 2’34

3. (c.1923/1924) 2’26

4. Kurd Melody 1’30

5. Ancient Greek Melody 1’20

6. Ancient Greek Dance 1’30

7. Greek Song 2’19

8. Arabian Dance 1’53

9. Greek Melody 1’19

10. 8 XI (1925) 1’09

11. Tibetan 'Masques' No.1 1’10

12. Tibetan 'Masques' No.2 2’16

Volume II, Music of the Sayyids and the Dervishes

First Series

13. Sayyid Chant and Dance 3’32

14. For Professor Skridlov * 2’14

15. Sayyid Chant and Dance 4’40

16. 10 IX (1925) 2’25

17. Dervish Dance * 1’07

18. Persian Dervish * 1’31

19. Dervish Chant and Dance * 2’14

20. Sayyid Chant and Dance, in A minor 2’21

21. Sayyid Chant and Dance, in D minor 3’35

22. Sayyid Chant and Dance, in G minor * 4’14

23. 13 X (1926) 1’35

24. Sayyid Chant and Dance, in D minor 6’20

25. 29 IX (1925) 2’37

26. Dervish Dance * 0’55

27. Sayyid Chant 3’21

Second Series

28. Persian Dervish 2’57

29. Dervish Dance * 1’44

30. 22 III (1927) * 1’55

CD3 62’25

1. Sayyid Chant and Dance, in D minor 2’13

2. 01 I (1926) * 2’19

3. Sayyid Dance, in G minor * 0’58

4. Sayyid Dance, in B minor 1’59

5. Sayyid Chant and Dance, in G minor 2’04

6. 01 V (1927) * 1’57

7. Sayyid Chant and Dance, in C 4’19

8. Sayyid Dance, in F minor 2’39

9. Dervish Dance 2’49

10. Moorisch Dance (Dervish) 2’45

Third Series

11. Sayyid Chant and Dance, in A minor 4’09

12. Sayyid Chant and Dance, in D minor 2’59

13. Sayyid Dance 1’27

14. Katzapsky Song * 1’34

15. Sayyid Dance 2’08

16. Sayyid Chant and Dance * 2’30

17. Bayaty 4’01

18. Dervish Dance 3’06

19. 01 IV (1927) 1’47

20. Caucasian Dance 3’03

21. Kurdo-Greek Melody 2’26

22. Kurdish Song (Sayyid) 2’39

23. Sayyid Chant and Dance, in A minor 2’47

24. Sayyid Chant and Dance, in C minor* 3’34

CD4 77’48

Volume III, Hymns, Prayers, and Rituals

First Series

1. Prayer 2’04

2. 31 X (1926) 2’07

3. Pity for One's Self 3’45

4. Laudamus 4’20

5. 23 X (1926) 2’25

6. 22 III (1927) 2’35

7. 02 I (1927) 1’28

8. 06 I (1927) 2’35

9. Poco Vivace 1’50

10. Hymn for Christmas Day No.1 2’15

11. Molto lento e liberamente 1’21

12. Andantino 2’35

13. Joyous Hymn 3’16

14. As if the Stormy Years had Passed 3’13

15. Rejoice, Beelzebub! 2’33

16. Prayer for Mercy 1’51

17. Holy Affirming, Holy Denying, Holy Reconciling 4’30

18. Orthodox Hymn for a Midnight Service 2’55

Second Series

19. Reading from a Sacred Book * 7’58

20. Prayer and Despair 3’54

21. Religious Ceremony 4’35

22. Prayer of Gratitude 2’26

23. Orthodox Hymn from Asia Minor 3’03

24. Largo 2’38

25. Prayer and Procession 5’22

CD5 74’01

1. Easter Hymn 1’32

2. Lento Cantabile 1’39

3. Hymn for Good Friday 1’31

4. 20 X (1926) 2’51

5. Andante con moto 2’52

6. Tibi Cantamus No.2 5’32

7. Andante 4’19

8. Alleluia 2’46

9. Hymn for Christmas Day No.2 4’13

10. 1 IV (1927) 1’12

11. Hymn to Our Endless Creator 1’42

12. Meditation 1’42

13. Night Procession 5’44

Third Series

14. Tibi Cantamus No.1 1’40

15. Prayer 1’33

16. Hymn for Easter Thursday 4’22

17. Hymn for Easter Wednesday 4’35

18. Lento, 14 IV (1926) 2’39

19. 7 XII (1925) * 1’38

20. Essene Hymn 1’54

21. Women's Prayer 2’03

22. Chant from a Holy Book 4’00

23. Vespers Hymn 2’49

24. 13 III (1927) 1’13

25. The Resurrection of Christ 2’53

26. Easter Hymn and Procession in the Holy Night 4’54

CD6 79’07

Volume IV, Hymns from a Great Temple and other Selected Works

Hymns from a Great Temple

1. Hymn No.1 4’15

2. Hymn No.2 4’11

3. Hymn No.3 1’39

4. Hymn No.4 2’22

5. Hymn No.5 2’20

6. Hymn No.6 1’58

7. Hymn No.7 2’29

8. Hymn No.8 5’18

9. Hymn No.9 1’23

10 Hymn No.10 4’50

Fragments from The Struggle of the Magicians

11. Fragment No.1 1’45

12. Fragment No.2 1’06

13. Fragment No.3 4’30

14. Fragment No.3A 2’21

15. Fragment No.4 5’07

16. Fragment No.5 3’55

17. Fragment No.5A 2’53

18. Fragment No.6 0’58

Four Early Pieces

19. Tibetan Dance * 0’52

20. TIbetan Movement 1’15

21. Trinity * 1’19

22. Tibetan Melody 1’27

Four Selected Works

23. The Essentuki Prayer 4’28

24. Return from a Journey * 1’45

25. The Initiation of the Priestess 11’01

26. The Bokharian Derbish, Hadji-Asvath-Troov 3’27

Jeroen van Veen piano

* with Daff by Van Veen

Recording: February, 22, 25 & 31 March, 17, 18 & 21 May 2021, Studio IV, Steffeln, Germany