Alaap – A Discovery of Indian Classical Music – Audiobook 🎧

AuroPublications, Pondicherry

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Indian classical music is identical in its aim and principles with all Indian art. In the revealing words of Sri Aurobindo:

“To suggest the strength and virile unconquerable force of the divine Nature in man and in the outside world, its energy, its calm, its powerful inspiration, its august enthusiasm, its wideness, greatness, attractiveness, to breathe that into man’s soul and gradually mold the finite into the image of the Infinite is [the] spiritual utility of Art. This is its loftiest function, its fullest consummation, its most perfect privilege.”

We are happy to bring to you the various dimensions of Indian music through these recordings of tracks, which seek to present its deep spiritual search as well as its technical basis. The set is titled ‘Alaap – A Discovery of Indian Classical Music’, as Alaap is the introductory part of a Raga, and these pieces serve as an Introduction to Indian Classical Music, both Hindustani and Carnatic.

The illustrative pieces of music presented here are of two types. Some have been specially recorded for Alaap, while others have been taken from pre-recorded pieces by some of the greatest masters of music in India. Many of these archival collections are over 50 years old. Therefore the technical quality of the sound is not always of a uniform standard. But our stress has always been on content and authenticity. And we have not hesitated to use these pieces because their beauty and truth have stood the test of time.

About the recordings: Each track’s title has the subject, duration and artists’ names. This way, listeners can choose specific tracks as and when needed. Some musicians’ names which are repeated several times are left out in some titles due to space constraints.

Sources of Music

‘Alaap – A Discovery of Indian Classical Music’ is brought to you by ‘Times Music’. Our thanks also go to the following for permitting us to use excerpts of music pieces from their repertoire:

1. Saregama India Ltd. (previously The Gramophone Company of India, Ltd.)
2. All India Radio
3. Hindusthan Musical Products, Ltd.
4. The film ‘Dr. Zhivago’ – Lara’s Theme

‘Artiste’ ‘Raga’

I From ‘All India Radio’

1	Amir Khan – Vocal Bageshree
2	Omkarnath Thakur – Vocal Alhaiya Bilawal
3	Zia Mohiuddin Dagar – Chandrakauns Rudra Veena

II From ‘Saregama India Ltd.’

1	Abdul Karim Khan – Vocal Jhinjhoti
2	Ali Akbar Khan – Sarod Ahir Bhairav, Medhavi, Shree (Ravi Shankar)
3	Amir Khan – Vocal Darbari Kanada, Hansdhwani, Lalit, Malkauns, Marwa, Megha, Miyan Malhar
4	Amjad Ali Khan – Sarod Durga, Malkauns, Puriya Kalyan, Sahana
5	Arjun Shejwal – Pakhawaj Pakhawaj
6	Bade Ghulam Ali Khan – Vocal Adana, Bhimpalasi, Bhoopali, Dadra, Gujra Todi, Kedar, Malkauns, Pahadi
7	M. Balamurli Krishna – Vocal Kirtana
8	Begum Akhtar – Vocal Ghazal
9	Bhimsen Joshi – Vocal Mishra Kafi, Marubihag, Puriya
10	Bismillah Khan – Shehnai Bahar, Basant, Dhun, Lalit, Malkauns, Sohini
11	Buddhadev Dasgupta – Sarod Desh, Kamod
12	Chembai Vaidhyanatha Nalinakanthi Bhagvathar – Vocal
13	Dagar Brothers – Vocal Adana, Darbari Kanada (Nasir Moinuddin Dagar) (Nasir Aminuddin Dagar)
14	V. Doraiswamy Iyengar – Veena Nirostha, Nata
15	Faiyaz Khan – Vocal Desi
16	Hariprasad Chaurasia – Flute Bhoopali, Marwa, Mishra Pilu
17	Imrat Khan – Surbahar Yaman Kalyan
18	Jagjit Singh – Vocal Bhajan
19	Kesarbai Kerkar – Vocal Gaud Malhar
20	Kishori Amonkar – Vocal Bhairavi, Bhoop, Jaunpuri
21	Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit – Hameer Vocal
22	Kumar Gandharva – Vocal Puriya Dhanashree, Todi
23	Lalgudi G. Jayaraman – Violin Mohana Kalyani
24	T.R. Mahalingam – Flute Sankarabharanam
25	Malini Rajurkar – Vocal Tappa Khamaj
26	A.K.C. Natarajan – Clarinet Revathi
27	Nikhil Banerjee – Sitar Bhatiyar, Hemlalit, Malkauns
28	Omkarnath Thakur – Vocal Malkauns
29	Pandit Jasraj – Vocal Bhimpalasi
30	D.V. Paluskar – Vocal Bhajan, Lalit, Shree
31	Parveen Sultana – Vocal Ahir Bhairav
32	D.K. Pattammal – Vocal Hansadhwani
33	N. Ramani – Flute Hindolam, Bilahari
34	Ram Narain – Sarangi Thumri Des
35	Ranadhir Roy – Esraj Shree
36	Ravi Shankar – Sitar Abhogi Kanada, Shudha Sarang, Shree (Ali Akbar Khan)
37	Salamat Ali Khan & Abhogi Kanada, Mishra, Nazakat Ali Khan – Vocal Khamaj
38	Sheikh Chinna Maulana – Hindolam, Nagaswaram
39	Shemmangudi Srinivas Iyer – Vocal Poorvi Kalyani
40	Shivkumar Sharma – Santoor Rageshwari, Sohini
41	Sohanlal Sharma –  Harmonium Nat Bhairav
42	U. Srinivas – Mandolin Nalinakanthi
43	Shyamsundar – Kanjira Kanjira
44	Veena Venu – Violin Karaharipriya
45	T.H. Vinayagaram – Ghatam Ghatam
46	Vilayat Khan – Sitar Darbari Kanada, Shankara, Yaman
47	Zakir Hussain – Tabla Teentala

III From ‘Hindusthan Musical Products, Ltd.’

1	Faiyaz Khan – Vocal Lalit