The neutral graphics and title (derived from the novelist Marguerite Duras) of this ECM release give little clue as to what's inside, and even for those who pursue it further, seeing the name of Russian spiritualist George Gurdjieff in the track list might give the impression that the contents are more new agey than they really are. It's true that mystical belief is one of the strands knitting together this exceptionally well-chosen program, but there are many others. They include an Eastern orientation in musical matter as ...
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The neutral graphics and title (derived from the novelist Marguerite Duras) of this ECM release give little clue as to what's inside, and even for those who pursue it further, seeing the name of Russian spiritualist George Gurdjieff in the track list might give the impression that the contents are more new agey than they really are. It's true that mystical belief is one of the strands knitting together this exceptionally well-chosen program, but there are many others. They include an Eastern orientation in musical matter as well as attitude, proto-minimalism, and the use of improvisatory procedures. These show up in greater or lesser degrees in the music of all four of the composers represented: Gurdjieff, Federico Mompou, François Couturier (the pianist here, whose background is partly in jazz), and Armenian priest-composer-musicologist Komitas Vardapet, often known simply as Komitas, represented by a single work, Chinar es. The connections are new and delightful; for example, Mompou is not thought of...
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