MUSIC: Chants, Hymns and Dances: Music of Gurdjieff & Tsabropoulos (2003)

Classical | EAC (APE & CUE) | 216 MB
A fascinating new project by German cellist Anja Lechner and Greek pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos, Chants, Hymns and Dances, could be subtitled “Music from the Crossroads of the World”. It is a project that blurs the dividing lines between East and West, between composition and arrangement and improvisation, and between contemporary and traditional music. At the centre of the repertoire are compositions by Tsabropoulos, which take as their inspirational starting point ancient Byzantine hymns, and music by the Armenian-born philosopher-composer Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (c.1877-1949) which draws upon melodies and rhythms, both sacred and secular, of the Caucasus, the Middle East and Central Asia.

Tracklist

George I. Gurdjieff

1. Chant from a Holy Book
2. Bayaty
3. Prayer
4. Duduki
5. Interlude I

Vassilis Tsabropoulos

6. Trois Morceaux après Hymnes Byzantins I
7. Trois Morceaux après Hymnes Byzantins II
8. Trois Morceaux après Hymnes Byzantins III
9. Dance
10. Chant
11. Interlude II
12. Assyrian Woman Mourners
13. Armenian Song
14. (No. 11)
15. Woman´s Prayer
16. Chant from a Holy Book, var. 1

Anja Lechner cello
Vassilis Tsabropoulos piano

ECM New Series 1888

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