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The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble

Nenad Georgievski's Best of 2015

by Nenad Georgievski
January 5, 2016

2015 was not an easy year. I became a dad for the third time while I was working on a Film festival for music documentaries. The festival itself was an uphill battle, but I managed to get it organized with astounding success. In the meantime I was writing constantly or was listening to music, as if ...

Komitas

By The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Zulo; Tsaghik Asem, Mani Asem; Msho Shoror; Mankakan Nvag XII; Lorva Gutanerg; Yot Par (Seven dances): Manushaki Of Vagharshapat; Yot Par (Seven dances): Shushiki Of Vagharshapat; Yot Par (Seven dances): Unabi Of Shushi; Yot Par (Seven dances): Marali Of Shushi; Yot Par (Seven dances): Yerangui Of Yerevan; Yot Par (Seven dances): Het U Araj Of Karin; Yot Par (Seven dances): Karno Shoror; Hov Arek; Gutane Hats Em Berum; Hoy, Nazan; Havik; Akna Oror

The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble: Komitas

by Nenad Georgievski
December 21, 2015

When Armenian arranger and composer Levon Eskenian took on to reimagine the music of Armenian mystic and philosopher Gurdjieff for the Gurdjieff Ensemble's debut record on ECM, he touched upon the wealth of melodies that Gurdjieff initially heard and was inspired by during the travels he undertook during his lifetime through the Caucasus, the Near East ...

Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff

By The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble

Label: JazzMa Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. Chant from a Holy Book - 5:07; 02. Kurd Shepherd Melody - 2:38; 03. Prayer - 1:48; 04. Sayyid Chant and Dance No. 10 - 5:41; 05. Sayyid Chant and Dance No.29 - 4:48; 06. Armenian Song - 2:32; 07. Bayaty - 3:58; 08. Sayyid Chant and Dance No.9 - 3:55; 09. No.11 - 3:38; 10. Caucasian Dance - 3:48; 11. No.40 - 3:09; 12. Trinity - 2:27; 13. Assyrian Women Mourners - 3:24; 14. Atarnakh, Kurd Song - 3:55; 15. Arabian Dance - 2:02; 16. Ancient Greek Dance - 1:37; 17. Duduki - 3:33. Arangiamenti di Levon Eskenian.

The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble: Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 23, 2012

Personaggio importantissimo per la rinascita mistico-spirituale nel ventesimo secolo, Georges Ivanovic Gurdjieff era presente nel catalogo ECM fin dal lontano 1980, quando Keith Jarrett incise la sua personale interpretazione di una selezione dei suoi inni sacri, composti a partire da melodie tradizionali raccolte nel corso di numerose peregrinazioni in medio oriente, e consegnate al mondo occidentale ...

Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff

By The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: 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.

The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble / Levon Eskenian: Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff

by Nenad Georgievski
November 26, 2011

Philosopher, traveler, mystic, spiritual adventurer, teacher, musician and a fervent seeker of esoteric knowledge, G. I. Gurdjieff and his legacy are still of interest to many. His early years shrouded in mystery, he wandered through Central Asia and Middle East while still a young man, absorbing the spiritual and philosophical ideas of the religions he encountered, ...