A spare eighty minutes...
Audiences in India sit motionless for hours, hypnotized and exalted by the limitless imagination and virtuosity of the unbelievable Ali Akbar Khan as he plays monumental performances of the great traditional ragas. Now, after the outstanding success of the Forty Minute Raga (CS-2008), another uniquely Indian performance, in the original uncut version, is available. In this two-record set of Rag Kanara Prakaar, India's greatest living musician, Ali Akbar Khan, evokes a musical intensity that transcends the normal concert experience.
Rag Kanara Prakaar is a late evening raga, usually performed between 9 pm and midnight. The raga was composed by the legendary Indian genius,Tansen, in honor of and for, performances at the Court of Emperor Akbar. - liner notes
Continuing in our series of out of print Connoisseur Society releases, two sides of Alap and two sides of Gat not issued on CD...have a lovely evening, namaste.
Labels: Hindustani, Indian Classical, raga, sarod
posted by ZubZub at 10:24 PM
15 Comments:
superior stuff. thanks
thanks for this. i used to listen to this all the time at my college library. gotta love that thick cloud of incense smoke on the back picture. great stuff.
you are the juju master, this is amazing!!!!!!! looks like hendrix in all that hooka smoke...
it completely floors me that these (and the other Connoisseur releases you posted) have not been reissued on polycarbonate--tald about crimes against humanity
thanks!!
What a treat here you have allowed us to hear! Thanks for such a great post! Magic of JuJu is so cool thanks a million!
peace
DR from NOLA
amazing music you've shared here (again!)
I just wanted to let you know though that the first raga is cut off at the end. sincere thanks!
It's actually one raag cut into four pieces and amazingly that the way the Lps were edited and the sides end.
Glad you enjoy nonetheless.
Oh, thank you for clarifying that. I was a bit hasty in my beginning to listen to it last night and I feel a bit foolish now that I understand by the title that I could have understood this fact already. Still, to be conscious of this now will make for a better listening. Thank you so much for opening my ears to some wonderful approaches to music that I never knew existed. I will be sure to return to your blog again and again. It is very special.
Thanks for doing this.
I have a couple of Con. Records and I swear they sound better than many new digital recordings.
Thank you. Trully beautifull. Thank you for Juju feelings!!
this is amazing...thank you so much.
Thanks a lot. It is a beautiful beautiful rare rendition.
Thank you posting the recordings. Do you have recordings of Allauddin Khan?
The quality of the posts wants me read more of it! Do you any jewels from Allauddin Khansaheb hidden in your house?
this is awsome, man! thanks for existing and sharing all that music with us - words would never be enough...
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