Sunday, July 5, 2009

ali akbar khan -- ragas of india


all due respect to ravi and others, and granted the sarod is its own instrument, but ali akbar khan is the man. i can't imagine anyone around here won't like this stuff. he is accompanied by a tabla player named mahapurush misra who is no slouch.
come to find out as i read the liner notes that ragas are categorized by the time of day they are supposed to be played. i like that. i put a hint in the track name about this and i will mention it below. of course it all sounded good this afternoon as i ripped it. as i searched for a picture to use i just now found out that he passed away last month (4/14/22-6/18/09). foolishly, though he lived in my neck of the woods i never saw the man play. this is from a three album set put out by the classics record library/book of the month club in 1971.
hope you'se like it.

raga chandranandan 8pm-3am
raga goojjari todi morning
raga aheer bhairow predawn to sunrise
raga marwa: alap 40 minute raga part one
raga marwa: gat 40 minute raga part 2 a late evening and nighttime
raga bhairavi bhatiyar with ragmala between sunrise and noon

2 comments:

jean lafite said...

http://rapidshare.com/files/252422571/AL_AKBAR_KHAN-RAGAS_OF_INDIA.part1.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/252423878/AL_AKBAR_KHAN-RAGAS_OF_INDIA.part2.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/252425128/AL_AKBAR_KHAN-RAGAS_OF_INDIA.part3.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/252426202/AL_AKBAR_KHAN-RAGAS_OF_INDIA.part4.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/252427378/AL_AKBAR_KHAN-RAGAS_OF_INDIA.part5.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/252428609/AL_AKBAR_KHAN-RAGAS_OF_INDIA.part6.rar

LeeBx said...

thanks a ton... would kill for a proper copy of this guy. superb.