INDIA Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu – Memorable Violin Solos – HMV – EALP 1375

INDIA – INDE
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu – Memorable Violin Solos – His Master's Voice – EALP 1375, released 1971 (LP)

Dr. Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1893-1964), born in Bengalore, Karnataka, was one of the great 20th-century masters of the violin, which was introduced in Carnatic music around 1800. Naidu was a major innovator, who developed a unique playing style that “infused the techniques of both Western and Hindustani music into his playing without compromising the Carnatic music tradition.”* He also took the instrument to another level by giving the first Carnatic solo violin recital in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, in 1938.

This enthralling album, originally recorded on shellac 78 RPMs, features his fluid, delicate and understated lyrical explorations and brilliant playing.

Dr Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1893-1964), né à Bengalore, dans le Karnataka, fut l'un des plus grands maîtres du violon du XXe siècle. Venkataswamy Naidu fut un innovateur majeur, qui développa un jeu unique « intégrant les techniques et les phrasés de la musique occidentale et hindoustani sans compromettre la tradition musicale Carnatic. »* Il a également élevé le statut de l'instrument, qui fut introduit dans la musique Carnatic vers 1800, en donnant le tout premier récital de violon solo Carnatic en 1938 à Vellore, dans le Tamil Nadu.

Cet album fascinant, enregistré à l'origine sur des 78 tours, présente les explorations lyriques, fluides et délicates du maestro et son jeu brillantissime tout en retenue.

*https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/rich-repertoire/article25565416.ece

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Our other Carnatic violin music shares:

Lalgudi Jayaraman – HMV 7 EPE 1614 HMV – 1962 here

Lalgudi Jayaraman – HMV – ECSD 2494, 1971 here

T. N. Krishnan – SEDE 3609 COLUMBIA – 1965 here

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Great News!

Some of the links on Tawfiq’s fantastic blog (https://oriental-traditional-music.blogspot.com) were no longer working.

Luckily, Louis Farrugia, Daniel Fuchs, and Gary Pro have worked hard to preserve this important library of incredible music making this priceless resource available to the world for years to come. Many thanks to them!

A clone of Oriental Traditional Music from LPs & Cassettes, with all of the audio files, can now be found here:

http://www.rudraveena.org/theBlog/oriental-traditional-music.blogspot.com/index.html

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Mauna-Vratin Vishnu meditating (observing the vow of inner silence), 

11th Century, Archaeological Museum, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh:

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