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When Ravi Shankar plays on Sitar as he has done in this
album, listeners realize the full impact of his artistry. Monumental technique,
vast intellectual creativity and profound emotionalism are the components of
his music.

Ravi Shankar has been called the most brilliant master of
improvisation.

SIDE ONE: Raga Ahir Lalit

Ravi Shankar first heard this Raga performed by his teacher,
the great Ustad Alauddin Khan. Many other musicians have sung or played it
since, always in a light Thumri style. Ravi Shankar gives it a more serious
expression appropriate to the morning hours, creating a mood of pathos, languor
and pining. It consists of a concise Alap (slow movement without rhythm, in
which the soloist improvises upon each note of the Raga melody or scale), a Jod
(movement in which a more organized rhythm emerges), followed by a slow Gat (in
which the table, or drums join in). The Gat is in Teental (16 beats).

 SIDE TWO: Raga Rasiya

 A light classical form with ample folk flavor, Rasiya
has all the features of a Raga. Ravi Shankar plays it in Thumri style with all
the lit of a Dhun. It is entirely his own composition, created in early forties
and soon became popular.

Artists: 

Pandit Ravi Shankar (Sitar), Kanai Dutta (Tabla), Gopi Mohan
(Tanpura), Niren Roy (Tanpura)

Tracks:

SIDE ONE:

Raga Ahir Lalit         
  Bilampat          Alap

Raga Ahir Lalit          
 Bilampat         Jod

Raga Ahir Lalit         
  Bilampat          Gat In Teentaal

SIDE TWO:

Raga Rasiya                 Bilampat   Gat In Teentaal