Gurdjieff - Harmonic Development - Digital Download

Basta 3091152 | Released 2002.

Please note: this is the product description for the digital download; ordering this will get you the music, but not the book. 

In September 2000, at the instigation of producer Gert-Jan Blom, Basta Music obtained the license of the 44 master-tapes containing Gurdjieff’s complete recorded output from Mme. Sylvie Anastasieff, widow of Valentin Anastasieff, Gurdjieff’s nephew. 

The 113 recordings on these tapes were sequenced in four series: 
I: First Series – recorded between 1 April and 21 July 1949 
II: Mesoteric Series – recorded between 22 July and 18 August 1949 
III: American Series – recorded between 25 August and 27 September 1949 
IV: Second Series – recorded between 27 September and 16 October 1949 
These were recorded at Gurdjieff’s apartment in Paris. 

Additionally, the very first recordings of Gurdjieff’s harmonium music - made at the Wellington Hotel, New York, between 25 December 1948 and early February 1949 - have been added to this collection with the consent of the Gurdjieff Foundation of New York. These New York recordings also include several talks and stories as told by Gurdjieff to his pupils. 

An addenda section containing several interesting, albeit unlabeled pieces from the original wire recordings brings the grand total to 136 recordings, over 19 hours of music, all brought together in chronological sequence on a single disc in ‘MP3’ format. As a special bonus, a short 9-minute film made by Evelyn Sutta on several automobile trips with Gurdjieff during the summer of 1949 has been added. This disc will play on any computer with MP3 software installed and on most recent DVD players. 

Get this music directly from us as a Digital Download:

You will receive high quality mp3s (320 kbps). The full selection from the original 3rd disc comes as included with the book: in 64kbps mono mp3s. The first 2 audio discs as originally included with the books can also be listened to on Spotify: