Playlists 2008…

Music examples (teaser) of Indian Classical Music …
Listen to and Enjoy some Raga tunes from our 2008 shows (playlists):

26th show (1/1/08 – New Years Day): JalTarang – Waves of Sound
27th show (2/5/08) – Raga CDs of the Month: MALKAUNS – King of Ragas
28th show (3/4/08) – Raga CDs of the Month: NAVA RASA-S – 9 moods of Ragas
29th show (4/1/08) – Raga CDs of the Month: NATYA – Ragas, Dance & Theatre (part 1 of 2)
30th show (5/6/08) – Raga CDs of the Month: NATYA – Ragas, Dance & Theatre (part 2 of 2)
31st show (6/3/08) – summer break(Raga CDs of the months: TALA – IndianRhythmCycle)
32nd show (7/1/08) – Raga CDs of the Month: RAGAMALIKA -Carnatic Composition
33rd show (7/7/08 – TV special (28min.)) – StudioTalk John McLaughlin Backstage also see “Miles from India“
34th show (8/5/08) – Raga CDs of the Month: Ragas & Indian Saxophone players
35th show FestivalReport 2008 … (part 1 on 19th August, part 2 on 26th August 2008)
36th show (9/2/08) – Raga CDs of the Month: Sursringar…pathfinder of the Sarod
37th show (10/7/08) – Raga CDs of the Month: The Indian Drones…
38th show (11/4/08) – Raga CDs of the Month: Microtones – microtonal raga structure
39th show (11/18/08) – StudioTalk No. 3: Nada (sound)…. 66 notes on the Violin

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example of a raga form: Raga Jhinjoti – the beauty of this melodious raga lies in its simplicity. It utilizes all the notes and use “komal Ni“*.This is a supportive raga of the Thaat Khamaj*. Elaboration of this raga is normally restricted to the lower and middle octave. The play time is the second quarter of the night.

Aroha (= ascending scala): SaReGaMa Pa Dha Ni Sa;
Avaroha (= descending scala): SaNiDhaPa MaGaReSa

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*)  … Thaat consists of the seven notes (SA, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni) and is designated by the change of shuddha (naturally played), komal (softly played) and teevra(hard played).

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„JALTARANG – Wave of Sound (Jal Tarang) – 1^st January

1. Dr. Ragini Trivedi – Raga Hansdhwani – Tarana / Qawwali style (live recording)
2. Milind Tulankar (JalTarang) – Raga Puriya Dhanashri (Aalap) – VideoCD JALTARANG (2004, Label Fountain Music Company, Pune (India))
3. Milind Tulankar (JalTarang) – Raga Puriya Dhanashri (Bandish) – VideoCD JALTARANG (2004, Label Fountain Music Company, Pune (India))
4. Milind Tulankar (JalTarang) – Raga Chandrakauns – VideoCD JALTARANG (2004, Label Fountain Music Company, Pune (India))
5. Milind Tulankar (JalTarang) – Raag Bhinnashadj (live recording)

„MALKAUNS… King of Ragas. (pentatonic Ragas – part 2) – 4th February

1. Hariprasad Chourasia (Bansuri – Flute) – Raga Malkauns – CD Flying Beyond – Improvisations on Bamboo Flute (1989, Emam & Friends)
2. Abdul Latif Khan (Sarangi) – Raga Malkauns – CD SUKOON (series „Rare Gems, Legendary Legacy (Tane)).
3. Rajrupa Sen (Sarode) – Raga Malkauns (Live recording, Prof. Sasnjoy Bandopadhyay – Rabindra Bharati University / Kolkatta).
4. Devjyoti Bose (Sarode)Raga Malkauns (Aalap) – CD Devotion (live recording – 2001, Saptak Music Festival, SWM – SenseWorld Music)
5. Ustad Amir Khan (vocal) – Raga Malkauns – Tarana (Prof. Patrick Moutal, Departement for Jazz & Improvisational Music / National Conservatory for Music and Dance (Paris))
6. Mogubai Kurdikar & Kishori Amonkar (vocals – Jugalbandi) – Raga Sampoorna Malkauns (private recording of Sri Rajan P. Parrikar)
7. Kishrori Amonkar (vocal) – Raga Sampoorna Malkauns – CD Maestros Choice – Kishori Amonkar Vocal (1991, Music Today)
8. Moinuddin & Aminuddin Dagar (vocals – Jugalbandi) – Raag Malkauns (Dhrupad) – double CD Senior Dagar Brothers Kamboji, Malkosh: Calcutta 1955 (2000, Raga Records)

