Ex Oriente: Music by G.I. Gurdjieff / Herbig

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BIS
Release Date
June 7, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GURDJIEFF, G.I.
    • PERFORMER
      Gunter Herbig
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 07, 2019
    • UPC
      7318590024355
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2435
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Music of the Sayyids and the Dervishes, Series 1: No. 9. Chant et Danse (Sayyid) (Sayyid Chant and Dance) (arr. G. Herbig for electric guitar)

      Composer: George Gurdjieff, Thomas de Hartmann

      Performer: Gunter Herbig

    2. Hymns, Prayers and Rituals, Series 1: No. 14. La tourmente semble passée (As if the Stormy Years had Passed) (arr. G. Herbig for electric guitar)

      Composer: George Gurdjieff, Thomas de Hartmann

      Performer: Gunter Herbig

    3. 4 Early Pieces: No. 4. Le derviche boukharien, Hadji-Assvatz-Trouv (The Bokharian Dervish, Hadji-Asvatz-Troov) (arr. G. Herbig for electric guitar)

      Composer: George Gurdjieff, Thomas de Hartmann

      Performer: Gunter Herbig

    4. Hymns, Prayers and Rituals, Series 3: No. 40. Prière (Prayer) (arr. G. Herbig for electric guitar)

      Composer: George Gurdjieff, Thomas de Hartmann

      Performer: Gunter Herbig

    5. Music of the Sayyids and the Dervishes, Series 3: No. 42. Chant et Danse (Sayyid) (Sayyid Chant and Dance) (arr. G. Herbig for electric guitar)

      Composer: George Gurdjieff, Thomas de Hartmann

      Performer: Gunter Herbig

    6. The Struggle of the Magicians: 6 Fragments: No. 3. Quand Gafar et Zeinab marchent dans un état somnambulique (When Gafar and Zeinab Walk in a Somnambulistic State) (arr. G. Herbig for electric guitar)

      Composer: George Gurdjieff, Thomas de Hartmann

      Performer: Gunter Herbig

    7. Music of the Sayyids and the Dervishes, Series 3: No. 29. Chant et Danse (Sayyid) (Sayyid Chant and Dance) (arr. G. Herbig for electric guitar)

      Composer: George Gurdjieff, Thomas de Hartmann

      Performer: Gunter Herbig

    8. The Struggle of the Magicians: 6 Fragments: No. 6. Danse Thibétaine (Tibetan Dance) (arr. G. Herbig for electric guitar)

      Composer: George Gurdjieff, Thomas de Hartmann

      Performer: Gunter Herbig

    9. Hymns, Prayers and Rituals, Series 1: No. 11. Molto lento e liberamente (arr. G. Herbig for electric guitar)

      Composer: George Gurdjieff, Thomas de Hartmann

      Performer: Gunter Herbig

    10. The Struggle of the Magicians: 6 Fragments: No. 4. — (arr. G. Herbig for electric guitar)

      Composer: George Gurdjieff, Thomas de Hartmann

      Performer: Gunter Herbig

    11. Hymns, Prayers and Rituals, Series 3: No. 50. La Résurrection du Christ (The Resurrection of Christ) (arr. G. Herbig for electric guitar)

      Composer: George Gurdjieff, Thomas de Hartmann

      Performer: Gunter Herbig

    12. No. 37. Méditation

      Composer: George Gurdjieff, Thomas de Hartmann

      Performer: Gunter Herbig

    13. No. 19. Lecture d'un livre sacré (Reading from a Sacred Book)

      Composer: George Gurdjieff, Thomas de Hartmann

      Performer: Gunter Herbig


One of the great mystics of the early 20th century, George lvanovich Gurdjieff was born in Alexandropol on the border of Russian Armenia and Turkey. As a young man, he began to travel east as far as Tibet, Afghanistan and Central Asia, in search of spiritual enlightenment. Visiting ancient temples, Gurdjieff learned from spiritual teachers and absorbed music from all the places he visited. On his return to the West, he gathered a group of followers who were drawn to his charismatic personality. One of these was the pianist and composer Thomas de Hartmann, and a unique collaboration between de Hartmann and Gurdjieff ensued which would produce well over 300 piano pieces. Gurdjieff would play his melodies on the guitar or the piano and de Hartmann would write them down, harmonize and provide them with minimalistic accompaniments. The guitarist Gunter Herbig came across Gurdjieff’s writings and music in his youth. For decades he cherished the idea of transcribing these pieces for his own instrument, but it wasn’t until he began to experiment with an electric guitar that he found a way of doing so.