Swarna Rethas for BGS, 08/Dec/2012

[sankark]

Swarna Rethas - Vocal
B Ananthakrishnan - Violin
NC Bharadhwaj - Mridangam

pankajAkshi - kAmbhOji - Adi - ?
vinAyakA vigna - vegavAhini - Adi - muthuswAmi dIkshitar (S)
evarikai avatAra - dEvamanOhari - Adi - thyAgarAjA (R)
kadaikkaN nOkki kAvAdhadhum - thOdi - Adi - pApanAsam sivan (RNS@mayilApurikkiRaivA)
mOhanakara muthukumarA - nItimati - Adi - kOtiswara iyer
gAngEya vasana - hamIrkalyAni - Adi - swAti tirunal (RST)
mOdi jEsEvElara - khamas - Adi - dharmapuri subbArAyar (brief raga sketch)
nAdi thEdi - bAgesri - ? - aruNagirinAthar

First ever time listening to him.

+ fantastic tempo throughout except for the nItimati item which lulled the concert tempo
+ superlative nereval
+ top notch accompaniment
- diction - muthu sounds like moooothu and senchor like senchOr at times

[Lakshman]

pankajASipai is by Ramasvami Shivan.

[VijayR]

Was the first song in your list, pankajAkshi, a varnam? If so, I'm guessing it was pankajAkshi neepai, Maha Vaidhyanatha Iyer's swarAksharA laden varnam in kAmbhOji.

[Lakshman]

I was told that all the samskrt compositions were by Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer and songs in other languages were by his brother Ramasvami Shivan.

[sankark]

It was a pada varnam indeed.