„NAVA RASAS…. 9 moods of North and South Indian Ragas – 4th March

1. KV Narayanaswamy (vocal) – Ragam Vasant / Raga Girija – Harihara Puthram (Muthuswamy Dikshitahars Kriti) (1979)
2. T.R. Subramanyam (vocal) – Ragam Mohanam / Raga Bhoop (Krishna Mukunda Giridhari)
3. Kishori Amonkar – Raga Bhoop (Sahela Re Aa Mil Jae) (2004, Saregama)
4. Maharajapuram Visvanatha Iyer – Ragam Arabhi / Raga Syama (Chalakalla Alapana – Tyagaraja Kriti)
5. T. S. Kalyanaraman (vocal) – Ragam Arabhi (O Rajeevaksha) – (live – Mylapore, 1983)
6. Maharajapuram Visvanatha Iyer (vocal) – Ragam aThaNa (ilalo paraNatArti – Tyagaraja Kriti)
7. Uppalappu Srinivas (Mandolin) – Raga Hindolam (Saamaja Vara gamana) – live (30. Sept 1984, USA)

Ref.: The complement of HindhoLam is the North Indian Raga Malkauns as we have presented it in the show “Raga CDs of the Months: „Malkauns… King of Ragas (pentatonic scales, part 2).

„NATYA … the relevance of Ragas for Indian Dance & Theatre – 1st April

1. M. Chandrasekaran (violin) – Govindam Miga (Raga Bhageshri)
2. T.M. Krishna (vocal) – Govindam Iga (Raga Bhageshri)
3. Sanjay Subramanyam (vocal) – Nanda Tanaya Govindana (Raagam Tanam Pallavi (RTP))
4. Sudhir Phadke – Swaye Shri Ramprabhu Aikati – Bhatki Sangeet (live, AIR)
5. Asha Bhonsle – Natya Sangeets (Medley) / Raga Raga Daibari
6. Jitendra Abhiseki – „Ghei Chanda Makaranda (Raga Varari Salag) – Film Katyar Kaljat Ghusli (Prism Video, Mumbai veröffentlicht.
7. Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy – Tanzform: Abhinaya / Thathai Mozhi (Tamil, Raga Kalyani – DVD „Dancing Face (SuperAudio, Chennai)

„RAGAMALIKAS – Compositions in South Indian Classics (Carnatic) – 1st July

1. Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (vocal) – Ragamalika „maitrEm bhajata
2. MS Subbulakshmi – Ragamalika „kuRai onRum illai
3. Sudha Ragunathan – Ragamalika „kuRai onRum illai
4. Sudha Ragunathan – Ragamalika „Chandre chooda ragamalika – CD „Sudha Raghunathan – Vol 2 (Sony BMG)
5. Sanjay Subrahmanyam – Ragamalika „peTra tAi tanai
6. P. Unni Krishnan – Ragamalika „peTra tAi tanai (Viruttam) – Jaya TV (Chennai)
7. The Dhananjayans (choreography) – „Natyanjali – Kala Arpan
8. Prasanna (guitar) – Ragamalika Sri Viswanatham Bhajeham

„RAGAS on Western instruments – Indian Saxophone players – 4th August

1. Rudresh Mahanthappa (Alto Sax) & Dr. Kadri Gopalnath (Dakshina Ensemble) – CD Kinsmen – Svajanam (2008, PiRecords)
2. IndoJazz Fusions (John Mayer (violin) with Joe Harriott (AltoSax) – Raga Megh – Indo-Jazz-Suite – CD „Indo-Jazz Fusions – Volume 1 & 2 (Polygram)
3. John Coltrane (Soprano/Tenor sax) – „My Favorite Things (1961, live recording)
4. R.A. Ramamani & Charlie Mariano – „Addadala olle dayitho – Raga Reetigowla (live, Karnataka College of Percussion (Bangalore))
5. Prasant Radhakrishnan (Alto Sax) – Raga Mukhari – CD East Facing (2007)
6. Dr. Kadri Gopalnath (Sax) – Nagumomu (Ragam Abheri = Raga KandAvandaruL u. vINAbhEri)
7. Dr. Kadri Gopalnath (Sax) & Pravin Godkhindi (Flute) – Raga Malkauns – CD Raag Rang
8. Rudresh Mahanthappa (Sax) – Spanish Key – CD „Miles from India (2008, Times Square Records (N.Y.))
9. Prasant Radhakrishnan – Raga Mohana (Pallavi) – CD Vidya

