Madras 1964

Madras 1964

Padmabhushan Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986) was one of the finest sitarists of his time. His music earned deep respect among India s classical music connoisseurs as well as gaining him a devoted international following. He was the disciple of the two greatest forces in 20th Century Indian classical instrumental music, Padmavibhushan Allauddin Khan and his son Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Though he recorded a number of LPs, few were of live concerts, in which his leisurely, majestic raga development was unsurpassed. Mr. Banerjee disliked being recorded, feeling that the process distracted and somewhat compromised the inner meditative quality of his music, so high-fidelity live recordings are rare. Raga Records is releasing a series of concert recordings to help preserve Mr. Banerjee s legacy. Other Raga releases have articles by and about and interviews with Mr. Banerjee. Prem Vallabh (1918 c.1970s) is remembered both as a tabla player who learned from Ahmedjan Thirakwa, and as a pakhawaj player of the Kudau Singh tradition. Prem Vallabh was employed as a tabla player at All India Radio, New Delhi. He was frequently chosen to accompany India s leading musicians in the weekly National Program radio broadcasts. From a letter by Felix van Lamsweerde: Apart from his beautiful music, the main thing I remember strongly about Nikhil Banerjee is his soft manner and extreme modesty. In fact, when I asked him for permission to record, he said: Why? I am not good enough yet. Better record me another time, later!
Country USA
Manufacturer CD Baby
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber AMZ704482022726_usf
ReleaseDate 2010-06-22
UnitCount 1
UPCs 704482022726
EANs 0704482022726

Country	USA
Manufacturer	CD Baby
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	AMZ704482022726_usf
ReleaseDate	2010-06-22
UnitCount	1
UPCs	704482022726
EANs	0704482022726

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