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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Indian Classical Music
Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 03:39:49 AMQuote from: aukhawk on Today at 12:58:43 AMI sit corrected, thanks.
Before Nimbus there was the EMI Music from India Series, which were issued as LPs in the late '60s. I had most of these and have needledropped most of the ones I had.
1. Vilayat Khan & Bismillah Khan (Shehnai) (HMV ASD 2295)
Duets: Chaiti-Dhun, Bhairavi-Thumree
2. Ravi Shankar & Ali Akbar Khan (Sarod) (HMV ASD 2304)
Duets: Raga Shree, Raga Sindhu Bhairavi
3. Bismillah Khan & Prof. V. G. Jog (Violin) (HMV ASD 2312)
Duets: Raga Jai Jaiwanti, Raga Bahar, Dhun in Mishra Khamaj
4. Ravi Shankar (HMV ASD 2341)
Raga Khamaj, Raga Lalit
5. Ali Akbar Khan (HMV ASD 2367)
Raga Durga; Dhun in Khamaj
6. Nikhil Banerjee (HMV ASD 2394)
Raga Lalit, Raga Sindhu Bhairavi, Raga Puriya Kalyan
7. Vilayat Khan (HMV ASD 2425)
Raga Yaman
8. Ravi Shankar (HMV ASD 2418)
Raga Nata Bhairav, Raga Mishra Piloo
9. Bismillah Khan (HMV ASD 2446)
Raga Sarang, Raga Dadra, Raga Chandra Kauns, Raga Kajaree
10. Imrat Khan (Surbahar) (HMV ASD 2461)
Raga Marva, Raga Suddha Saranga
11. Vilayat Khan (EMI ASD 2460)
Ragas Jaijaiwanti, Rageshree
Alongside these I also had the very fine Inde du Nord LP by Ram Narayan (Sarangi)
Ragas Bairagi-Bhairav, Kirvani, Madhuvanti
which had far better, more informative sleevenotes than either the EMI or Nimbus issues.
I saw Ram Narayan live too (weirdly, performing in a CofE church) - very lovely but that instrument looks so painful to play!
The largest and most important LPs production in India was organised by HMV at the Dum Dum factory in Calcutta in the very late 50s. I have owned quite a few HMV Dum Dum LPs over the years. By the way, not only with Indian music, they also published Wester popular music, I remember a Beatles Abbey Road LP made at the Dum Dum factory. About 7 or 8 years ago I went to the suburbs of Calcutta where the factory was located, I was curious to see the place. It turned out that factory no longer existed. Saregama seems to be the main publisher in India lately.
#2
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Indian Classical Music
Last post by Traverso - Today at 03:19:35 AMI saw Ram Narayan in a very informal setting during a Sunday morning concert. It was there that I bought an LP afterwards "Sarangi/the voice of a hundred Voices". It was at the time that when I listened to a Sarangi LP my landlady often thought that her children were crying. As already noted, the instrument is very difficult to play, the fingers are not on the string but the nail slides along the string.
Not only is there the loss of Nimbus and their many valuable recordings of so-called world music, but Chhanda Dhare has also been of great importance in keeping the music from India alive.
Nonesuch also has its share, although it is a shame that I have seen very few reissues on CD.
India Instruments EN » Network » Texts » Chhanda Dhara - Label Discontinued
CHHANDA DHARA - LABEL DISCONTINUED
By Yogendra
(June 2009)
Renowned Indian music label Chhanda Dhara has been discontinued from July 18th onwards. The owners, Bengali couple Gopi and Shefali Nag, retire and move back to India. Chhanda Dhara has been a leading producer of classical Indian music recordings for more than 30 years. In the end they had a backlist of more than 65 titles with masters like Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Vilayat Khan, Nikhil Banerjee, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Shivkumar Sharma and many other greats.