„SURSRINGAR… Pathfinder of the Sarode – 1st September

1. Prinz Rama Varma (Veena) – Bhavayaami Raghu Ramam by composer: Maharaja Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma (2005 live, Swathi Sangeethotsavam)
2. Somjit Dasgupta (Rabab, Sarod und Sursringar) – Raga Malkauns – CD Dhrupadi Rabab (2005, World Music Heritage Series – Anand Records Pvt. Ltd. (New Dehli))
3. Anindya Banerjee (Sursringar u. Sarod) – Raga Latangi
4. Wasifuddin Dagar (vocal) & Bahauddin Dagar (Veena) – Raga Malkauns – CD Vedanta (2007, SWM – SenseWorldMusic)
5. Annapurna Devi (Surbahar) & Ravi Shankar (Surbahar) – (private archive: Sitar player Nick Proctor)
6. Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar (Rudra Veena) – (1990 live, Winterthur/Switzerland)
7. Manfred Junius (Surbahar) – Raga Mian Kil Mahar – CD Box „Anthology of World Music – North Indian Classical Music

„Defining the tone… – The Drones in Indian Classics – 7th October

1. Ashwin Batish (Sitar, Tabla) – Raga Bilaval – CD „Om Shanti Meditation – Swarmandal (1998, Batish Records)
2. Ashwin Batish (Sitar, Tabla) – Raga Bageshwari – CD „Om Shanti Meditation – Swarmandal (1998, Batish Records)
3. Moinuddin & Aminuddin Dagar – Raga Bageshree
4. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande (vocal) – Khayal: Raga Boop-Nat (private archive: Rajan P. Parrikar)
5. Bhimesn Joshi (vocal) – Raga Kafi: Piaya Ke Milan Ki Aas (Thumri) – (1961, All India Radio)
6. Shubha Mudgal (vocal) – Raga Mishra Khamaj: Preet Lagi Tab Laaj Kahan (Thumri) – CD: Shama (2005, live: Saptak-Festival – SenseWorldMusic)
7. Rashid Khan (vocal) – Raga Jogkauns (Khayal) – CDs „Reflection – Rashid Khan (2005, live: Saptak-Festival – SenseWorldMusic)

„Microtones in Hindustani Sangeet – microtonal structures of Indian Ragas – 4th November

1. Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor) – Raga Zinzoti – CD Santoor Wadan – Vol. 2 (2003, Label Venus Records (Mumbai))
2. Manilal Nag (Sitar) – Raga Puriya Dhanashri (ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkatta)
3. Begum Akthar (vocal) – „Nanadiya Kahe Mare Bol – CD „Thurmi – The Music of Love (2004, The Grampohone Company of India Ltd. (Kolkatta))
4. Ali Akbar Khan (Sarod) – Raga Chandranandan „Signature Series – Vol. 1 (AMMP)
5. Pandit Jasraj (vocal) – Raga Shankara – CD „Classical Vocal – Pandit Jasraj (2001, Sawai Gandharva Music Festival – Fountain Music Company, Pune)
6. Vijay Raghav Roy (flutist) – Raga Zinzoti
7. Ustad Sultan Khan (Sarangi) & Samanta Manju Mehta (Sitar) – Raga Kaunsi Kanada – CD „Umeed (2008, SenseworldMusic)
8. Swapna Datar (Violin) & Upendra Sahasrabuddhe (Harmonium) – Raga Suddha Sarang (2008 live, Pune)

 

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Jingle: WEST meets EAST – indian ragas on western instruments(CDNF 150562 ADD Made in India . PKD. 12/2004)

1. MISHRA KALENGRA: JINAN PRAKASH GHOSH (Harmonium) & V.G. JOG (Violin) 2. THUMRI in RAGA KHAMAJ in ADDHA TEEN TAAL 3. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Slide Guitar) 4. RAGA KALAVATI: Shankar Jaikishan 5. RAGA MADHUVANTI: Charanjeet SINGH (Synthethizer)

P  & C 2004 Owner, Manufacturer: SAREGAMA INDIA Ltd., 33, Jessore Road, Kolkata – 700 028. India (Original sound recording: The Gramophone Company of India Ltd.)