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In the Thread: Performance of a week.

Post Subject: An Happy New (Y)Ear, indeed...Posted by twogoodears on: 1/1/2012

... yes, Roman... I also love Tsabropoulos' renditions and THIS very music fucked my mind, about 15 years ago... Keith Jarrett played and recorded it always on ECM, piano solo... BUT, Roman... please, PLEASE, find the real thing - i.e. de Hartmann playing at the piano, in early '50s, a 4-discs vinyl box on an ECM subsidiary label, produced by Manfred Eicher and... yes, Keith Jarrett, paying his tribute to Gurdjieff, the old master (someway) considered his mentor... this recording owns a zestness and a pureness... the analog quite primitive recordings reminds me of some Nimbus' Prima Voce series... technically (almost) flawed recording BUT with a soul not easily found.... everytime, everywhere.
http://www.dolmenmeadoweditions.com/2_Catalogue/Item_Gurdjieff_De_Hartman/Item_Gurd_deHart_LP.htm
I recently found, always on beloved ECM, a disk of Gurdjieff's music as played by "politically correct" instruments, mostly Middle Eastern, duduk, oud, saz, dumbek, kanun, tar... it's like changing perspective of a well known landscape, different, yet, same as you say, haunting quality... an ancient deepness, sooo easy to the soul.

http://player.ecmrecords.com/gurdjieff
Happy New Ear.

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