Traditional Indian Music
FOLKSONGS AND DANCES FROM INDIA (ref..C201)  Click Here    £ 12.99  
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Click Here The Chhau & Nagpuri Group come from Bihar in north east India. The group performs mask dances depicting battles of famous heroes and scenes from Indian mythology as well as songs associated with village seasonal festivals, dances and love songs. The music is strongly rhythmic, energetic and exciting, played with traditional instruments from the region including the sahnai (conical oboe), cymbols, bells and a wide variety of drums. The accompanying booklet provides information about the background to the music and the instruments played.

12 tracks; total playing time: 64:31.
INDIAN SARANGI RECITALS - Ustad Sabri Khan (ref..C202)  Click Here    £ 12.99  
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Click Here This album presents a live concert by two highly renounded musicians of India, Ustad Sabri Khan (sarangi) and his son, Sarvar Sabri (tabla). The sarangi is a bowed stringed instrument which produces a beautiful, hauntingly plaintive sound. Extremely difficult to play as a virtuoso instrument, the sarangi has been neglected due to its low status compared with such instruments as the veena. This album presents two pieces: Raga Saugandh is an early afternoon raga with a sere, devotional and meditative mood. Thumri Mishra Kamaj is an early night raga whose mood expresses a feeling of contentment mixed with hope and desire. The accompanying booklet gives full details of the pieces together with information about the artists and their instruments.

2 tracks; total playing time: 69:35
INDIAN WORLD MUSIC FUSION - Re-Orient - Baluji Shrivastav (ref..C203)  Click Here    £ 12.99  
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Click Here Outstanding musician, Baluji Shrivastav leads in this exciting album of mystical and spiritual music that integrates different cultures and musical forms. Re-Orient bring three principles to the creation of their music: "1. The exploration of different compositional techniques - 2. Interacting with other musicians from different traditions - 3. Improvising." The vocal and instumental pieces are inspired by Indian classical and folk music as well as music from Turkey, Ireland and Brazil, and Persian Sufi sacred poems. Instruments include: sitar, dilruba, darbuka, pakhavaj, tabla, tanpura, guitar, whistle, kalimba, violin, saxaphone and flute. A real melting pot!

10 tracks; total playing time: 63:18
SEVEN STEPS TO THE SUN - Indian World Music Fusion - Re-Orient (ref..C204)  Click Here    £ 12.99  
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Click Here This is an album of musical adventure which captures and blends Indian, Arabic and Celtic traditions. The 15 tracks are a mixture of instrumental and vocal pieces together making use of 30 different instruments including sitar, tabla, kalimba, oud, ney, bulbul-tarang, tenor saxaphone and classical guitar. Some of the pieces were composed, others arose from improvisation; some are very melodic, others primarily rhythmic; some pieces prompt you to dance, others are more meditational. A fascinating selection of music that is at once contemporary and timeless.

15 tracks; total playing time: 62:24
MASTER OF THE INDIAN SITAR - Rash Behari Datta (ref..C205)  Click Here    £ 12.99  
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Click Here Rash Behari Datta a noted composer and musical director as well as an internationally recognised master of the sitar. On this album he plays two Ragas. Raga Bilaskhani Todi is believed to have been composed by Ustad Bilas Khan at the time of the Muslim rule in India. It is an intense, contemplative piece associated with the morning. Raga Mishra-Bhairavi conveys a somewhat lighter mood. In both pieces Rash Behari Datta is accompanied by Vishnu (Sanju) Sahai on the tabla The associated booklet provides detailed information about the music, artists and instruments.

2 tracks; total playing time: 59:10.
MASTERS OF THE INDIAN SITAR AND VEENA - Rash Behari Datta and Dr Mustafa Raza (ref..C206)  Click Here    £ 12.99  
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Click Here This album is a collector's item! It presents the first recording of an occasion when renounded masters of the sitar and the vichitra veena have performed together. Rash Behari Datta and Dr. Mustafa Raza play the popular Raga 'Charu Keshi' which belongs to Karnatik music originating from southern India. The raga conveys the moods of love and separation; it is a contemplative and peaceful piece of music. The Teental Gat, during which the two leading artists are accompanied by the eminant tabla player, Sarvar Sabrit, is truely mesmerising.

