Voleti Venkateswarulu

MaheshS · Post by **MaheshS** » 31 Jul 2010, 03:04

avichinnu wrote:Does anybody has REVATHI RTP of Voleti?

Somewhere in my archives, it's been ages since I have listened to Voletti, thanks for the wake up call

. Please email me or send a private message thro the forum while I'll figure out which hard drive that Revathi RTP is.

Sivaramakrishnan · Post by **Sivaramakrishnan** » 31 Jul 2010, 17:16

'SAMPRADAAYA' - now located in Kalakshetra campus in Chennai has a great collection of Voleti's music.
One exclusive package is a concert of Thanjavur Ponnah Pillai's compositions.
Great music from Voleti.
I wonder why our youngstars do not lend ears to such traesures!

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 02 Aug 2010, 14:19

Recently I got some recordings of music lessons given by Shri Voleti over Vijayawada AIR decades back. Many of my friends had told me about the greatness of his teaching over the AIR. To my utter surprise, all the Navarathri songs of Swati Tirunal has been taught by him in the Radio.. It is like I chanced upon a treasure.

balakk · Post by **balakk** » 22 Aug 2010, 09:12

Sublime is a word thrown around for most concerts now, but that's the one adjective that comes to mind about this master. An AIR FM Gold concert at 1:10PM was my first listening experience to Shri Voleti. The 1:10PM slot is really eye-opening; they play all the past and present masters.

I'm getting to see what others have posted so far about Shri Voleti. The music just feels like a sparkling brook that's flowing through a lush green meadow, unhurried yet brisk, crystal clear, and with the freshness of mountains. Even the fast swaras come as a melodious cascade; there's no attempt to reach a shrill crescendo, as attempted by some prominent vidwans nowadays. His style feels very conservative, yet so distinctive in a subtle fashion. And his accompaniments always seem to mesh with that style so well.

I am seriously thankful to Rasikas.org members - through this site, I've had a chance to learn about and listen to some of the great masters.

mankuthimma · Post by **mankuthimma** » 22 Aug 2010, 09:37

It is like I chanced upon a treasure.

Some more stuff for the treasure box
http://www.mediafire.com/?wb2vdpfy3d8hpd6

a Krithi that has vanished from the concert scene ....Akellaji is on the violin.
http://www.mediafire.com/?fwvmw2xi3bvi84l

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 22 Aug 2010, 12:58

Great treasures indeed! Thank you so much.
The Phalamanjari kriti is seldom heard today. It's extra special with Akella-ji's violin pakkam. Do you know which concert this is from, and who has played mridangam accompaniment?

mankuthimma · Post by **mankuthimma** » 22 Aug 2010, 15:31

Yes. Will come back with the rest.
Be prepared for a soulful Gnanamosagarada.

musicfan_4201 · Post by **musicfan_4201** » 22 Aug 2010, 15:41

Kamalakar Rao accompanies on the mridangam.
A lovely concert with a soulful poorvikalyani and a spectacular thodi

mankuthimma · Post by **mankuthimma** » 22 Aug 2010, 17:50

No.This one is a different one
From a concert in Secunderabad College 1971
Akellaji on the violin and SV Ramana on Mridangam

http://www.mediafire.com/?oh23ch8mhuupy

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 23 Aug 2010, 11:45

Dear Thimmaji, That was a wonderful Voleti concert. Thanks a lot.Waiting to hear the rest of the concert.

satyabalu · Post by **satyabalu** » 23 Aug 2010, 18:52

Balaranjani piece of Thiagaraja -Sri Narasmha is a rare one.
By the way any other kriti on this Raga?

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 28 Aug 2010, 08:54

Coolji, I am waiting eagerly to hear the rest of that Voleti's concert

mankuthimma · Post by **mankuthimma** » 28 Aug 2010, 09:50

CRama
Unfortunately there is no "rest of the concert'

I can give you some other rare stuff if you want to be compensated

hsuvarna · Post by **hsuvarna** » 30 Aug 2010, 02:45

Dear VV lovers,
Here is the magnificent nannu Vidachi Ritigaula. Vintage Voleti swarakalpana, though short.
http://www.mediafire.com/?d2xenmpbz512265

<a href="http://www.mediafire/?d2xenmpbz512265"> ... z512265</a>
[update][/update]
-harish

hsuvarna · Post by **hsuvarna** » 30 Aug 2010, 02:57

http://www.mediafire.com/?y9kcg6nismjqdcm

here is the Hall of Fame Arrabhi aalapana by Sri Voleti.

