Celestial Ragas

The Brilliance of Begada
Chitravina N. Ravikiran's Vintage Virtuosos / Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
Cosmic Creations 0100

Contents:

1. Introduction - V. V. Sundaram (1'24)
2. Interview - Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer (8'03)
3. Interaction - Chitravina N. Ravikiran (15'38)
4. Varnam: Intachalamu - Begada/Adi - Veena Kuppaiyer (4'44)
5. Tyagarajaya Namaste - Begada/Rupakam - Mutthuswami Dikshitar (6'00)
6. Neepadapankaja - Begada/Adi - Tyagaraja (2'54)
7. Shankari Neeve - Begada/Rupakam - Subbaraya Shastri (6'07)
8. Kalayami Raghuramam - Begada/Mishra Chapu - Swati Tirunal (4'25)
9. Manasuna Neranammiti - Begada/Rupakam - Patnam Subramanya Iyer (5'20)
10. Nadopasana - Begada/Adi - Tyagaraja (7'09)
11. Javali: Arulvai Muruga - Begada/Rupakam - Chitravina N. Ravikiran (3'50)
12. Padam: Yalapadare - Begada/Tishra Triputa - Kshetragna (7'42)

Sound quality: superlative

Release date: 2000

Tracks #1 and #3 are in English, whereas #2 is not. Both #2 and #3 emphasize examples, and some of the improvisatory examples (sung) in #3 are lengthy.

There is no written discussion with this release, not even a listing of participating performers.

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