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Ravi Shankar - Ravi Shankar

noreply@blogger.com (MiOd) — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:13:55 PDT

Ravi Shankar is the 20th century's most famous player of the complex stringed instrument known as the sitar. The 1950s were possibly Shankar's most creative period: he composed and performed, worked as musical director of All-India Radio in Delhi, created the Vadya Vrinda Chamber Orchestra, scored films (most notably the Apu Trilogy of director Satyajit Ray) and began touring the world and winning acclaim for himself and for Indian music. In the 1960s Shankar grew still more famous for his influence on The Beatles, who used a sitar in some of their more psychedelic tunes. (Shankar was particular friends with George Harrison, who produced some of Shankar's later albums.) As years passed Shankar became known less as a performer and more as an elder statesman of world music. In 2000 he was given the French Legion of Honor, and in 2001 he was awarded an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II.

CD1 EAST GREETS EAST - RAVI SHANKAR IN JAPAN

[01]. [east Greets East - Ravi Shankar In Japan] Padhasapa
[02]. Kaharwa
[03]. Improvisation On The Theme Of Rokudan
[04]. Namah Shivaya
[05]. Tribute To Nippon
[06]. [ragas Hameer & Gara] Raga Hameer

CD2 RAGAS HAMEER & GARA (Fortsetzung)

[01]. [ragas Hameer & Gara (fortsetzung)]
[02]. Tala Farodast
[03]. Raga Gara
[04]. [raga Jogeshwari] Alap
[05]. Jor
[06]. Gat I

CD3 RAGA JOGESHWARI (Fortsetzung)

[01]. [raga Jogeshwari (fortseztzung)] Gat Ii
[02]. [homage To Mahatma Gandhi, Raga Hemant]
[03]. [homage To Baba Allauddin, Raga Hemant]

WV (EAC Rip): 900 MB | MP3 - 320 kbs: 450 MB | Booklet Scans

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France: Landes de Gascogne - La Cornemuse

noreply@blogger.com (MiOd) — Wed, 30 May 2012 04:18:39 PDT

France. Landes de Gascogne. La Cornemuse, 1996

France: Landes de Gascogne, La Cornemuse [Ocora C 560051] is another CD that focuses on the bagpipes of a particular French region. Unlike Chabretas, it features five different pipers. Four of these are what we would call “revivalists”: people who, in the 70s, learned to build and play the bagpipes of the Landes, reinventing the tradition as they went. The fifth piper featured on the disc is Jeanty Benquet, considered the last of the traditional Landes pipers; Benquet died in 1957, leaving behind only one recording, from which three selections appear on this collection. While we must imagine that Benquet’s playing is closer to the “old style” of Landes piping, we know that he was a cosmopolitan traveler and a semi-professional entertainer, and thus subject to outside influences. No other recording of a traditional Landes piper was ever made, and this one was discovered only recently. Therefore, the post-1968 revival of Landes piping is based much more on Slavic models, and on personal creativity, than on the Landes past. It is an excellent example of a creatively invented tradition. The four revivalists all play their instruments with aplomb, some alone and others with accompaniment from fiddlers, hurdy-gurdy players and clarinetists. Most of the melodies are intended for dancing, and they have a breezy lift that makes for most pleasant listening — provided one likes the sharp tones of the bagpipe to begin with. One interesting feature of the Landes pipe is a short pipe for accompaniment of the melody. It can be sounded more or less continuously as a drone, or used rhythmically like the regulators of the Irish uillean pipes and the trompette of the French hurdy-gurdy. It adds a bit of texture and complexity to several of the tunes on this disc, and is especially noticeable in Benquet’s playing. Like Chabretas. (Rootsworld)

01. Patrice Bianco - Suite De Rondeaux
02. Patrice Bianco - Rondeau 'A Grenade'
03. Michel Harismendy - Valse 'Quoan V (is Ganhar')
04. Patrice Bianco - Scottiche
05. Patrice Bianco - Marches Du Bazadais
06. Michel Harismendy - Polka
07. Michel Harismendy - Rondeau
08. Robert Matta - Valse 'Cervesca'
09. Robert Matta - Fandango Et Arin-arin
10. Robert Matta - Rondeau 'Dessus Le Noste Trilhe' (Sur Notre Treille)
11. Robert Matta - Polka 'Marie Melody'
12. Bernard Desblancs - Suite De Congos
13. Bernard Desblancs - Noel 'Deche Me Droumi' (Lassie-Moi Dormir)
14. Bernard Desblancs - Scottiche
15. Bernard Desblancs - Rondeau 'Nid De La Lebe' (Le Nid Du Lievre)
16. Bernard Desblancs - Suite De Courantes
17. Bernard Desblancs - Suite De Trois Rondeaux
18. Alain Cadeillan - Margot/Janeton/Son D'eau/Cego Aderaldo (Suite Varie medley)
19. Alain Cadeillan - Miqueu Qu'a Nau Topins De Meu/Debat Mon Pe I'a Nau Junquets (airs De Noce Suvis De Deux Rondes medley)
20. Alain Cadeillan - Mazurka
21. Alain Cadeillan - atan Qu'aue/M'i an Balhat Un Mariton (Rondeaux medley)
22. Alain Cadeillan - Suite De Scottiches
23. Alain Cadeillan - Rondeau 'A Lo Coquin De Pire' (A Le Coquin De Pire)
24. Alain Cadeillan - Valse Monica
25. Jeanty Benquet - Congo
26. Jeanty Benquet - Ronde 'Au Barricot Du Novi' (Au Tonneau Du Marie)
27. Jeanty Benquet - La Bazadaise

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Pandit Jasraj - ChandraGhanta

noreply@blogger.com (MiOd) — Tue, 29 May 2012 23:07:22 PDT

Born in 1930 in Hissar (Haryana), Pandit Jasraj is one of the best-known classical vocalists. He belongs to the Mewati gharana, as did his father, Pandit Motiram. One of the joys of Jasraj's music is his depiction of the unusual. He has recorded extensively, especially since the late '80s, for a number of the leading companies specializing in Indian classical music including Chhanda Dhara

1. Chandraghanta, Ya Devi
2. Braje Basantham

Durga Jasraj (Vocal Support), Vijay Ghate (Tabla)

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