http://www.mediafire.com/?vbal1rsyaiux4n2
http://www.mediafire.com/file/vbal1rsya ... mp3[update][/update]

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 09 Oct 2010, 12:00

What gems these are!
Voleti accompanied by:
Subramanya Sharma - violin
Yella Venkateshwara Rao - mridangam
Nemani Somayajulu - ghatam

a) Sankarabharanam - Bruhadeeshwaraya
01. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azlcBTxG6tg
02. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od0es0q77qY
02. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CAaM6zKOpI

b) Manjari - Patti Viduvaraadu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPAolTGAn1E

c) Anandabhairavi Javali
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMmHILYowXw

mankuthimma · Post by **mankuthimma** » 09 Oct 2010, 12:27

Such a loveable Genius he is . Isn't he.
He sure , must be there up in the Heavens , entertaining the Gods .

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 09 Oct 2010, 12:40

absolutely right Thimma !

musicfan_4201 · Post by **musicfan_4201** » 10 Oct 2010, 13:22

See the ease in which he sings. Completely effortless, no unncessary mannerisms, no limb movements. Ariyakudi and BGAK have indeed influenced him a lot in his music delivery (crisp and precise).
The review of his 1986 concert at the Music Academy described his thodi alapana as the rapids of the Ganges.
Brilliant. His Sankarabaranam alapana is always top class.

balakk · Post by **balakk** » 22 Oct 2010, 20:01

The videos are a treat - wonderfully preserved, with exceptional clarity.
Is it possible to get more samples of his renditions of pratimadhyama ragas please? I got the panthuvaralis, kalyanis poorvikalyani etc from spriya.
Would love to hear an elaborate dharmavati , simhendra madhyamam or shanmukapriya .

musicfan_4201 · Post by **musicfan_4201** » 22 Oct 2010, 20:44

balakk

Here is a beautiful simmendramadhyamam and a shanmugapriya (pallavi). The raga alapana is just outstanding.
http://www.mediafire.com/?udla3uphg2di2wu
http://www.mediafire.com/?15fs946avoy9bth

balakk · Post by **balakk** » 22 Oct 2010, 21:51

Awesome. Thanks a lot musicfan.

hsuvarna · Post by **hsuvarna** » 27 Aug 2012, 21:07

Today is the VV day Jayanthi. He was born on this day in EG district of AP. What a music he gave!! May he continue to rest in peace in urdhwa lokaalu!!.

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 27 Aug 2012, 22:46

Agree. He had his own unique style.

satyabalu · Post by **satyabalu** » 27 Aug 2012, 22:47

"urdhwa lokaalu!!"Meaning please!

balakk · Post by **balakk** » 01 Sep 2013, 23:57

Couple of 45 min+ videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFfdmRSvF-Y

Accompanied by the inimitable MSG, and Palghat Raghu on the mridangam.
Should be at least 25 years ago, if that message on the screen was indeed recorded live.

One more concert : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y17i0TUbuNg
This is actually two concert fragments pieced together. The latter half contains the songs individually posted above - the Manjari, Shankarabaranam pieces and so on.

hsuvarna · Post by **hsuvarna** » 21 Dec 2013, 08:56

Very long interview 7-8 pages. http://sruti.com/download/content2/Inte ... 021%29.pdf

Aditto · Post by **Aditto** » 27 Dec 2014, 22:10

satyabalu wrote:"urdhwa lokaalu!!"Meaning please!

means the upper worlds...

http://www.vedicworld.org/vedic-cosmolo ... -universe/

sankark · Post by **sankark** » 04 Jul 2015, 22:52

a grand Ahiri and not oft (never at all except this once?) heard ponniAh piLLai song http://promiserani.proboards.com/thread ... iah-pillai, starting at 24 mins..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey-j4mHYrjc

His wikipedia doesn't mention sangeetha kalAnidhi being elevated because of him. Another grand overlook on part of the organization?

varsha · Post by **varsha** » 05 Jul 2015, 09:57

His wikipedia doesn't mention sangeetha kalAnidhi being elevated because of him.

