Quite sometime back we recorded on the veena short alapanas of 18 Hindustani Ragas for a company called Sofia Softwares Limited. They wanted us to make it as brief as we could, and "as leisurely and slow paced as possible." Whether they had in mind some music to go with sipping chamomile tea while reflecting the events of the day, we are not sure. But we thought we could upload it on our podcast (the pink box above) for web listeners. The entire recording has been uploaded in the three parts, titled Hindustani Ragas - 1, 2 and 3. The list of ragas is given below:
1. Darbari Kanada
2. Puriya Dhanasri
3. Kalavati
4. Malkauns
5. Bhatiyar
6. Bhimpalas
7. Bairagi Bhairav
8. Behag
9. Shivaranjani
10.Desh
11.Bhairav
12.Abhogi Kanada
13.Suddha Sarang
14.Durga
15.Gavathi
16.Madhuvanti
17.Bagesri
18.Bhairavi
3 comments:
The selection not only covers a wide spectrum of ragas of varying moods and hours of the day, it also matches well with the sound quality of the instrument. The leisurely pace of alaap in fact helps in bringing out the rasa (the feeling) more poignantly for the listener to savour the nuances. To bring out the essence of a raga in just a couple of minutes calls for keen understanding and sensitive rendition - JJ have done full justice to the challenge.
Dear Vainikas,
Who can afford to say that veena is on the wane? It will be there as long as our holy music exists.. that is to say ..as long as this universe exists!!!
In Balagopala ( Bhairavi, Adi talam )Sri Muthuswamy Deekshithar says " Vainika Gayaka Guruguha.." This personifies the inseparable nature of the vocalist and the vainika himself; a vainika, who
is noted for his/her capacity to render soul-stirring, Gamaka oriented music....closest to the
vocal music ..would certainly elevate the status of the performer and the rasikas alike.
Regards
Dr.Vellore A.R.Srinivasan
Thank you Sri Arunabha and Dr. Vellore ARS for taking the time to write in.
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