Songs of the Nine Nights
Chitravina N. Ravikiran's Soorya
India Artist Management

Contents:

  1. Shri Ganeshwara - Shanmukhapriya/Adi - Venkata Kavi (6'01)
  2. Kamalamba - Anandabhairavi/Mishra Chapu - Mutthuswami Dikshitar (6'06)
  3. Bhajaswa Shri Tipura Sundareem - Nadanamakriya/Adi - Venkata Kavi (4'52)
  4. Shri Kamalambikaya - Shankarabharanam/Tishra Ekam - Mutthuswami Dikshitar (8'18)
  5. Bharati Mamava - Todi/Adi - Swati Tirunal (4'45)
  6. Neela Lolita Ramani - Balahamsa/Khanda Dhruvam - Venkata Kavi (7'02)
  7. Saroruhasana Jaye - Pantuvarali/Adi - Swati Tirunal (4'53)
  8. Shri Kamalambikayam - Sahana/Tishra Triputa - Mutthuswami Dikshitar (10'34)
  9. Shankari - Madhyamavati/Adi - Venkata Kavi (6'37)
  10. Pahi Parvata Nandini - Arabhi/Adi - Swati Tirunal (4'19)
  11. Shri Kamalambike - Shri/Khanda Ekam - Mutthuswami Dikshitar (4'31)

Performers: Savita Narasimhan (voice), Lata Ganapathy (voice), Salem P. Gayathri (voice), Chitravina P. Ganesh, Akkarai Subhalakshmi, Revati Krishna, A. S. Ranganathan, S. V. Ramani, Chitravina N. Ravikiran

Sound quality: superlative

Release date: 1999

There is little documentary information for this release, including no catalog number or bar code. However, the production quality of the songs themselves is excellent.

This is the first in a series of recordings demonstrating great Carnatic compositions by Ravikiran's Soorya ensemble.

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T. M. McComb