I could not belive my eyes when i heard that there was a cd with two of the world greatest and gifted artists in the world. Out of my extremely limited budget i decided to go ahead and buy this album and i was so happy to get it. If like me you are already mad about indian music and sitar then ... Read review
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playing. The violinist Yehudi Menuhin had first met the sitarist Ravi Shankar in 1952. It was at that meeting in New Delhi that Menuhin first heard Shankar play and Menu...
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When this record was first released in 1966 it set new standards of cross-cultural ... more
playing. The violinist Yehudi Menuhin had first met the sitarist Ravi Shankar in 1952. It was at that meeting in New Delhi that Menuhin first heard Shankar play and Menu...
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I could not belive my eyes when i heard that there was a cd with two of the world greatest and gifted artists in the world. Out of my extremely limited budget i decided to go ahead and buy this album and i was so happy to get it. If like me you are already mad about indian music and sitar then you will love this cd. As i play hindustani sitar and western violin this really was a treat for me. also, i love the raga pilu and that is featured on this ... more
I could not belive my eyes when i heard that there was a cd with two of the world greatest and gifted artists in the world. Out of my extremely limited budget i decided to go ahead and buy this album and i was so happy to get it. If like me you are already mad about indian music and sitar then you will love this cd. As i play hindustani sitar and western violin this really was a treat for me. also, i love the raga pilu and that is featured on this cd! This cd will give you hours of happy moments and is a great thing to have especially to play to others to get them into indian music or even to get yourself into it! for any one who enjoys good world music and is willing to try something new, this is a brill cd!
raaheel 18.06.2006
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Review of West Meets East (The Historic Shankar/Menuhin Sessions) - Ravi Shankar & Yehudi Menuhin
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Product details
Title
West Meets East (The Historic Shankar/Menuhin Sessions)
Performer
Ravi Shankar & Yehudi Menuhin
Genre
World Music
Release Date
10/05/1999
Recomended Retail Price
10.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1999
Label / Distributor
Beat Goes On / Universal Music
Guest Artist(s)
Shankar, Ravi & Yehudi Menuhin
Producer
Robert LaPorta (Compilation)
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
5017261204455
Catalogue Number
BGOCD 445
SPAR code
AAD
Additional notes
Album Notes
Full title: West Meets East: Historic Shankar/Menuhin Sessions. Personnel: Ravi Shankar (sitar); Yehudi Menuhin (violin); Prodyot Sen, Kamala Chakravarti, Nodu Mullick (tanpura); Alla Rakha (tabla). Recorded in England, The United States and France in 1966, 1967 and 1976. Includes liner notes by Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menhuin. All tracks have been digitally remastered. This is part of Angel's The Ravi Shankar Collection series. That a Western violinist should choose to pair with the illustrious Ravi Shankar is not in itself surprising. The violin was fully absorbed (and tuned much lower) by the Indian classical music establishment by the 19th century, and more recently has produced performers such as Dr. L. Subramaniam, Lalgudi Jayaraman, and the highly experimental L. Shankar. However, aside from being a highly accomplished set of recordings, the WEST MEETS EAST series--three Menuhin-Shankar collaborations that were later distilled into this one--elevated world music to new heights. Menuhin had championed Indian music in the West for years before learning how to play it. His sensitivity to the material is demonstrated on "Swara Kakali," particularly during the tremendous duet that closes the track. On the evening raga, "Raga Piloo," Menuhin and Shankar glide in and out of each other's styles in a performance that is alternately Indian and Russian/Jewish, bound by their obvious empathy.
Album Reviews
Q (9/99, p.133) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...odd but beautiful recordings....their combined virtuosity is breathtaking..." Mojo (5/00, p.109) - "...The 2 of the finest classical musicians from East and West enjoyed a sporadic, 10-year collaboration and 3 a
Titles on disc 1
1.
Prabhati
2.
Raga Puriya Kalyan
3.
Swara Kakali
4.
Sonata No 3 In A Minor Op 25 (First movement/Moderato malinconico/Second movement/Andante sostenuto e misterioso/Third movement/Allegro con brio ma non troppo mosso)
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