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[jls001]

In memoriam - Edward Lodewijk Van Halen.

 

[unleash_me]

Ud Chala from Gauthamante Radham

 

[oldmonk]

Lovely Lovely album...

Highly recommended

 

[Yogesh]

Delightful...

 

[Dev.R]

A must have album. Nicely recorded too.

 

[Yogesh]

Lovely Lovely album...

Highly recommended
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Can't find it! Can you share link?

 

[oldmonk]

Can't find it! Can you share link?

I have the CD

 

[unleash_me]

You And Me from Kilometers & Kilometers

 

[Yogesh]

Beautiful rendition...

 

[balavignesh002]

 

[Deleted member 15865]

Raga Shree - Manju Mehta (Sitar)

Professional female instrumentalists are rare in 'Hindustani Classical Music. There were Annapurna Devi, Jaya Bose and Sharan Rani only that one remembers - so this album is kind of rare-from sitarist Manju Mehta. She is the sister of Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, disciple of Damodarlal Kabra and Ravi Shankar, and runs the famed Saptak school and music festival.

Here, she performs the early evening Raga Shree, a serious, but radiant introspective Raga. There’s enough gayaki ang in her playing giving it a lyrical effect. Her playing is never extravagant, but adequately ornamented to keep it interesting.

 

[Bhaskar Jyoti Talapatra]

Yes, female instrumentalists are less in number. I can name another female instrumentalist. She is none other than Zarin Daruwala who used to play sarod. In this cd one can listen to two lesser known Raga, namely Raga Janasanmohini and Raga Ragsagar. Both the Ragas are nice and the recital is impeccable.

 

[Dev.R]

Dr.N.Rajam is another female violinist I would love to hear any day.

 

[Dev.R]

Another favourite of mine.

 

[sound1]

Raag Bhimpalasi - Pandit Nikhil Banerjee

 

[Deleted member 15865]

Another favourite of mine.
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Thanks Dev. I see there are quite a few female violinists in Carnatic classical (just like in western classical). N. Rajam is perhaps the only one in Hindustani classical. She being in the same town (Thane), have had opportunity to listen to her a few times.

Do listen to Jaya Bose (Biswas) - a disciple of Ravi Shankar from the 60s. Her playing is quite exquisite too.

 

[Dev.R]

Do listen to Jaya Bose (Biswas) - a disciple of Ravi Shankar from the 60s. Her playing is quite exquisite too.

I do not have the Cd of Jaya Bose , will try either with Tidal or Spotify. Thanks for the suggestion Sachin.

 

[Deleted member 15865]

Yes, female instrumentalists are less in number. I can name another female instrumentalist. She is none other than Zarin Daruwala who used to play sarod. In this cd one can listen to two lesser known Raga, namely Raga Janasanmohini and Raga Ragsagar. Both the Ragas are nice and the recital is impeccable.haskar

Bhaskar, thanks for introducing to Zarin ji. I listened to her performance (Raga Abhogi) today afternoon... which is quite a common raga. I couldn't find any recordings in esoteric ragas - need to look up Youtube.

 

[HiFiAudioFan]

Saturday evening starts just right!

 

[vinod_david]