Tanjavur Kalyanaraman - Charsur Digital Workstation

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 18 Dec 2007, 15:59

Just picked this up and sounds very promising so far! Brilliant Pantuvarali! Great support from TK Ramanujachari and TVG! Will post details later. At 550, a bit steeply priced though

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 18 Dec 2007, 17:47

Vijay, how is the recording quality?

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 18 Dec 2007, 23:10

It is quite good Mahavishnu. Of course one has to make allowance for the fact that it is an old recording - but it is about as good as concerts that old get...

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 19 Dec 2007, 01:00

thanks, Vijay.

I find the Paddathi series from Charsur can be "hit or miss" when it comes to recording quality. The recordings of Mali, GNB and Musiri are great for the period that they were recorded in, but poor fidelity. The SSI, Lalgudi, KVN albums are all decent reproductions and you get a good sense of the acoustics in the live concert.

I hope to pick up the S.Kalyanaraman soon... BTW, Is TK Ramanujachari the same as the violinist Ramanujacharyulu?

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 19 Dec 2007, 11:02

I had the same thought...but this concert was in 1968 and our TKV is a youngish chap!

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 11 Jan 2008, 23:08

Could TK Rangachari and TK Ramanujachari be related ?

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 11 Jan 2008, 23:27

Quite possible...in fact, I'd say a bit of a co-incidence about their names if there weren't

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 06 Apr 2008, 14:59

Can you please provide a list of the songs in this collection? Thankyou.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 06 Apr 2008, 16:12

The last time I bought CDs from this label, I was irritated that they all contained only 60 minutes of music, same as the cassettte tape.

Do they still do this?

For re-issue of archive stuff previously only available on tape, its ok. For new issues, I think it a rip off.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 06 Apr 2008, 22:37

Ragam-taanam I do not have the CD with me since my goods are lying in Mumbai while I cool my heels in B'lore! However IIRC RTP in Kharaharapriya is the main piece. Remind me in a while. You amy also get the details at ww.charsur.com

About 60 minutes per CD is right....highly priced but the recording quality is generally good and the sleeve notes are nice. The packaging does not fit into standard CD stacks though...

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 06 Apr 2008, 22:39

On a related note, It's been a while since I curled up with a book and 5 new CDs in my system...blame it partly on this crazy business of moving and partly on the quantity of online (read free) music...

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 14 Apr 2008, 01:44

Vijay, I think the solution to your problem might be a ipod (or equivalent). I am never separated from my music now, so to speak.
Btw, I picked up this CD recently in Cleveland. Raghuvara in pantuvarali is just superb!

ragam-tanam: you can find the list on the label's website at www.charsur.com. In any case, I've just copied and pasted from there.....

Disc - 1 S.No. Track Raga Tala Composer Duration Price In INR Price In USD Audio AddToCart
1 Evaro Bodhana Varnam Abhogi Adi Patnam-Subramania-Iyer
2 Raghuvara Pantuvarali Adi Tyagaraja 00:14:40 Rs.50 $2.99 Buy song
3 Evarikai Devamanohari Misra-Chapu Tyagaraja 00:18:58 Rs.50 $2.99 Buy song
4 Varum Idarellam Shanmukhapriya Adi N-S-Chidambaram 00:29:32 Rs.65 $3.99 Buy song
Disc - 2 S.No. Track Raga Tala Composer Duration Price In INR Price In USD Audio AddToCart
1 Bhuvaratraya Mohanam Adi G-N-Balasubramaniam 00:13:35 Rs.50 $2.99 Buy song
2 Entaninne Mukhari Rupakam Tyagaraja 00:24:05 Rs.65 $3.99 Buy song
3 Bantu Riti Hamsanadam Adi Tyagaraja 00:10:08 Rs.50 $2.99 Buy song
Disc - 3 S.No. Track Raga Tala Composer Duration Price In INR Price In USD Audio AddToCart
1 Ragam Tanam Pallavi - Thakkadimithadimi Karaharapriya Tisra-Jhampa T-S-Kalyanaraman 00:58:33 Rs.100 $5.49 Buy song
2 Madhave Ma Kuru Bageshri - Jayadeva---T-S-Kalyanaraman 00:04:25 Rs.30 $1.49 Buy song
3 Tirumuruga Yamunakalyani Misra-Chapu T-S-Kalyanaraman 00:06:30 Rs.30 $1.49 Buy song
4 Tillana followed by Mangalam Hindolam Adi - 00:03:09 Rs.30 $1.49 Buy song

krishna212001 · Post by **krishna212001** » 06 Aug 2008, 12:00

Hi Guys

Charsur is doing a good job in releasing more collections of Maestros.

Regards
Nakul Venkataraman

manikand28 · Post by **manikand28** » 20 Sep 2008, 21:20

I just bought a DVD of life of SKR from Kalakendra.com, it is awesone

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 24 Sep 2008, 11:52

Belated response Mahavishnu but I've never been a great fan of earphones - my ears get tired after half an hour...the new solution is to buy a DVD with a USG plug in along with home theatre. I've set it up in Mumbai now and it works fabulously. Get a 4 GB USB or a USB Hard Drive and you have enough music for a week...best of all I do not have to listen to Sangeethapriya downloads through my laptop's tinny speakers!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 24 Sep 2008, 14:18

my ears get tired after half an hour...

Vijay ... Not with this clip.. you will find it difficult to take the earplugs off
http://rapidshare.com/files/147931551/MDR_1.mp3
a recent find in an old forgotten tape.
MDR at his best .UKS at his best..
care for the second half ?

the track beats the half an hour limit by a few seconds though.

Wish we could all gather in front of your home theatre-sathej,sbala,bharath,ram,rajumds and all the rest.
And listen together.
If only wishes were Horses...

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 27 Sep 2008, 14:48

Thanks sir - missed this earlier...yup second half would be fantastic!
As for my home theatre - it is nothing very fancy - quite a basic set up but works nicely...but you are all most welcome to Mumai -I will be my pleasure to host you! Maybe we can have the Ram-Prashant combo at my place if everyone is game...a grand rasikas road trip, what say!.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 27 Sep 2008, 16:19

vijy,
if it (Ram-Prashant combo) is going to be in Dec. I'm game; I 'll be back to base by then.Thanks.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 27 Sep 2008, 22:54

Unfortunately Dec is out since Prashant cannot make it to Chennai for the season...and obiously that's where everyone else is going to be..

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 28 Sep 2008, 03:30

Cool wrote: if only wishes were horses...
Citizen 'queen' would ride too...

vivekt17 · Post by **vivekt17** » 06 Nov 2009, 02:26

Brilliant Kharaharapriya RTP from SKR!
Plays with the raga like with a child. Many antics but a lot of beauty. Superb violin support and lots of camaraderie between artists.
Real magic going on! They do things with K'priya which can't even be imagined!
Amazing. We are fortunate to have these recordings with us.

sangeethamquest · Post by **sangeethamquest** » 06 Nov 2009, 05:52

The MDR Saragunapalimpa is mind blowing. Thank you Coolkarni for sharing this. Please share the second half as well.