Of particular note is that in this recording, Nageswara Rao is performing completely solo -- no percussion, no veena "support," and no drone. I remember there was a very interesting example of an old 78rpm disk on the Excavated Shellac blog a few years ago which had the same configuration and at that time I found it rather remarkable.
Also of great interest is a Carnatic piece played in a tala other than Adi (see below). My personal estimate is about 95% of South Indian classical music is in Adi tala.
Side one:
Kriti (song): "Ramabhakti" (by Tyagaraja)
Raga: Sudhabangala
Tala: Adi
Kriti (song): "Raghuvamsa" (by Patnam - Subramanyan - Iyer)
Raga: Kadanakutuhalam
Tala: Adi
Kriti: "Parakunikelara" (by Tyagaraja)
Raga: Kiranavali
Tala: Adi
Side two:
Kriti (song): "Niducharanamule" (by Tyagaraja)
Raga: Simhendramadyamam
Tala: Misra Chapu
I bought this LP when it was first released (from a local record shop that probably ordered it by mistake as the chap seemed awfully glad to have found a buyer).
ReplyDeleteNageswara Rao's majestic playing on this and other albums thrilled me as a young man and, playing this download last night, has thrilled me again as an elderly one. Many, many thanks.
BTW, your transfer is absolutely first rate.
Another super transfer of extraordinary performances.
ReplyDeleteThank you for much for sharing these treasures!
Bill
thanks for this album. You are right is saying many songs of carnatic is in adhi, But if you look at this it varies from composer to composer. Many of the big composers like trinity, papanasam sivan and so on composed equally in adhi taalam, roopakam and misra chapu.. !!!!
ReplyDeleteI heard the artist play as a student at Wesleyan U., bought the album and treasured it. My son convinced me to sell all my albums and rely on streaming. Unfortunately, no one has picked this album up. I'm thrilled to have access to it again.
ReplyDeleteI bought this album many years ago from the bargain bin of a record store, without its outer cover. It was the first record of Indian classical music that I had heard that wasn't played on sitar and I instantly fell in love with the sound of the vina. I still have the disc and the magnificent first track is a piece that I regularly feel the urge to listen to.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this excellent encode (much better than the one I achieved) and for all your other superb encodes.