29 May 2013

How could I pass up the 100th anniversary of the premiere of the Rite of Spring?

Set #1 - 8:00am - 10:00am

1. Raga Shree
Nikhil Banerjee - sitar, Swapan Chaudhuri - tabla
Raga Records, RAGA-225
78:37

2. Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Rex Lawson - pianola
Carlton Classics, 30366 00992
33:48

Set #2 - 10:00am - 11:00am

3. Raga Shree
Nayan Ghosh - sitar, Mallar Ghosh - tabla
Raga Records, RAGA-224
59:20

22 May 2013

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:15am

1. Raga Purvi
45:08

2. Raga Joyiga
28:26

Tracks 1-2
Asad Ali Khan - rudra vina, Mohan Shyam Sharma - pakhavaj, Zaki Haiper - tambura
Nimbus Records, NI 5633

Set #2 - 9:15am - 10:00am

3. Raga Malkauns
Netai Bose - sitar, Samir Chatterjee - tabla
India Archive Music, IAM-CD 1047
43:36

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

4. Raga Puriya Kalyan
Bahauddin Dagar - rudra vina, Manik Munde - pakhavaj
India Archive Music, IAM-CD 1077
76:33

15 May 2013

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

1. Raga Malya Maruttam
17:58

2. Pahadi Dhun
8:35

3. Raga Bhimpalasi
29:27

4. Remembering Kabir (Raga Khamaj)
9:51

Tracks 1-4
Ronu Majumdar - bansuri flute, Durga Prasad Majumdar - pakhavaj [double-headed barrel drum], Arvind Azad - tabla, Pratab Rath - surmandal [autoharp] & manjira [small cup cymbals], Vilas D. Pednekar - tanpura, Kalpesh Sachla - tanpura
Master of the Indian Bansuri:  Pandit Ronu Majumdar
ARC Music, EUCD 2056

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

5. Raga Darbari Kannada
Amit Chatterjee - sitar, Polash Gomes - tabla
Empathy
Rageshree Music Institute, CD RMI 101
41:52

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

6. Raga Pilu
Amit Chatterjee - sitar & voice, Polash Gomes - tabla
Stories: Indian Classical Music
Rageshree Music Institute, CD RMI 104
55:42

08 May 2013

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

1. Rupak Tal
14:08

2. Ektal
10:42

3. Teental (Slow & Medium) & Laggi
44:35

Ilmas Hussain Khan - tabla, unknown - harmonium lehara [repeating melodic framework]
Ancestors: Art of the Lucknow Gharana: Tabla Solo By Ustad Ilmas Hussain Khan
Rageshree Music Institute, CD RMI 102

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

4. Tintal
33:42

5. Rupak
21:18

6. Ektal
7:27

Sharda Sahai - tabla, Ramesh Mishra - sarangi lehara
Pandit Sharda Sahai: The Spirit of Benares
Audiorec Classics, 766032 1044-2

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

7. Tabla Solo: Teental
Sharda Sahai - tabla, Ramesh Mishra - sarangi lehara, Padma Sahai-Deen - tanpura
Pandit Sharda Sahai: Live in Miami
Pandit Ram Sahai Foundation, n.n.
47:19

01 May 2013

I will be live-tweeting track titles and interesting musical moments @vonwichert.

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

1. Raga Patdip
30:13

2. Raga Hemant
25:38

3. Raga Pilu
12:10

Tracks 1-3
Allyn Miner - sitar, Samir Chatterji - tabla
Virama (Repose)
Neelam Audio & Video, NICI 145

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

4. Raga Mohan Kauns
Prodyot Sen - bass tanpura, Sunil Kumar Banerjee - treble tanpura
24:06

5. Raga Gara
Mrs. Jiban & Mrs. Widya - tanpuras
17:46

Tracks 4-5
Ravi Shankar - sitar, Alla Rakha - tabla
Homage to Mahatma Gandhi
Deutsche Grammophon, 474 959-2

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

6. Raga Hament
32:12

7. Raga Nat Bhairav
24:28

Tracks 6-7
Tarun Bhattacharya - santur, Shib Shankar Roy - tabla
Magical Santoor
Biswas Records, BIS 58