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Pythia
The Gurdjieff Ensemble; Levon Eskenian |
3:35 | |||
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1.2
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No. 10
The Gurdjieff Ensemble; Levon Eskenian |
3:17 | |||
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1.3
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Sayyid Chant and Dance No. 41
The Gurdjieff Ensemble; Levon Eskenian |
3:15 | |||
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1.4
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Introduction and Funeral March
The Gurdjieff Ensemble; Levon Eskenian |
5:19 | |||
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1.5
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Oriental Dance
The Gurdjieff Ensemble; Levon Eskenian |
1:56 | |||
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1.6
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Kankaravor Enker
The Gurdjieff Ensemble; Levon Eskenian |
4:16 | |||
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1.7
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Dard mi ani
The Gurdjieff Ensemble; Levon Eskenian |
3:54 | |||
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1.8
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Thirty Gestures
The Gurdjieff Ensemble; Levon Eskenian |
1:15 | |||
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1.9
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Prayer and Despair
The Gurdjieff Ensemble; Levon Eskenian |
4:42 | |||
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1.10
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Sayyid Chant and Dance No. 42
The Gurdjieff Ensemble; Levon Eskenian |
3:39 | |||
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1.11
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Ashkharhes Me Panjara e
The Gurdjieff Ensemble; Levon Eskenian |
4:16 | |||
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1.12
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Trembling Dervish
The Gurdjieff Ensemble; Levon Eskenian |
4:24 | |||
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1.13
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Zartir
The Gurdjieff Ensemble; Levon Eskenian |
4:19 | |||
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1.14
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The Great Prayer
The Gurdjieff Ensemble; National Chamber Choir of Armenia; Levon Eskenian |
7:11 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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The third album from Levon Eskenian’s remarkable ensemble is its most adventurous to date. As well as reclaiming the music of esoteric teacher G. I. Gurdjieff for folk instrumentation, Zartir situates Gurdjieff in a tradition of Armenian bards and troubadours including Ashugh Jivani, Baghdasar Tbir and the legendary Sayat-Nova. In parallel, an emphasis on pieces for sacred dance reaches its apex in The Great Prayer, an entrancing collaboration between the Gurdjieff Ensemble and the National Chamber Choir of Armenia, which draws upon ritual music of multiple faiths. Arranger Eskenian says, “I believe The Great Prayer is more than a mere ‘composition’. It is one of the most profound and transformative pieces I have encountered in Gurdjieff’s work.”
Zartir was recorded in Yerevan in 2021 and mixed and completed in Munich in November 2022 by Levon Eskenian, Tigran Kuzikyan, and Manfred Eicher.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – ECM Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.76 -7.20 to -1.06 | -25.78 -29.13 to -22.39 | -22.21 -25.20 to -18.60 | 13 12 to 17 | |
| 1 | Pythia | -2.22 | -22.39 | -18.6 | 12 |
| 2 | No. 10 | -5.06 | -28.97 | -24.9 | 14 |
| 3 | Sayyid Chant and Dance No. 41 | -5.87 | -29.13 | -25.2 | 15 |
| 4 | Introduction and Funeral March | -3.52 | -27.73 | -24.1 | 17 |
| 5 | Oriental Dance | -6.78 | -25.44 | -22.3 | 12 |
| 6 | Kankaravor Enker | -2.24 | -26.63 | -23.1 | 14 |
| 7 | Dard mi ani | -4.16 | -23.83 | -20.4 | 12 |
| 8 | Thirty Gestures | -7.20 | -27.83 | -24.5 | 13 |
| 9 | Prayer and Despair | -1.06 | -23.51 | -20.5 | 12 |
| 10 | Sayyid Chant and Dance No. 42 | -4.00 | -26.16 | -22.0 | 13 |
| 11 | Ashkharhes Me Panjara e | -3.70 | -24.83 | -21.7 | 13 |
| 12 | Trembling Dervish | -3.00 | -27.03 | -22.8 | 14 |
| 13 | Zartir | -2.52 | -24.41 | -20.6 | 13 |
| 14 | The Great Prayer | -1.27 | -23.10 | -20.2 | 13 |