Music for the Movements
This fascinating two-disc collection highlights the piano music written by the Greek-Armenian mystic George Gurdjieff in the 1920s. The compositions, intended to accompany spiritual dances known as "Movements," were written in collaboration with Gurdjieff's pupil Thomas de Hartmann. Largely unavailable to the general public until now, this music, like Gurdjieff's teachings, is said to express cosmic laws.In the able hands of Dutch pianist Wim van Dullemen, the music for the Movements has an ethereal feel. Alternately tender, woeful and lithe, these works will be of interest to Gurdjieff's many followers, but they should also appeal to anyone who just wants to chill out with some low-key, relaxing piano music. --From Rhythm Magazine