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Ram Narayan, Suresh Talwalkar ‎– Master Of The Sārangī (Classical Music Of India) [LP] (1975, Nonesuch)





Narayan's style is characteristic of Hindustani classical music, but his choice of solo instrument and his background of learning from teachers outside his community are not common for the genre. He has stated that he aims to please the audience and create a feeling of harmony, and expects the audience to reciprocate by reacting to his playing.

Narayan's performances are strung together from the meditative and measured alap (non-metrical introduction) and jor (performance with pulse) in dhrupad style, followed by a faster and less reserved gat section (composition with rhythmic pattern provided by the tabla) in khyal style. He experimented with a style of jhala (performance with rapid pulse) developed by Bundu Khan, but considered it more appropriate for plucked instruments and stopped performing it. The gat section includes one or two parts with compositions. When two gats are used, the first one tends to be at a slow or medium tempo, and the second one is faster; the gats are usually performed in the 16-beat rhythmic cycle tintal. Narayan often completes performances with ragas associated with thumri (a popular light classical genre), which are referred to as mishra (Sanskrit: mixed) because they allow for additional notes, or with a dhun (song based on folk music).

Narayan practices and teaches using a limited number of paltas, exercises in a small scale range that are used to prepare playing different numbers of notes per bow. Derived from paltas are lengthy note patterns called tans, which contain characteristic "melodic shapes" and are used by Narayan for fast playing. He uses his left (fingering) hand for runs and to play an extended melodic range, and his right (bowing) hand for rhythmic accentuations. Narayan's fingering technique, his low right hand position, keeping the bow in a close to right angle to the string, and his use of the full bow length are unusual among sarangi players. [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA


Label: Nonesuch ‎– H-72062 
Series: Explorer Series
Format: Vinyl, LP 
Country: US, Japan
Released: 1975 
Style: Indian Classical, Hindustani Classical

Tracklist:
A1 Rag: Sri 20:28 
A2 Tabla Solo 4:10 
B1 Rag: Bhupal Todi 11:23 
B2 Rag: Kafi Malhar 9:36 

Credits: 
Artwork – Gene Behlen 
Coordinator – Teresa Sterne 
Design, Art Direction – Paula Bisacca 
Liner Notes – Michael Jeans 
Mastered By – Robert C. Ludwig 
Recorded By, Producer, Photography By – David Lewiston 
Sarangi – Ram Narayan 
Tabla – Suresh Talwalkar 
Tambura – Neil Sorrell, Om Segan 

Other Versions:
'Master Of The Sārangī (Classical Music Of India)' ‎(LP, Album) Nonesuch G-5121H Japan 1975

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