Nikhil Banerjee - In Concert - Raga Hem Bihag - Cassette released in India in 1986

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Nikhil Banerjee - Le Sitar du Pandit Nikhil Banerjee - Raga Jogiya-Kalingada - LP released in France in 1983

With the last three posts by Ustad Sarahang we arrived back to Raga Music, though from Afghanistan. Now we will post for a longer period classical Indian music. First we start with some LPs and cassettes of instrumental music.

Here the first one: a quite rare LP released later also as a CD in France. Both were not widely distributed. See here an LP released in 1985 in the same series which we posted in May 2018.

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Nikhil Banerjee - Le Sitar du Pandit Nikhil Banerjee - Raga Patdeep - LP published in France in 1985

Here we present a quite rare LP by Nikhil Banerjee. The same recordings were also released on CD in 1988. Both editions were not widely distributed and only for a quite short period available.

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Nikhil Banerjee - Shriram Shankarlal Music Festival - Copy of a rare CD published in India

The Shriram Shankarlal Music Festival in Delhi is one of the oldest festivals of classical Indian music in India. Many of the concerts the visitors of the festival can later buy as a CD, produced by the festival itself. These CDs can only be bought during the festival and are often sold out quite fast. There is no other way to obtain them. That is the reason why they are very rare and very little known. 

Here we present exceptionally a rare CD by Nikhil Banerjee published by the festival. In the future we might post some more of these CDs, but this one is the only one by Nikhil Banerjee we have. Since quite a number of years this CD or any others by Nikhil Banerjee are no longer offered for sale at the festival. Our friend KF made for us a copy of the CD he had bought years ago at the festival. Many thanks to him.

1. Raga Darbari (46:19)

2. Raga Kirvani (24:54)

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Nikhil Banerjee - Master of the Sitar - LP published in Eastern Germany in 1986

This is the Eastern German edition of an LP orginally published in Western Germany in 1982 under the title "Raga, Baul Melody & Tabla Solo", but with a different cover. The Western German LP "Master of the Sitar" had the same cover as the LP here, but a different content. 

The content of the LP here was later republished on CD without the Tabla Solo (out of three LPs they made two CDs, omitting the Tabla Solo). The label - Chhanda Dhara - closed its business in 2009 and their CDs are very rare nowadays.

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Nikhil Banerjee - Music from India - LP released in India in 1968

Here my very first Nikhil Banerjee LP. I bought it in the early 1970s. It was many years one of my absolute favourits and it is still today. 

This LP was also published in Great Britain as volume 6 of the "Music from India" series.

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Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986) at WDR, Cologne, Germany - Broadcasts recorded 1971, 1975 and 1984 - CD 5

Finally we received a complete version of the 5th CD of this set of 5 CDs and posted it. It contains commentaries on Indian music given by Nikhil Banerjee after his studio recording of Raga Desh (see CD 3) (studio recording by WDR on 10.11.1984. Moderator: Jan Reichow).

See here the whole set including the 5th CD.

Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986) at WDR, Cologne, Germany - Broadcasts recorded 1971, 1975 and 1984

CD 1:

Raga Bageshri (27.11.1971)

This recording was published by Chhanda Dhara on CD:
Nikhil Banerjee - Alltime Classics - CD 1 (SNCD 701/02)
(now no longer available)

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CD 2:

Raga Pilu (17.8.1975)

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CD 3:

Raga Desh (studio recording by WDR on 10.11.1984)

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CD 4:

Raga Mishra Khamaj

Ragas Pilu & Suha Sugharai (10.11.1984)

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CD 5:

Commentaries on Indian music given by Nikhil Banerjee
after the studio recording of Raga Desh (see CD 3)

(studio recording by WDR on 10.11.1984. Moderator: Jan Reichow)

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Many thanks to KF for the recordings and the covers.

Nikhil Banerjee - In Concerts - Set of 2 LPs published in India in 1988

Vol. 1

At the Ali Akbar College of Music, San Rafael, Claifornia, USA on 12.10.1985

Tabla: Swapan Chowdhury

 Vol. 2

At Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India on 3.2.1982

Tabla: Anindo Chatterjee

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Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986) - Sitar - From the Concert Hall - LP published in India in 1979

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Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986) - Sitar - Concert at WDR, Cologne, in 1972

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Faiyaz Khan - Tabla

1. Raga Malkauns (41:23)

2. Raga Manjh Khamaj (20:15)

Broadcast by WDR 3 on 28.10.1972

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Nikhil Banerjee - Sitar - Ragas for Meditation - LP Capitol ST 10518 - US edition of EASD 1342 (1969)

Side 1:
Raga Bhatiyar (25:07)

Tabla: Keramatullah Khan

Side 2:

Raga Hemant (25:03)

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Nikhil Banerjee - Raga-Musik aus Nordindien - Harmonia Mundi 20-29101-4

Tabla: Ustad Feijaz (Faiyaz) Khan

Side 1:

Charukesi (23:05)

Side 2:

Bhairavi (23:49)

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