Indian Raga

Ustad Ali Akbar Khan - Signature Series Vol. 1 - 4 (1966-1973) [4CD Set] {1997 AMMP Edition}
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World Music / Indian Classical / Indian Raga

Signature Volume 1: The Signature Series is a reissue program of Ali Akbar Khan's Connoisseur Society works, remastered and repackaged with historically updated notes. He is accompanied by Mahapurush Misra on tabla, one of Khan's most spirited collaborators. The exemplary recording combines the night raga "Chandranandan," "Gauri Manjari" (an experimental composition), and "Jogiya Kalingra." They are performances to return to again and again.

Ravi Shankar - Incredible Ravi Shankar - Raga Charukauns (1986) {Chhanda Dhara SNCD 2286}
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© 1986 Chhanda Dhara | SNCD 2286
Indian Classical / World Music / Hindustani / Indian Subcontinent Traditions / Raga / Sitar

As a performer, composer, teacher and writer, Ravi Shankar has arguably done more to popularize Indian music than any other Indian musician. Indeed, his greatest legacy may be his ability to make Indian classical music more accessible to Western audiences without compromising the idiom itself. Mainly a practitioner of the north Indian Hindustani style of music, Ravi Shankar has nonetheless also experimented with styles from other areas of the continent.

In classical Indian music, ragas are the melodic foundations for improvisation and composition. Similar to scales in Western music, ragas consist of a specific series of notes (in some cases differing in ascent and descent) but they also call for characteristic musical motifs and embellishments.