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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