30 June 2010

It's time for dancing with the sitars. Three sitarists, three hours, six ragas.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Raga Bilashkhani Todi
20:10

2. Raga Malaya Marutam
13:42

Tracks 1-2
Shalil Shankar - sitar, Subhankar Banerjee - tabla
Shalil Shankar: Raga Bilashkhani Todi
Audiorec Classics, 766032 1045-2
30:06

3. Ragamalika (Medley of Ragas)
Ananda - voice, Jana Starling - clarinet, K. S. Mani - violin, Anand Bala - mrdangam [double-sided drum]
Ananda: Treasures
Tantra, TSMV9701
15:07
(Our raga guide, beginning with South Indian Shankarabharanam, which happens to share its interval structure with the Western major scale. Note how the mood changes as D- and B-flats are added, and E- and A-naturals jettisoned...)

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

4. Raga Charukeshi
29:35

5. Raga Jog
31:56

Tracks 4-5
Mani Shankar - sitar, Siddartha Shankar - vocal, Mayookh Bhaumik - tabla
Rejoice: Duet Sitar & Vocal
Rageshree Music Institute, CD RMI 107

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

6. Raga Yaman Kalyan
22:13

7. Raga Bhairavi
21:40

Tracks 6-7
Hasu Patel - sitar, Brian Feather & Paul Nugent - tanpuras
Hasu Patel: Gayaki Sitar
Hasu Patel, HASU-1

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