INDIA – INDE Lalgudi G. Jayaraman with G. Srimathi – Violin Solos of Carnatic Music – His Master's Voice – ECSD 2435

INDIA – INDE
Lalgudi G. Jayaraman with G. Srimathi – Violin Solos of Carnatic Music – His Master's Voice – ECSD 2435, 1970 (LP)

Lalgudi Jarayaman (1930-2013), born in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, was one of the most brilliant Carnatic violinist of the second half of the 20th century. Jarayaman’s father and teacher, the famous violinist Lalgudi Gopal Iyer (1900-1970), was the grandson of Lalgudi Rama Iyer (1807-1867), a direct disciple of Saint Tyagaraja. As the violin was first introduced in Carnatic music in the beginning of the 19th century, Valadi Radhakrishna Iyer (1849-1908) was actually the first violinist in the family (see photograph below).

 

Here, Jarayaman weaves lyrical and haunting sonorities that transcend the South Indian genre to touch upon the universal, accompanied by his sister G. Srimati on violin, K. Sivaraman (b. 1935) on the mridangam double-faced drum, Alangudi K. Ramachandran (1912-?) on the earthenware ghatam drum, and R. Krishnan on the tanpura drone.

 

Lalgudi Jarayaman (1930-2013), né à Trichy dans le Tamil Nadu, fut l'un des plus brillants violonistes Carnatic de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle. Le père et maître de Jarayaman, le célèbre violoniste Lalgudi Gopal Iyer (1900-1970), était le petit-fils de Lalgudi Rama Iyer (1807-1867), un disciple direct de Saint Tyagaraja. Comme le violon a été introduit pour la première fois dans la musique Carnatic au début du XIXe siècle, Valadi Radhakrishna Iyer (1849-1908) était le premier violoniste de la famille (voir photo ci-dessous).

 

Ici, Jarayaman tisse des formes lyriques lancinantes qui transcendent le genre Carnatic pour toucher à l'universel, accompagné de sa sœur G. Srimati au violon, K. Sivaraman (né en 1935) au tambour mridangam à double face, Alangudi K. Ramachandran (1912-?) au tambour ghatam, et R. Krishnan au bourdon tanpura.

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Our other Carnatic violin posts:

Lalgudi Jayaraman – HMV 7 EPE 1614, 1962 here

Lalgudi Jayaraman – HMV ECSD 2494, 1971 here
Lalgudi Jayaraman – Melodiya C80-27225-004 here

Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu – HMV EALP 1375 here

T.N. Krishnan – SEDE 3609 Columbia, 1965 here
T.N. Krishnan & Kumari Viji Krishnan – Inreco 2401 - 5050 A, 1978 here

N. Ramani (with violinist M.S. Gopalakrishnan) – EASD 1390, 1973 here

Lakshmi Shankar (with violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam) – ECSD 2782, 1977 here

Photograph below is from Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi’s website here:

Valadi Radhakrishna Iyer (1849-1908), the first violinist in 

Lalgudi Jayaraman's family:

Photograph below is from Yoga – The Art of Transformation edited by Debra Diamond, Freer / Sackler, Smithsonian, 2013:

 

"Whistling" Yogini riding an owl, 11th century, Uttar Pradesh:

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