IThe story of Chhanda Dhara began in 1971 with the founding of a school for Indian dance in Stuttgart - and the vision of making the best of Indian music and dance available to the public. Hence Chhanda Dhara started organising concerts with great masters and produced the first studio LP recordings. When live recording technology evolved and the CD allowed for longer uninterupted recordings in the 1980s, Chhanda Dhara became a trendsetter by publishing full live recordings. A real highlight of Gopi and Shefali Nag's work were several all-night-concerts between the late 1980s and 2001. Fans from all over Europe streamed to these unique events, which presented one top artist after the other from early evening throughout the whole night until early morning, much like in major festivals in India. In the new millenium Chhanda Dhara stopped organising concerts, but completed another historical task by publishing a series of 11 previously unreleased live recordings of legendary sitar master Nikhil Banerjee, who had passed away prematurely in 1986. The Indian classical music community owes a lot to Gopi and Shefali Nag for their accomplishments.
I start listening now to this recording.
Not only is there the loss of Nimbus and their many valuable recordings of so-called world music, but Chhanda Dhare has also been of great importance in keeping the music from India alive.
Nonesuch also has its share, although it is a shame that I have seen very few reissues on CD.
India Instruments EN » Network » Texts » Chhanda Dhara - Label Discontinued
CHHANDA DHARA - LABEL DISCONTINUED
By Yogendra
(June 2009)
Renowned Indian music label Chhanda Dhara has been discontinued from July 18th onwards. The owners, Bengali couple Gopi and Shefali Nag, retire and move back to India. Chhanda Dhara has been a leading producer of classical Indian music recordings for more than 30 years. In the end they had a backlist of more than 65 titles with masters like Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Vilayat Khan, Nikhil Banerjee, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Shivkumar Sharma and many other greats.
IThe story of Chhanda Dhara began in 1971 with the founding of a school for Indian dance in Stuttgart - and the vision of making the best of Indian music and dance available to the public. Hence Chhanda Dhara started organising concerts with great masters and produced the first studio LP recordings. When live recording technology evolved and the CD allowed for longer uninterupted recordings in the 1980s, Chhanda Dhara became a trendsetter by publishing full live recordings. A real highlight of Gopi and Shefali Nag's work were several all-night-concerts between the late 1980s and 2001. Fans from all over Europe streamed to these unique events, which presented one top artist after the other from early evening throughout the whole night until early morning, much like in major festivals in India. In the new millenium Chhanda Dhara stopped organising concerts, but completed another historical task by publishing a series of 11 previously unreleased live recordings of legendary sitar master Nikhil Banerjee, who had passed away prematurely in 1986. The Indian classical music community owes a lot to Gopi and Shefali Nag for their accomplishments.
I start listening now to this recording.
#3
Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Beethoven's Piano Sonatas
Last post by kapsweiss2021 - Today at 03:06:54 AMJames Brawn has released the last volume of his Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas (volumen 9).
Another complete set.
I hope Todd comment it.
Another complete set.
I hope Todd comment it.
#4
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Florestan - Today at 03:03:10 AMTD
Not too late at all: the Orthodox Easter will be celebrated tomorrow.
Not too late at all: the Orthodox Easter will be celebrated tomorrow.
#5
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Florestan - Today at 02:57:20 AMQuote from: prémont on Today at 02:11:43 AMIn a political or musical sense - or both?
Judge for yourself.
Quote from: Mikhail Pletnev[Alexei Shor] is a melodist, and being a melodist nowadays is the greatest courage. Everyone can write nonsense, and this is considered good. But no one wants to listen to this. Shor is an independent person, he writes what he wants and what he hears. That's why his music is so popular.
#6
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Que - Today at 02:41:35 AM
Toccate e Partite - Libro Primo, Francesco Cera, harpsichord.
#7
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Indian Classical Music
Last post by Traverso - Today at 02:40:55 AMQuote from: DaveF on May 03, 2024, 10:37:00 PMYounger brother of Vilayat, I believe. Yes, there's no comparison between the live and recorded experiences - I saw him and his sons at a late-night Indian Prom in the early '90s, and theirs, among all the other performances, is still the one that sticks in my mind. That Nimbus series was invaluable!
