Notes and Editorial Reviews
Followers of G. I. Gurdjieff's teachings might argue that the impact of prolific keyboard output is lessened when performed outside its ritualistic context. Gurdjieff dictated his Music for the Movements to collaborator Thomas De Hartmann, who faithfully notated and harmonized melodies specifically fashioned for Gurdjieff's carefully worked out exercises. The piano scores were, and still are, used for Movements classes. Pianist Wim van Dullemen has accompanied numerous Movements classes, and his approach to the music's plain-spoken, Mussorgsky-like chorale writing presumably carries more than a modicum of authority. That said, I notice telltale signs that suggest ingrained habits often acquired by pianists who play a lot of classes: slight
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tendencies to rush, predictably emphatic downbeats, and a tone that does not resonate as deeply in the keys as, say, Charles Ketcham and Laurence Rosenthal's more firmly etched pianism for Wergo's Gurdjieff cycle. And De Hartmann's own unique Gurdjieff recordings are in dire need of reissue. Still, anyone interested in this fascinating repertoire will rejoice in Channel's thorough documentation and fine sonics.
--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com
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Works on This Recording
1.
Movements: Dur-Rud by Thomas de Hartmann
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1950-1953; USA
4.
Movements: The Circles by Thomas de Hartmann
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1950-1953; USA
5.
Movements: Derviche by Thomas de Hartmann
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1950-1953; USA
6.
Movements: Adam and Eva by Thomas de Hartmann
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1950-1953; USA
8.
Movements: Women's Dance by Thomas de Hartmann
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1950-1953; USA
9.
Movements: Andantino by Thomas de Hartmann
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1950-1953; USA
10.
The Essentuki Prayer by George Gurdjieff
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1918
Notes: This work was composed in collaboration with Thomas de Hartmann.
11.
The Initiation of a Priestess by George Gurdjieff
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1921-1922
Notes: This work was composed in collaboration with Thomas de Hartmann.
12.
The Struggle of the Magicians [Fragments] by George Gurdjieff
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1919/1925
Notes: This work was composed in collaboration with Thomas de Hartmann.
18.
Movements: N 33 by George Gurdjieff
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1924; France
Notes: This work may have been composed by Thomas de Hartmann.
20.
Movements: Woman's Prayer by George Gurdjieff
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1924; France
21.
Movements: Enneagram by George Gurdjieff
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1924; France
22.
Movements: The Shoemaker by George Gurdjieff
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1924; France
23.
Movements: Woman's Dance by George Gurdjieff
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1924; France
25.
Movements: Forming Twos by George Gurdjieff
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1924; France
26.
Movements: Ho-Ya by George Gurdjieff
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1920-1922; France
28.
Movements: Rug Weaving by George Gurdjieff
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1924; France
31.
Movements: The Big Seven by George Gurdjieff
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1924; France
32.
Movements: The Spinners by George Gurdjieff
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1924; France
33.
Movements: Women's Round Dance by George Gurdjieff
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Notes: This work may have been composed by Thomas de Hartmann.
34.
Movements: Turning by George Gurdjieff
Performer:
Wim van Dullemen (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Notes: This work may have been composed by Thomas de Hartmann.
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