My Track of the Day!

[venkatakailasam]

gnb 072-bhuvanatraya_sammOhanakara-mOhanam-Composed by GN_bAlasubramanian

Rendered by Shri TSK and Shri TVR.....

gnb 072-bhuvanatraya_sammOhanakara-mOhanam-GN_bAlasubramanian.mp3


gnb 073-mama_kulEshavaram-tODi-Composed by GN_bAlasubramanian

Rendered by Shri TSK and Shri TVR...

gnb 073-mama_kulEshavaram-tODi-GN_bAlasubramanian.mp3


Both the songs..kind courtesy by Shri TVG..Stated to be provided to him by GNB's grandson Shri Someswar....

Shri TVG himself is the Sister's son of Shri GNB..

[gmohan]

MMI_a super shankarabharanam alapana

http://www.mediafire.com/?dn8r59m5mye1y6p

[bilahari]

Was YouTube surfing and chanced upon this beautiful video of Bismillah Khan and N. Rajam playing together in Varanasi some decades ago - the ambience and the music are both delightfully reposeful. I especially like the folkish phrases BK produces, and the kArvais themselves are so beautiful on the shehnai.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgu-xXwJWvs

I wonder if there are any nAdhaswaram-shehnai jugalbandis?

Also, what is the upapakkavAdyam in the video above?

[venkatakailasam]

Listening to A Unique concert of trio Lalgudi Shri Jayaraman..Flute Shri N Ramani and Veena R Venkat raman...

http://ww.raaga.com/channels/carnatic/m ... id=cl01081

[srikant1987]

Veena Shri R Venkataraman.

[varsha]

http://www.mediafire.com/?abxj9ydeh3x4kh3
http://www.mediafire.com/?prmn2fxpco69yaf

A golden nugget from the past . Five minutes into the track I thought it was a track I was familiar with - Chowdiah playing brilliantly for GNB at Mysore . And then Manakkal breaks into E tavunnara.
Enjoy .What a song !!!!

[rkiran]

In fond and reverent memory of Smt MS Subbalakshmi, here's a full unsplit concert - http://ravi.gotdns.org:41952/share/Jwzmp

[rkiran]

http://www.mediafire.com/?abxj9ydeh3x4kh3
http://www.mediafire.com/?prmn2fxpco69yaf

A golden nugget from the past . Five minutes into the track I thought it was a track I was familiar with - Chowdiah playing brilliantly for GNB at Mysore . And then Manakkal breaks into E tavunnara.
Enjoy .What a song !!!!

Thanks varsha! I must admit I have listened to very little of Manakkal's music. This is an eye-opener. Should find more of his concerts and listen.

[Rsachi]

A discovery for me too. Thanks Varsha-Ji!
Reading this: http://www.carnatica.net/artiste/manakkal/manakkal1.htm

[venkatakailasam]

This should be the song of the day...
shri candrashekhara yatindram bhaje ...Composed by Shri NS Ramachandran...
Audio provided by Shri HMG Murthy....
Rendered by Maharajapuram Shri Santhanam...( Accompaniments not known... brilliant..)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw5IE3Hh ... fA&index=1

[varsha]

http://www.mediafire.com/?52i3zpt0siydu5f

A day on which Doreswami Iyengar gives a scale to compose with at Gayana Samaj . And BMk comes with raga Dorai set to Trimukhee Tala . A krithi dedicated to Gayana Samaj .

BMK in a more serious mode with a haunting rendering of a classic . So malkaunsish
http://www.mediafire.com/?nt5bf4zmn5wqggg

[mahavishnu]

Thank you Varsha-ji. What a find! The amazing thing about BMK is how his voice still sounds the same today as it did in 1978. The Kalanidhi concert with UKS (that you have drawn the hindolam from) is simply superb!

Here is another from 1978. TNS with Lalgudi and Ramabadran singing Sri Sankaraguruvaram in Nagaswaravali from a concert in Trichy. The akaram in this is mindblowing.

https://soundcloud.com/ramesh-balasubra ... aguruvaram

[Rsachi]

Thanks gents! You're God-sends...

[varsha]

Thanks
TNS = Lalgudi . what a combo . Is it the one with a great sankiarabharanam too .

[anonymityatlast]

Mahavishnu, are you sure it is 1978? Because Lalgudi must have been only 48 then!

[mahavishnu]

Varsha- Yes this is that concert with the Chintayare satgurum in Sankarabharanam as main.

[knrh05]

@mahavishnu, @varsha, it it possible to upload the full concert? I have previously heard the Shankarabharanam piece which is outstanding and today the Nagaswarali kriti. Do you know the composer of 'Chintayare satgurum'?

KN

[venkatakailasam]

Being commence ment of Margazi, I listened to MLV's Thiruvembavai..

at..

https://soundcloud.com/venkats68/mlv-thiruvempavai

Once, during Sankara Jayanti celebrations in Tiruvidaimarudur, Mahaswamiji had i
nvited renouned scholars.

He conducted Thiruppaavai and Thiruvempaavai conference (‘maanaadu’) and asked the popular carnatic singer M.L.Vasanthakumari to cut a disc.

It is these records that are very popular today. Tamizh Poets participated in Tiruvidaimarudur celebrations.