He has elevated countless , like me to rarified zones

Here are two more instances where this has been rendered . By Kolkatta Krishnamurthy and KP Sivanandam.
Enjoy !!!
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/h3knk7q ... andham.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/c03ps0m ... llay_-.mp3

satyabalu · Post by **satyabalu** » 01 Dec 2015, 20:50

http://youtu.be/dvE9ketUWC4
Neemathi chellaka -Mathrubhudaiya-Ananda Bhairavi

ram1999 · Post by **ram1999** » 02 Dec 2015, 18:13

This is Doordarshan Chennai recording in the year 1989, just a few months before he passed away. This kris is followed by a beautiful janaranjini (nadadinamata), Varali (maragadamani varna) and a behave javeli.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 02 Dec 2015, 18:46

If jAvaLis can behave, there's hope that autocorrect will also behave someday, eh??

ram1999 · Post by **ram1999** » 02 Dec 2015, 23:56

rshankar wrote:If jAvaLis can behave, there's hope that autocorrect will also behave someday, eh??

Hahaha

It was meant to be behag javali

varsha · Post by **varsha** » 18 Jan 2017, 11:33

https://archive.org/details/06EndukuPed ... MTyAgarAja

lovely concert with Lalgudi

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 19 Jan 2017, 17:11

varsha wrote:https://archive.org/details/06EndukuPed ... MTyAgarAja
lovely concert with Lalgudi

Brilliant concert!!! Thank you Varsha Ji

varsha · Post by **varsha** » 22 Jan 2017, 12:30

voleti-tnk-km
concert
all in sublime form
https://archive.org/details/05NIPAdamul ... manyaAyyar

GVR2004 · Post by **GVR2004** » 22 Jan 2017, 19:13

Post #205 by varsha » 05 Jul 2015 09:57

His wikipedia doesn't mention sangeetha kalAnidhi being elevated because of him.

He has elevated countless , like me to rarified zones

Here are two more instances where this has been rendered . By Kolkatta Krishnamurthy and KP Sivanandam.
Enjoy !!!
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/h3knk7q ... andham.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/c03ps0m ... llay_-.mp3

Varsha Sir,

Is there really a rendition by Calcutta Krisshnamurthy - have not heard his voice - As we all know he was a great Guru - so would love to hear his patantharam - also if possible any more recordings of his are available. And of course the K P Sivanandam - veenai as well -

Tried the links but they have become old - Please upload once again when you get time..... another gem from you - Thanks in Advance.

- Venkat

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 23 Jan 2017, 05:59

Varsha,
Thanks a million.
Thanjavooran
23 01 2017

varsha · Post by **varsha** » 23 Jan 2017, 07:17

Kolkatta Krishnamurthy
As we all know he was a great Guru - so would love to hear his patantharam - also if possible any more recordings of his are available

https://archive.org/details/NIkepuDuAbh ... shnamurthy

And of course the K P Sivanandam - veenai as well -

https://archive.org/details/AmbaNIlAmba ... yaPillayTQ

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 23 Jan 2017, 10:05

varsha wrote:
And of course the K P Sivanandam - veenai as well -
https://archive.org/details/AmbaNIlAmba ... yaPillayTQ

Thank you Thank you

kittappa · Post by **kittappa** » 23 Jan 2017, 18:52

Kolkatta Krishnamurthy As we all know he was a great Guru - so would love to hear his patantharam - also if possible any more recordings of his are available https://archive.org/details/NIkepuDuAbh ... shnamurthy

That was Sanjay Subramaniam accompanying KSK. This was a concert belonging to 1994 or 95. I attended it.

GVR2004 · Post by **GVR2004** » 24 Jan 2017, 00:06

Many Thanks Varsha Sir. Please do upload any more concerts you may have of Sri Kolkata Krishnamurthy

varsha · Post by **varsha** » 25 Feb 2017, 08:17

https://archive.org/details/ShivaShivaS ... etiAmsKrao
Happy shivarAtri
with Akellaji-kamalakar rao

maheshram · Post by **maheshram** » 12 Apr 2020, 07:39

Was listening this RTP in Shankarabharanam by the great Voleti:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbUDfBT5aRA

The violin return is well..unusual to say the least...pretty straightforward for most of it, but in several stretches, the closest I've ever heard in a traditional kutcheri to sounding like western violin (obviously with s'bharanam this is not a stretch per se).

In the tanam too, esp listen around 19:45 or so!! Or from 20:45 on..and maybe most markedly at 21:40!! When did the movie Sound of Music release as a movie by the way? An inspiration

Does anyone know who the violinist was and when this concert occurred? It doesn't sound like MSG, and has Lalgudi-like elements but hard to believe Lalgudi Mama would do this. Ideas?

I can't decide whether I like it or not...but it certainly was a novelty..

For about the millionth time in the last 3 months how I miss my father (Sri MKR), would have loved to get his take

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 12 Apr 2020, 08:49

.
Voleti Venkateswarulu,
Lalgudi G Jayaraman
Guruvayur Durai

It seems this is from the Album 'Stalwarts'

https://www.amazon.com/Ragam-Tanam-Pall ... =ss&sr=1-8

https://open.spotify.com/album/5rpzESsYH16u7Wybp4XjiV

maheshram · Post by **maheshram** » 13 Apr 2020, 00:31

Thank you! Lalgudi Mama must have been in an 'experimental' mood that day! Having listened to hundreds if not thousands of his concerts before, I don't think I ever recall this before. A collector's item for that alone!

Ranganayaki · Post by **Ranganayaki** » 13 Apr 2020, 06:06

Yes, it was hard to believe that it could be LGJ! It didn’t have too many of his style “markers” either that I have in mind, which usually appear naturally in the flow! This was not too appealing to me, and I don’t like the feeling that LGJ produced anything that was not perfect in my mind! I feel it can’t be and i must be at fault, but I didn’t enjoy those moments. It feels disjointed in my memory.

It didn’t sound like western violin to me, but was rather reminiscent of the notion of nottu swaram.

The movie The Sound of Music was released in 1965. But most American movies came rather late to Chennai, and I think it played in Safire theater sometime in 1968 or ‘69.

maheshram · Post by **maheshram** » 13 Apr 2020, 07:17

"was rather reminiscent of the notion of nottu swaram" - I agree!

But your statement "It didn’t sound like western violin to me" doesn't 'ring' with me...

AFAIK Nottu swaram is directly associated with western classical (or 'semi-classical' actually) music influence by many scholars:

http://www.kanniks.com/nottusvara.htm

Or via Wiki: "They [nottu swarams] are notable as an interaction between the East and the West during Company rule, being based on Western sources, mostly simple melodies inspired by Scots and Irish tunes. They are all composed with Sanskrit lyrics in the Western C major scale, whose pitch intervals correspond to that of the Shankarabharana raga scale in Carnatic music, or the Bilaval that of Hindustani music. Technically, the compositions are not in Shankarabharana proper, being based on simple melodies and devoid of the ornamentation (gamaka) that is characteristic of Carnatic music."

Ranganayaki · Post by **Ranganayaki** » 13 Apr 2020, 08:24

maheshram wrote: ↑13 Apr 2020, 07:17

But your statement "It didn’t sound like western violin to me" doesn't 'ring' with me...

AFAIK Nottu swaram is directly associated with western classical (or 'semi-classical' actually) music influence by many scholars:

http://www.kanniks.com/nottusvara.htm

Oar via Wiki: "They [nottu swarams] are notable as an interaction between the East and the West during Company rule, being based on Western sources, mostly simple melodies inspired by Scots and Irish tunes. They are all composed with Sanskrit lyrics in the Western C major scale, whose pitch intervals correspond to that of the Shankarabharana raga scale in Carnatic music, or the Bilaval that of Hindustani music. Technically, the compositions are not in Shankarabharana proper, being based on simple melodies and devoid of the ornamentation (gamaka) that is characteristic of Carnatic music."

To the extent that it’s just a matter of opinion (mine), it’s ok for us to disagree.

This is my thinking:

I know that nottuswarams were inspired by Western music, and use the major scale, the Shankarabharanam scale, but don’t have the gamaka characteristics or the usages of Shankarabharanam. But in my opinion. It is unconnected to western classical or even semi classical music. It has none of the richness of either music. No nottuswaram even uses any other scale than the major scale. It’s a rather simplistic reduction of western music by Dikshitar, but may be that’s what he was exposed to. It probably wasn’t easy to be exposed to more than the obvious major scale.

But all that aside those notes in this recording don’t remind me of actual western violin, but they do remind me of Dikshitar’s interpretation or possible perception of Western music, as we hear in the Nottuswarams. Sri LGJ’s foray into that is also rather basic, and uninteresting in my view. Writing this is almost taking my own breath away! But it’s ok in my mind.. LGJ didn’t continue to play in this fashion, and as you say he might have been in an experimental mood.