I fully agree on that
#8
Composing and Performing / Re: String quintet no. 1
Last post by lunar22 - Today at 02:33:14 AMjust a quick heads-up that for anyone who enjoyed this first time round or may be interested and missed it --I have updated this file on Reelcrafter with some improvements to playback and a couple of changes to the score.
#9
Composer Discussion / Re: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770...
Last post by pjme - Today at 02:32:14 AMhttps://www.leconcertolympique.eu/
I hardly ever follow posts on Beethoven, so I'm not sure if the name of Jan Caeyers is (well) known on GMG. Here is a fragment from an interview - some thoughts on the Missa solemnis....
Today, in Belgian newspaper de Standaard:
Your life, you say, has been profoundly transformed by Beethoven. How?
"Every day I wake up with the idea of achieving something higher and that is the ultimate Beethovenian thought. My study, listening to and performing his work, the years of research for his biography: it has led to a quantum leap in my awareness of his work. I sometimes have insights into Beethoven that make me happy. Every day I start with half an hour of study of the Missa Solemnis, which Beethoven wrote together with the Ninth. Reading and listening to that work gives me an inner harmony. I then experience the same kind of sensation as when you smell a rose or a glass of good wine. It makes me happy every morning. Incredibly happy. Whatever happens that day, it is a good day because of that Missa Solemnis."
"In a week he will kick off Beethoven 27, a large-scale, three-year celebration that builds up to Ludwig van Beethoven's 200th death date in March 2027. The prelude will take place on May 13 in the Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp. Then Caeyers, his orchestra Le Concert Olympique and the Vienna Arnold Schoenberg Chor will perform the Ninth Symphony, which is exactly 200 years old on May 7. A week ago he conducted the iconic work in Sarajevo, on the occasion of Bosnia-Herzegovina's candidacy EU membership. Musically it was not a high-flyer, says Caeyers on the stairs to his office. "But the political allure was enormous. The Serbs, probably with Putin's support, are generating tensions again. In his speech, an EU dhttps://www.leconcertolympique.eu/
I hardly ever follow posts on Beethoven, so I'm not sure if the name of Jan Caeyers is (well) known on GMG. Here is a fragment from an interview - some thoughts on the Missa solemnis....
Today, in Belgian newspaper de Standaard:
Your life, you say, has been profoundly transformed by Beethoven. How?
"Every day I wake up with the idea of achieving something higher and that is the ultimate Beethovenian thought. My study, listening to and performing his work, the years of research for his biography: it has led to a quantum leap in my awareness of his work. I sometimes have insights into Beethoven that make me happy. Every day I start with half an hour of study of the Missa Solemnis, which Beethoven wrote together with the Ninth. Reading and listening to that work gives me an inner harmony. I then experience the same kind of sensation as when you smell a rose or a glass of good wine. It makes me happy every morning. Incredibly happy. Whatever happens that day, it is a good day because of that Missa Solemnis."
"In a week he will kick off Beethoven 27, a large-scale, three-year celebration that builds up to Ludwig van Beethoven's 200th death date in March 2027. The prelude will take place on May 13 in the Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp. Then Caeyers, his orchestra Le Concert Olympique and the Vienna Arnold Schoenberg Chor will perform the Ninth Symphony, which is exactly 200 years old on May 7. A week ago he conducted the iconic work in Sarajevo, on the occasion of Bosnia-Herzegovina's candidacy EU membership. Musically it was not a high-flyer, says Caeyers on the stairs to his office. "But the political allure was enormous. The Serbs, probably with Putin's support, are generating tensions again. In his speech, an EU dhttps://www.leconcertolympique.eu/
#10
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by prémont - Today at 02:11:43 AMQuote from: Mandryka on May 03, 2024, 11:56:02 PM
The booklet shows Pletnev to be an OLD REACTIONARY, so I've completely lost respect.
In a political or musical sense - or both?