Advantages: One of the most passionate performances of Ravi Shankar Disadvantages: none at all
The notes of HOMAGE TO MAHATMA ,was composed on the spot by RaviShankar while taking part in a Radio broadcast, soon after MAHATMA GANDHI was assasinated in 1948,but the music was recorded much later in the 70's..and the album made 10 years later in 1981.
This is Hindustani Classical music at its best. One cant hope for anything better than this.The masters have come together to give us a musical feast in this magnificent album, which mesmerises listeners
The Details of the Performers
RaviShankar (sitar); Mrs. Jaban, Mrs. Widya, Prodyot Sen, Sunil
Kumar (tanpura); Alla Rakha (tabla).
MUSIC BASED ON
Raga Mohan Kaunus, Raga Gara and Tala farodast
A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL MUSIC
(:various sources)
Classical music Of The Sub-continent
There have been many styles of Classical music developed ...
When I first saw this cd i was very unsure of whether it will be worth it. i decided to go ahead and purchase the cd. although i did think that the idea of collaberating east and west is brilliant, i did not enjoy the way that the indian music has almost been comprimised to accomadate the western touch. infact, what i would have preferred is a parallel unity allowing both the western and eastern music to become one. in this cd i felt as though it was just western music being played on a sitar and that ravishankar ji has done much better and i would clearly reccomened all his other cds. for collaberated music, i reccomned looking for an album by the indian violinist L.Subramaniam. not only is he a master in the music of south and north india (very few people know both) but he is also a master of western music and has written superb ...
this is one of the best dvds i have ever seen. not only does it give an accurate picture of the daily toils of the celebrity ravishankar as well as the father and husband ravishankar, but it also gives the performer ravishankar with the second disc of him with his immensly talented daughter Anoushka Shankar and world class precussionists bikram ghosh and tanmay bose (i think!). this was truly an exceptional and unique dvd as i have seen nothing similar for any other indian / hindustani (north indian) / carnatic (south indian) musician. this built up a brilliant image of his childhood and past as well as sharing his 80th birthday with us. i thought this was an extremely well thought out unique brilliant dvd well worth the money. ...
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