Traditional classical music from North and South India.
1. Raag Khamaj by Amjad Ali Khan on sarod.
A raga for the late night recorded in 1978.
CD Navras NRCD 8501
2. Female singer Kalapini Komkali in the raag Bassant Sohini. A raga for before the break of dawn and a special for any moment in the rain season. Sohini was very popular in the first decade of the previous century but is viewed as a less important raga nowadays. The parts Madhyam and Drut are followed by Bhajan. Kalapini Komkali is accompanied intrumentally by Amin Thakkar on harmonium and Sanjay Deshpande on tabla.
CD Sense 116
3. Music from South India.
Two short executions of ragas by N. Ramani on bansoeri, Pitchchumani Iyer on veena, Bashkaran on violin, Harshankar on kanjira and Bhaktavatsalam on mridangam.
CD Dunya FY 8033
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