Indian Subcontinent Classical Music

[arkiv]

The other thread is mixed with folk music, so I propose this one for videos of Carnatic / Hindustani / light classical / etc. / music.

http://www.youtube.com/v/Vjubq37F2UU

In this case the Carnatic soloist, Angamali, plays a dilruba, a string instrument from North India rarely performed in Carnatic music.

[snyprrr]

Do you have any Carnactic slide guitar?

[arkiv]

Do you have any Carnactic slide guitar?

There is the gottuvadhyam, a slide string instrument.


Another instrument less common in Carnatic music is the harmonium, in this case, complemented by the violin to supply more gamakas.

http://www.youtube.com/v/Yjuf7qLDttM

[bwv 1080]

There is a catalog of informative ICM articles here
http://www.sawf.org/music/articles.asp

but you have to wade through some passages like this

in the realm of melodic music the tradition of India is without equal. Nothing else comes close. The Europeans and Americans, the self-appointed adjudicators of every activity under the blazing sun, who once thought their finest melodies to be works of high Art, have now discovered, to their utter dismay, that they have done no better than wrestle with kindergarten level ditties when they have not been otherwise churning out noise. The vast terrain of Indian Ragadari music has nourished and nurtured a teeming web of melodic life of every conceivable level of complexity and aesthetic measure.

[arkiv]

Mr. bwv 1080,
are you from India?

[bwv 1080]

Mr. bwv 1080,
are you from India?

no, Texas

[Dax]

Here's an 1988 broadcast of austere Dhrupad singing by the Dagar brothers.

Introduction
http://www.sendspace.com/file/h9j2fv

Rag Bageshri
http://www.sendspace.com/file/v8y1te

[jowcol]

Do you have any Carnactic slide guitar?

I think you may wish to check out Brijbhushan Kabra.   He doesn't use a slide per se, but get's some very similar intonation with his fingers.

One of the best intro to Indian Classical music albums is the Call of the Valley by Shivkumar Sharma, and Kabra is on that as well.

[jowcol]

My favorite performer is Shivkumar Sharma, who plays the Santur, with is analagous to the Hammered Dulcimer, which is what I play.  The first time I saw him perform, I could not touch my instrument for two weeks.  I was stunned.

http://www.youtube.com/v/R8W1rgCrTMg

[arkiv]

Brijbhushan Kabra

In this case, hindustani, not carnatic. Superb slide guitarist.


Here is rare jugalbandi with vocals / santoor / tabla.

http://www.youtube.com/v/uJoIVpaCD2U

[Opus106]

Oxford University Press publishes The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India.

Newspaper article about the release (N.B.: Margazhi ('zhi' not be pronounced phonetically; it is a place holder for a letter that does not have a counterpart in English) refers to the month in the traditional Tamil calendar that covers roughly the second half of December and the first half of January, and is the time during which the annual "music festival" -- a torrent of concerts, essentially -- takes place in the city.)

OUP India

[Tapio Dmitriyevich]

The other thread is mixed with folk music, so I propose this one for videos of Carnatic / Hindustani / light classical / etc. / music.

http://www.youtube.com/v/Vjubq37F2UU

Interesting. Reminds me of Autechre, Confield era. Some kind of rhythm deconstruction/ beats not in order thing. This is indian IDM with no computer support!
Got it now. It's an indian Remix of Ae - Reniform Puls! The beats at least are pretty similar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGArGsu2MRo&feature=player_detailpage#t=349s

[bwv 1080]

how bout some vocalists.  Fateh Ali Khan (not Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan who was not a classical singer) is the top Khyal vocalist in Pakistan (forward to about 1:45 to skip the talking)

http://www.youtube.com/v/cD4i_TYybwg

[bwv 1080]

Begum Parveen Sultana

http://www.youtube.com/v/Jrf2k0Klc-U&playnext=1&list=PL2956481495064C1B&index=34

[Leon]

A few that I like:

http://www.youtube.com/v/X3fFquYQ0mk


http://www.youtube.com/v/S4fWzAJHt7E


http://www.youtube.com/v/SO0L6iqVeLs


http://www.youtube.com/v/o1hRzgMRK8A

[snyprrr]

Oy, I just remembered all those Nimbus cds!! Nice recordings!

[jowcol]

A nimbus recording that is probably the best intro to Santur player Shivkumar Sharma:


The recording sound is excellent, and shows several sides of Sharma's playing. The first track has a nice long Alap where he demonstrates his glide technique that manages to approximate a portamento (slur), which is pretty amazing for a fixed-pitch instrument.  (I play the western version of the same instrument, have ordered the same mallets he uses, and can't come close!) This is also a darker, more minor-y scale.  The second raga is much sunnier, as a fairly short alap, and turns into a melodic and percussion duel with Zakir Hussain, and Sharma does some hammering and plucking, and "dammering" (damping each string with a finger a split second after hitting it with the mallet) that  is truly amazing.

I've mentioned the Call of  the Valley as a good starting place, it has three fantastic soloists, and shorter songs, but still  respects tradition...
http://www.youtube.com/v/1QVAEr087qA



Another artist I like is Nancy Kulkarni-- she was a classically trained Cello player that fell for the Dhhrupad tradition.  An interesting article about her:
http://swaratala.blogspot.com/2007/10/nancy-lesh-kulkarni-dhrupad-is-music.html

Unfortunately, her Raga Bageshree album, which is amazing, may be OOP.
http://www.amazon.com/Cello-Music-India-Raga-Bageshree/dp/B000WCDIM8

A clip of it is on youtube-- try not to look at the annoying visuals...

http://www.youtube.com/v/fqaIadwboG4


Also, a brief clip of her playing an Alap---

http://www.youtube.com/v/y1ZImMTYvLQ

Finally, you can stream her first Indian classical album here:
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/list_albums/i/23-Classical_Hindustani_Instrumental/9508-Multani/#/album/23-Classical_Hindustani_Instrumental/12127-Nancy_Lesh/

[Opus106]

I don't if you have seen this, a kriti (a style of Carnatic composition) by Thyagaraja, played by the Madras String Quartet.

http://www.youtube.com/v/LGCIbn5ZT0g


MSQ's website at String Temple.

[Opus106]

Another artist I like is Nancy Kulkarni-- she was a classically trained Cello player that fell for the Dhhrupad tradition.  An interesting article about her:
http://swaratala.blogspot.com/2007/10/nancy-lesh-kulkarni-dhrupad-is-music.html

Thanks. It's really a mystery why the cello did not become as popular as the violin in Indian music (South Indian classical, anyway).

[Leon]

I like this set which contains in alphabetical order examples of 74 of the 100 or so Hindustani Ragas.  These are not full performances, since most last under 5 minutes, but they demonstrate the main elements of each raga and will help in learning the styles.

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It shows up as OOP, but there is one copy available from a third party seller.