Mahaswamiji said that Thiruppaavai and Thiruvempaavai are our two eyes. Poet U.V. Swaminatha Iyer corrected him, “Kann illai! Paavai!” (Not eyes but the ‘pupils’). Mahaswamiji immediately appreciated it, “Nanru Pandidare! Nanru!” (Well said, Oh! Poet, Well said!) Mahaswamiji used to converse with those Tamizh Poets in their own style of pure Tamizh (‘shudha Tamizh’). One should not forget that the popularity of Thiruppaavai and Thiruvempaavai is only due to Mahaswamiji.

Shared ..Chintamani..aFB friend

Original at..http://www.namadwaar.org/articles/tribu ... amiji.html

[mahavishnu]

@mahavishnu, @varsha, it it possible to upload the full concert? I have previously heard the Shankarabharanam piece which is outstanding and today the Nagaswarali kriti. Do you know the composer of 'Chintayare satgurum'?

KN

The full concert is here. http://archive.org/details/TnsLalgudiVr
Unfortunately, I do not know the composer. Perhaps, Lakshman-ji or Keerthi could help.

[Lakshman]

If the words are chintayE sadgurum cinmaya rUpam it is by Vijagopalasvami. If they are cintayE sadgurum santatam it is by Naraharidasa. Both are in shankarAbharaNa.

[Sathej]

Chintaye Re Sadgurum Santhatham is apparently a Guru Vandanam Krithi in the Harikatha tradition, so guess its more of a traditional composition - not sure of composer.. haven't heard any rendition other than this one-of-a-kind version with LGJ and another more recent one that I can't recollect, again by TNS..

Sathej

[mahavishnu]

The whole concert appears to have a "guru" theme. Gurulekha, manasaguruha, srisankara guruvaram, and chintayare sadgurum.
It is a one-of-a-kind concert.

[knrh05]

@MAHAVISHNU, immense thanks for uploading this concert!!

KN

[Lakshman]

I listened to the shankarAbharaNa song and it is by Naraharidasa.

[knrh05]

Thanks Lakshmanji

[kittappa]

In his Kalanidhi concert in 1978, BMK is supposed to have sung one of his own compositions, tracing his lineage from Thyagaraja to himself. Don't know the raga. If anyone has this piece can you please upload it?

[varsha]

Read from some humbler poet, 25
Whose songs gushed from his heart,
As showers from the clouds of summer,
Or tears from the eyelids start;

Who, through long days of labor,
And nights devoid of ease, 30
Still heard in his soul the music
Of wonderful melodies.

Such songs have power to quiet
The restless pulse of care,
And come like the benediction 35
That follows after prayer.

Then read from the treasured volume
The poem of thy choice,
And lend to the rhyme of the poet
The beauty of thy voice. 40

And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares, that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ldh4xg7e2v3bvyc
God Bless HW Longfellow and T Viswa

[knrh05]

In his Kalanidhi concert in 1978, BMK is supposed to have sung one of his own compositions, tracing his lineage from Thyagaraja to himself. Don't know the raga. If anyone has this piece can you please upload it?

http://sangeethapriya.gotdns.org:8080/s ... dras_1978/

The fourth song is what you are looking for.

[mahavishnu]

http://www.mediafire.com/?ldh4xg7e2v3bvyc
God Bless HW Longfellow and T Viswa

Amen. This is the music of the gods themselves.

[varsha]

Came across a lovely composition tuned by Voleti in Desi Todi.
Made me listen to the bench mark rendering by Amir Khan - Paluskar for Baiju Bawra
And soulful rendering by Munawar Ali Khan
All three in this dropbox folder
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/28wu6z680oueh7r/xmzgHioGtW

[Rsachi]

BMK in a more serious mode with a haunting rendering of a classic . So malkaunsish
http://www.mediafire.com/?nt5bf4zmn5wqggg

Varsha-ji
Immensely enjoyable, thanks!
Please confirm my suspicion that TVG is on the mridangam...who's on the violin?

[varsha]

Violin - Annavarapu Rama Swamy
Mridangam - Umalyalapuram K Shivaraman
Glad you enjoyed it. the full concert is on sangeethapriya

[venkatakailasam]

A composition by OVK....RENSERED BY mUMBAI sISTERS...



அழும்தொறும் அணைக்கும் அன்னை - அறிவிலாது ஓடி.
விழும்தொறும் எடுக்கும் அப்பன்
விளையாடும் போது தோழன்
தொழும்தொறும் காக்கும் தெய்வம்
சொந்தமாய் எடுப்போர்க்கெல்லாம் குழந்தை
இப்படி உலவும் என் குருநாதன் வாழி வாழி...

Kanchi periva thiruvadigal saranam....

Lyrics...

என்ன புண்ணியம் செய்தேனோ - சத்குருநாதா
எத்தனை தவம் செய்தேனோ - நின் அருள் பெறவே

பன்னரும் வேதங்கள் படித்து உணர்ந்தாலும்
உன்னருள் இல்லாவிட்டால் ஒன்றுக்கும் உதவாது (என்ன)

வாடிய பயிருக்கு பெய்யும் மழையைப் போலே
படர்முல்லை கொடிக்கொரு கொழு கிடைத்தாற் போல
தேடியும் காணாத த்ரவ்யமே சத்குரு
தேவா தேவா சத்குரு நின் அருள் பெறவே (என்ன)

இயற்றியவர்: ஊத்துக்காடு வெங்கட கவி
இராகம்: ரீதி கௌளா
தாளம்: ஆதி

Bombay Sisters 050-Enna_Punniyam_Seideno_Satgurunatha_2.mp3