Gurdjieff - Sacred Hymns (Original Transcriptions for Piano Thomas De Hartmann)

G.I. GURDJIEFF ( 1872?-1949)

Original Transcriptions for Piano Thomas De Hartmann

Sacred Hymns

Keith Jarrett (Piano Solo)

Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff (Armenian: Russian Georgij Ivanovich Gjurdzhiev; 13 January 1872? - 29 October 1949) was a Greek-Armenian mystic and a spiritual teacher of what came to be called "the Work" or "The Fourth Way", in which he taught people how to increase and focus their attention and energy through various awareness exercises. According to his teachings, such inner development is the beginning of a possible further process of change, and spiritual evolution.

I don't know exactly how many pianists there are in the world - probably several million? Of these, only a tiny number could have pulled this recording off, and none better than Keith Jarrett, one of the finest pianists we have working in any genre or idiom. This isn't jazz at all, but rather piano transcriptions of one man's memories of central Asian Christian music. The transcriptions are not artful, but this doesn't stop them from shining like uncut gems. If you can connect with these minor melodies, then you'll find this recording exceptionally beautiful..

Tracks

1. Reading Of Sacred Books

2. Prayer And Despair

3. Religious Ceremony

4. Hymn

5. Orthodox Hymn From Asia Minor

6. Hymn For Good Friday

7. Hymn For Easter Thursday

8. Hymn To The Endless Creator

9. Hymn From A Great Temple

10. Story Of The Resurrection Of Christ

11. Holy Affirming Holy Denying Holy Reconciling

12. Easter Night Procession

13. Meditations