Ravi Shankar - Concert For Peace Live At Royal Albert Hall '1995

Tracks list

Tracklist

disc 1

1. Raga Jait: Alap-Jor-Jhala
2. Raga Jait: Gat
3. Raga Kirwani: Slow and Fast Gats

disc 2

1. Raga Misra Khammaj: Slow and Fast Gats

personnel : 

Sarod – Partho Sarathy
Sitar – Ravi Shankar
Tabla – Zakir Hussain

This is a live recording of a concert given by Ravi Shankar in 1993 and released
to commemorate his 75th birthday a year and a half later. He is accompanied on
tabla by virtuoso Zakir Hussain and on sarod by his own student (and virtuoso in
his own right), Partha Sarathy. He begins the evening with his own
interpretation of a rare raga, that of jait. He chose the version played here
after researching a few possible forms of the raga that have appeared over the
centuries (families, essentially, of ragas). After exploring the grounds of jait
thoroughly, he moves on to kirwani, a raga adapted by Shankar from the Carnatic
system. He draws out a mood of romanticism, eroticism, and happiness mainly, his
preferred method of dealing with some of the madhur ragas. On the second disc,
he continues on, performing "Raga Mishra Khamaj," an evening raga. He takes this
one in the direction of thumri (light classical entertainment music, usually
vocal) stylings. This final raga also features worthwhile solos from both
Hussain and Sarathy. While the recording quality might not be as good as one
might hope in some respects, this is a live recording on a minor label and is
understandably at a lower level of engineering, perhaps. The music is
nonetheless performed to perfection, as is always the case with Shankar. Some of
the heat from his earlier playing days is perhaps missing from this album (along
with other, newer albums), but Shankar can still perform at a higher level than
99-percent of the other players on the scene without breaking a sweat. For any
fan of Shankar, this is probably already in their collection. For those looking
to break into Indian classical music, other records from earlier in Shankar's
career might make better starting points. For those who already know the music
but don't have this album, give it a shot -- you might be surprised by his
continued ability.~Adam Greenberg 

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