Nikhil Banerjee – Raga Jaunpuri and Raga Mand – His Master's Voice – EASD 1378, released 1973 (LP)
We finish the year with a second album by the prodigious sitarist Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986), accepted as a disciple by the illustrious Baba Allauddin Khan (1862-1972) in 1947. Banerjee’s musical development and inspiration also owe much to sarod player Ali Akbar Khan (1922-2009), who became his teacher, and singer Amir Khan (1912-1974).
Banerjee is accompanied here by Swapan Chaudhury, or Chowdhury, (b. 1947) on tabla.
Nous terminons l'année sur ce deuxième album que nous partageons du prodigieux
sitariste Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986), que l'illustre Baba Allauddin Khan
(1862-1972) accepta pour disciple en 1947. Son développement musical et son inspiration
doivent aussi beaucoup au joueur de sarod Ali Akbar Khan (1922-2009), qui devient
également son maître, et au chanteur Amir Khan (1912-1974).
Nikhil Banerjee est accompagné par Swapan Chaudhury, ou Chowdhury, (né en 1947) aux tablas.
Nikhil Banerjee est accompagné par Swapan Chaudhury, ou Chowdhury, (né en 1947) aux tablas.
Side A Raga Jaunpuri - Vilambat and Drut Gat in Trital
Side B Raga
Mand - Gat in Sitarkhani
Our other sitar LP shares:
Nikhil Banerjee - HMV EASD 1342, 1969, here
Vilayat Khan - HMV EALP 1259, 1961 here
Mohammad Sharif Khan Poonch Wala - Bärenreiter/Musicaphon BM 30 L 2029 here
Budhaditya Mukherjee - Melodiya C80-18043-4, 1979 here
Photograph below is from The Mystic Spiral: Journey of the Soul by Jill Purse, Thames & Hudson, 1980:
“In
Indian mythology the breathing cosmos is seen as alternating periods of
activity and rest: the days and nights of Brahma. In an interval between
successive creations, Vishnu reclines, having withdrawn the Universe into
himself. He is seen within the Golden Egg in his threefold aspect: as himself,
as the serpent Ananta-Sesha—who forms his bed—and as the Cosmic ocean upon
which he and the serpent float. All creation is like a dream within him, ready,
as he breathes out, to manifest from the potentiality of the primordial waters,
as the spiralling of the cosmic serpent.”
Gouache,
Guler School, Himachal Pradesh, c. 1760.
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ReplyDeleteGreat album, thank you. Just one thing, you numbered it as 146, and the last one was 144 - where's 145?
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ReplyDeleteMany thanks for this stunningly beautiful album, and for all the incredible music you have shared with us..
ReplyDeleteDiscovering your very precious blog was definitley one of the musical highlights of 2019 for me.
I wish you a very happy, healthy 2020, full of music!
Thank you very much for your kind words. Best wishes for 2020. I have many exciting LPs and cassettes lined up for a very musical year.
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