The Dhrupad of the Dagar Bani

Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Khan Dagar / Ustad Allabande Rahimuddin Khan Dagar
w/ Pandit Dalchand Sharma / Pandit Purushottam Das, Pandit Gopal Das (pakhawaj)
Ragas Malkauns, Adana, Bhairavi / Ragas Asavari, Darbari Kanara
Edizioni Musicali III Millennio CDT 0171/0172 (2 CDs)

Contents:

Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Khan Dagar

1. Raga Malkauns (35'33)
   Mangalacharan
   Alap
   Dhrupad chautal "Jayati Jayati Shri Ganesh"
2. Raga Adana (20'28)
   Alap
   Dhrupad sadra (jhaptal) "Darat Lanka Belanka"
3. Raga Bhairavi (15'35)
   Krishna sloka
   Alap
   Dhrupad teora "Jagat Janani Jvala Mukhi"

Ustad Allabande Rahimuddin Khan Dagar

Raga Asavari

1. Alap vilambit (30'24)
2. Alap nom tom madhya and drut (15'15)
3. Dhrupad chautal "Ayo jit hi" (10'21)
4. Dhrupad sultal "Ana sunai bansuri Kanha" (4'53)
5. Raga Darbari Kanara (6'51)
   Dhrupad chautal "Mridang or vina sangha"

Sound quality: excellent to good

Playing time: 138'37

Recording dates: 31 May 2002 (New Delhi), unknown (probably Bombay)

Pakhawaj by: Pandit Dalchand Sharma (disc 1), Pandit Purushottam Das (disc 2, raga 1), Pandit Gopal Das (disc 2, raga 2)

Tanpuras by: Francesca Cassio (disc 1), R. Fahimuddin Dagar (disc 2)

There is also a harmonium at times on the second CD, and R. Fahimuddin Dagar gives vocal support for his father. The sound quality there is not perfect, but it has been handled quite expertly in the remastering.

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