1 track; total playing time: 64:06
RELIGIOUS CHANTS FROM INDIA (ref..C207)     £ 12.99  
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This CD presents religious music and chants from the three great religions of India: Sikhism, Buddhism and Hinduism. The recordings were made live in the various temples between 1954 and 1973 by Deben Bhattacharya, ethnomusicologist. The booklet gives historical background information and documents the religions with text and pictures. Together with the music it represents a valuable sound document and collectors item!
THE ART OF THE INDIAN DILRUBA - Baluji Shrivastav. (ref..C208)  Click Here    £ 12.99  
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Click Here The dilruba originates from the area of northern India and Pakistan. It is a long-necked fretted stringed instrument played with a bow. Baluji Shrivastav is recognised as a master of many Indian instruments including the dilruba and the sitar and enthals audiences with his great command of complex rhythms and his improvisational brilliance. On this cd he presents five classical ragas each one associated with a different period of the day. Collectively, they provide the opportunity to span a wide range of moods and expressions. The cd booklet contains descriptions and explanations of the five ragas and of instruments played.

5 tracks; total playing time 67:11
THE ART OF THE INDIAN SARANGI - Ustad Sabri Khan (ref..C209)  Click Here    £ 12.99  
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Click Here Ustad Sabri Khan is recognised as one of the of the greatest exponents of this ancient instrument. Skill in music has been in his family for many generations and he is accompanied on this album by his sons Kamal Sabri, also on Sarangi and Sarvar Sabri on tabla. Together they present two ragas, both of great serenity and beauty. Raga Vachaspati is played in the late evening whilst Raga Jog is associated with the early part of the night. The extraordinary subtleties and range of sound of this instrument are displayed with control and virtuosity as the initial slow and meditational mood of the pieces gradually becomes more lively and romantic and the music iincreases in complexity, pace and passion.

2 tracks; total playing time: 70:46
THE ART OF THE INDIAN SAROD - Gurdev Singh. (ref..C210)  Click Here    £ 12.99  
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Click Here The sarod is a plucked stringed instrument capable of of an extraordinary range of sound from soft and gentle through to dazzling speed and power. Gurdev Singh is one of the world's foremost exponents of the sarod and is becoming well known internationally through performances in the USA, Canada, India and the UK. His son, Navinder Singh accompanies him on the tabla. Surjit Singh plays the tanpura. The music of the three ragas presented on this album has a gently insistant and penetrating quality and is relaxing and meditative. The accompanying booklet gives full details of the two main artists and of the sarod as a musical instrument.

3 tracks; total playing time: 68:04
THE ART OF THE INDIAN SITAR (ref..C211)  Click Here    £ 12.99  
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Click Here Rash Behari Datta is a musical genius: a musical director, conductor and composer as well as a master performer on the sitar. He was introduced to music at the age of five and came to study under Uma Shanker Mishra, the famous disciple of Ravi Shankar. On this album Rash Behari Datta plays the very old and famous raga "Koushiki". As with all such classical Indian ragas, this is a spiritual piece of music in which the performer engages in a mediative improvisation set within the form of the raga. This is an exquisite example of Indian transcendental music. The CD booklet provides detailed information about the artist and the music.

2 tracks; total playing time: 64:24
THE ART OF THE INDIAN VEENA - Dr Mustafa Raza (ref..C212)  Click Here    £ 12.99  
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Click Here The veena is an Indian stringed instrument of great antiquity and status. It is refered to in the Vedic Hymns as "verily the embodiment of beauty and prosperity". Dr Mustafa Raza is a noted master of the veena. Born in Delhi, he comes from a famous family of instrument players and has played at the most prestigious classical festivals of India. Here he is accompanied by the renounded tabla player, Sarvar Sabri. Together, with consumate skill and great virtuosity, they present the beautiful and hypnotic Raag "Ahiri". This is one of the rarest ragas of Indian classical music. Called "AHRAIMIN" in Persian which means "the Rising Sun", in India the raga became "AHIRI". It is always played during the morning session of the day. Writen references to the raga go back to the 13th century.

single track; total playing time: 63:21.

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