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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0724356731028 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Angel Records Manufacturer: Angel Records MPN: 67310 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Angel Records Release Date: July 18, 2000 Studio: Angel Records Average Rating:
 Rating: - Beautiful introduction to traditional Indian music.Whether you are familiar with Ravi Shankar or not, if you have any interest in great music you should buy this album. I believe this is Ravi Shankar's first "Western" album, and it's a magnificent introduction to 3 different kinds of Ragas. The rhythms and artistry are simply transfixing. This should be part of any music lover's collection. Rating: - Ravi Shankar sitarIf you're a fan of Ravi Shankar's sitar playing, or sitar an instrument, or looking to get introduced to indian classical music/sitar, this one would be highly recommended. This would be a great addition to anyone's collection of indian classical music. Rating: - Very PleasedI was most pleased with my CD order: I received it quickly and it was a represented on Amazon--in excellent shape. Rating: - Awesome, consistent, and diverseThis is the best Ravi Shankar I've heard so far. You don't get much alap (slow arhythmic introduction to the raga being performed) on this CD, and the reason is that alap can last for as much as an hour, but whoever produced this wanted to put 3 whole ragas (scales plus plus, basically) into the same amount of time. Anyway, what you DO get is one of the all-time masters of melodic line at peak performance, for an hour. The bunch of this CD is the fast, rhythm-centered sitarwork termed ... Read More Rating: - Timeless musicThanks to inspiration from a highly unlikely quarter--Bollywood, of all things!--my wife and I have developed a newfound love of Indian culture. I had long been familiar with Ravi Shankar thanks to his association with George Harrison and his fame as one of the world's best sitar players, but until recently, the only album of his that I had was the live Inside the Kremlin (1988). I always enjoyed that CD, believing that raga could be a challenging but ultimately rewarding listen if one were simply ... Read More |
