Ananya
Ustad Amir Khan - Navras Nav-Ratna, The Great Masters
w/ Pt. Gyan Prakash Ghosh (harmonium), Pt. Gobinda Bose (tabla)
Ragas Yaman, Hamsadhwani, Puriya, Abhogi
Navras 0091/92 (2 CDs)

Contents:

    Raga Yaman
  1. Vilambit "bara khyal" jhumra tal (43'21)
  2. Drut "chota khyal" teental (11'11)

    3. Raga Hamsadhwani
  3. Madhya lay ektal (12'58)
  4. Tarana, drut teental (4'41)
    Raga Puriya
  1. Vilambit jhumra tal (18'46)
  2. Drut teental "Chhina chhina baata takata hun" (9'05)

    3. Raga Abhogi
  3. Khyal jhaptal "Charana dhara aayo ri" (27'01)
  4. Chota khyal / tarana, drut teental (5'47)

Sound quality: good

Recording date: "1960s"; production date: 1998

Perhaps the premier Amir Khan reissue to date... liner notes offer a fine description and insight. The monumental bara khyal in Yaman is worth the price alone. Availability is more than most.

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T. M. McComb