Ustad Sarahang - Live in Kabul 1978

Here a very beautiful concert recording by Ustad Sarahang containing:

Raga Malkauns (incomplete) (25:54)

Raga Todi (46:30)

We received these recordings from our friend Werner Durand. Many thanks to him.

It seems that these recordings are from two different concerts: the first Raga is a midnight Raga, whereas the second one is a late morning Raga. Also the second track has Sarangi accompaniment, which the first doesn't have. The first Raga is incomplete and ends abruptly. To make it more smooth we created a short fade out.

In the 1990s and early 2000s there were many CDs by him available in the Afghani shops. They were released inside the Afghan community, mainly in the US. Amongst these CDs were also some with a classical Raga program in Khayal format. Maybe in the future we will post some of these, as they are no longer available for many years.

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Ustad Mohammad Hussain Khan - Sar-Auhang (Sarahang) - LP released in India in 1970

Here a wonderful LP by the great singer, recorded in India. At a recent visit to our friend KF we scanned the covers of the LP he has in his collection. The rips he made already years ago. Many thanks to him again for sharing a rare jewel.

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Ustad Muhammad Hussain Sarahang (1924-1983) - Legendary Classical Singer from Afghanistan - LP released in Soviet Uzbekistan in 1984

Here a beautiful LP by the great Ustad Sarahang. Ustad Muhammad Hussain Sarahang was a legendary, very charismatic classical singer of the Patiala Gharana from Kabul, Afghanistan. He sang Khyal, but also Thumries and Ghazals, often in a typical Afghan way. He was a student of a very outstanding singer, Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan (d. 1948), son of Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, one of the two founders of the Patiala Gharana in the 19th century.

Ustad Muhammad Hussain Sarahang was very popular and highly admired in Afghanistan and is still today. He used to tour in India reguarly, giving many concerts. He recorded one LP in India which we will post next.

On YouTube there is an enormous amount of his recordings. The best and most classical ones can be found on the channel of Dr. Qayum Belal, including many concert recordings from India: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNyu7HUMbi2nNEws2myasdQ/videos

On the artist see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Hussain_Sarahang

On Ashiq Ali Khan, the master of our artist, see:

http://www.wichaar.com/news/334/ARTICLE/16092/2009-09-04.html

Here the details of the LP from https://records.su/album/22453:

Singer Ustad Mohammad Hossein SARAHANG 

(Democratic Republic of Afghanistan) 

(series "Music of Asia and Africa", issue 21)

Side 1:

Composition based on Raga Yaman

Side 2:

Composition based on Raga Bhairav I

Composition based on Raga Bhairav II

Recorded from the concert at the International Musicological Symposium

 on the Registan, Samarkand, 1979

We post here the rip done by our friend KF many years ago, including the covers and the booklet he made. The cover scans of the LP are done by our friend Werner Durand. If I remember correctly the rip was done also from the LP in Werner's collection. Many thanks to both of them.

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Here the covers and the booklet by KF: