Darbhanga & Dagar - Various Artists - Dhrupad Series

Here another private CD with Abhay Narayan Mallik and some artists of the Dagarvani. Amongst the recordings on this CD is an outstanding Alap by Ustad Hussainuddin Dagar (Pt. Tansen Pandey) (1909-1963), next to Rahimuddin Khan Dagar the only artist of the 18th generation of the Dagars, by whom recordings exist. Ustad Hussainuddin Dagar was one of the four sons of Ustad Allahbande Khan (1845-1927) and the father of Ustad Sayeeduddin Dagar.
"Tansen Pande (1908-1963) was born Hussainuddin Khan, the fourth son of Allabande Khan. While most of the members of the Dagar musical family acknowledge their Hindu antecedents, Tansen Pande formally chose to revert to his ancestor’s faith around 1947. He ranks as one of the great Dhrupadiyas of the 20th century." From http://www.parrikar.org/vpl/?page_id=618
There exist a couple of performences by him on YouTube.
I received these recordings including the covers from an Indian collector based in the US. Many many thanks to him for his kindness to share these.

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Ram Chatur Mallik & Abhay Narayan Mallik - Vrindavan Dhrupad Samaroh, 1983 - Private CD

Here another great recording of Ram Chatur Mallik and his disciple Abhay Narayan Mallik.

This is another private CD, not a commercial one. It seems that an Indian collector made out of these recordings a private CD and created covers for it. This person seems to take a great pleasure in creating covers and to let them look like real ultra rare releases. Which is sort of funny and sympathetic. And looks nice.

I received these recordings from an Indian collector based in the US. Many many thanks to him for his kindness to share these. I received the music of the two CDs as one file, which is probably the original version.

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Darbhanga - Pandit Abhay Narayan Mallik - Dhrupad - Live in Concert

We present here some more beautiful recordings by Pandit Abhay Narayan Mallik. This CD probably was never published. I even don't know if this label ever existed. It seems that an Indian collector made out of these recordings from unknown sources a private CD and created covers for it. This person seems to take a great pleasure in creating covers and to let them look like real ultra rare releases. Which is sort of funny and sympathetic. And looks nice.

I received these recordings from an Indian collector based in the US. Many many thanks to him for his kindness to share these.

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Abhay Narayan Mallick - AIR programs broadcast recently on Raagam

Here we present three beautiful broadcasts from All India Radio, recently recorded from Raagam, the internet radio of AIR, which broadcasts classical Indian music 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

1. Abhay Narayan Mallick - Raga Alahiyah Bilawal - Alap-Jod-Dhrupad Chautaal 

& Raga Abhogi - Alap-Jod-Dhrupad Dhamar Taal (57:52)

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2. Abhay Narayan Mallik - Raga Ahir Bhairav - Alap-Dhrupad Choutaal - Bol: Praatah Samay Shyam Sunder Ko Roop Niharak & Raga Todi - Alap-Dhamar - Bol: Pari Aaleeri (57:39)

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3. Abhay Narayan Mallik - Dhrupad Gayan - Ragas Bhoop Kalyan, Basant & Rageshri (59:02)

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Abhay Narayan Mallick - Dhrupad at its Best - Cassette published in India in 1990

Abhay Narayan Mallik, born 1937, is today the leading artist of the Darbhanga Dhrupad Gharana. He is the master disciple and successor of Ram Chatur Mallik.

We posted in 2016 another cassette by him. 

On the artist see:

http://www.gharanafestival.com/a8.html

https://www.facebook.com/Pt-Abhay-Narayan-Mallick-119698491554492/

http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=79&at=1

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Nicht einmal Gott steht höher als der Klang - Dhrupadas aus Darbhanga - Recordings from the Dhrupad-Mela Vrindaban 1982 - WDR broadcast from 1982

Abhay Narayan Mallik, accompanied by Ramkumar & Premkumar Mallik 

during their concert on 26th of march 1982 in Vrindaban

Here we present a broadcast by Peter Pannke with recordings of Dhrupad singers of the Darbhanga Gharana, recorded at the Dhrupad Festival in Vrindaban, India, in march 1982. The announcements by Peter Pannke are in German. Some of these recordings were later published in their complete versions on several CDs. A neighbour recorded it for me back then from the radio on the two sides of a 90 minutes cassette. Here the details:

Side 1:

1. Mangalacarana by Siya Ram Tewari (1:30)

2. Announcement by Peter Pannke (5:07)

 3. Siya Ram Tewari - End of Alap (5:02)

4. Announcement by Peter Pannke (3:08)

5. Siya Ram Tewari - Raga Jaijaiwanti - Dhamar (19:10)

6. Announcement by Peter Pannke (7:26)

7. Ram Chatur Mallick - Raga Sindura - Dhamar (4:56)

Side 2:

 1. Ram Chatur Mallick - Raga Sindura - Dhamar, continued (6:50)

2. Announcement by Peter Pannke (1:13)

3. Abhay Narayan Mallik - Sadav Vasant - Dhamar (11:10)

4. Announcement by Peter Pannke (2:01)

5. Ramji Upadhyaya - Pakhawaj - Parants (1:12)

6. Announcement by Peter Pannke (1:52)

7. Bidur Mallik - Raga Jay Jayvanti - Dhamar (11:47)

8. Announcement by Peter Pannke (0:56)

9. Ramkumar & Premkumar Mallik - Raga Bhup Kalyan - End of Alap (4:56)

10. Announcement by Peter Pannke (0:22)

11. Ramkumar & Premkumar Mallik - Raga Bhup Kalyan - Sul Tala (2:26)

12. Abspann (0:15)

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Abhay Narayan Mallick - Gauhar - The Pearl of Darbhanga Dhrupad - Cassette published in India in 1998

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Addition on 21st of June 2017:

A friend made the following remark:

"I think there is some discrepancy between the music and what is stated in the cover which was included, and I thought you might be interested to know. The cover said there were three tracks Jaijaiwanti, Desh & Malkauns. The download from your blog does indeed have three tracks, but in fact tracks 1 & 2 are the same music, track 1 fades out, and track 2 fades in, at almost the same place (so easy to splice together). They are both Jaijaiwanti. The third track is Desh and there is no Malkauns. I suppose this is a problem with the original tape, as the tracks are exactly the same on MusicIndiaOnline."

Thank you very much. I agree completely. So the second track is the continuation of the Raga Jaijaiwanti on the first side.