Vilayat Khan - Sitar - Music of India - Vol. 3 - French edition of HMV EALP 1298 (1965)

Vilayat Khan - Sitar

Nizamuddin Khan - Tabla

Side 1:

Raga Barawa (19:07)

Side 2:

Raga Shankara (10:08)

Dhun in Gara (8:29)

Cover of the original Indian edition (EALP 1298):

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Rudra Veena Maestro Shamsuddin Faridi Desai (1938-2011) passes away - In his memory: Raag Hijaj Bhairav, All India Radio Delhi, July 1983

Miya Shamsuddin Faridi Desai passes away in Delhi

Submitted by mukul on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 13:20

Start: 08/17/2011 13:49

Timezone: Indian/Maldives

Miya Shamsuddin Faridi Desai, amongst the last surviving Beenkars, passed away in Delhi at 10:00 am IST on August 16, 2011 after a brief illness. He was the son and disciple of Ustad Mohammad Khan Faridi Desai, a prominent Beenkar of yesteryears, associated with several princely states of Gujarat.

Miya Shamsuddin served a major part of his life as a Been and Sitar player with the All India Radio Orchestra, and acquired an international following as a Beenkar after his retirement. His CDs of Been performances have been published by Makar Records, France, and India Archive Music Ltd., New York.

http://www.shadjamadhyam.com/miya_shamsuddin_faridi_desai

See about him:

http://swaratala.blogspot.com/2007/05/shamsuddin-faridi-desai-qadri-sufis.html

In his memory:

Shamsuddin Faridi Desai (Rudra Veena)

Gopal Das (Pakhawaj)

Raag Hijaj Bhairav (27:41)

All India Radio Delhi, July 1983

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Ustad Faiyaz Khan Sahib (1886-1950) - Raga Desi & Raga Gour Malhar - An All India Radio Release - HMV STC 04B 7525 (1991) - Cassette from India

Side A:

Raga Desi: Alap (14:26)

Raga Desi: Dhamar (6:38)

Side B:

Raga Desi: Drut Khayal (6:37)

Raga Gour Malhar: Khayal (13:33)

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Ahmed Şahin - Ezan Kamet Müezzinlik (Adhan Iqamat Muezzin) - Cassette from Turkey

Adhan (Ezan) is the call to prayer from the Minaret, Iqamat (Kamet) is the call to prayer in the Mosque immediately before the prayer. Here are performed both for the 5 daily prayers in different Maqams as well as some recitations connected to them. At the end some Sufi songs (Ilahis).

Ahmed Şahin is a well known Ney player and Sufi singer and the Imam of a Mosque in Istanbul.

We posted already another Adhan cassette by him:

http://oriental-traditional-music.blogspot.com/2011/06/ahmed-sahin-ney-vocal-hos-sada-ornek.html

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Aydin Tari ve Arkadaşlari - Ilahiler 1 - Sufi Hymns - Cassette from Turkey (1980s)

Beautiful Sufi singing from Turkey

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Sufiana Kalam - Classical Instrumental & Vocal Music from Kashmir - Concert Freiburg (Germany), 16th june 1984

Ustad Ghulam Muhammad Qalinbaf (Vocal & Setar)

Abdul Rahman Lohn (Vocal & Setar)

Mushtaq Ahmed (Santur)

Muhammad Yaqub (Tabla)

As this musical tradition, which is closer to Central Asian Maqam traditions than to India, is nearly extinct and recordings are extremely rare, we post here a radio broadcast of a concert.

Download part 1 (43:44)

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For more information about this precious tradition see the excellent book:

Josef M. Pacholczyk - Sufyana Musiqi - The Classical Music of Kashmir, Intercultural Music Studies Vol.: 9, Book and Compact Disc, 216 p., 7 illustrations, 18 tab., 219 musical examples, index, bibliography, appendices, Hardcover, 13,5 x 21 cm, VWB Verlag, ISBN 3-86135-640-6

It can be obtained from:

info@raga-maqam-dastgah.com

Ustad Abdul Waheed Khan (died 1949) - Raga Darbari Kanada - An All India Radio Release - HMV STC 850221 (1992) - Cassette from India

Raga Darbari Kanada 

Side A (24:58) & Side B (24:36)

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Our dear friend Bolingo posted a while ago an LP (ECLP 2541) by Ustad Abdul Waheed Khan. This LP has on Side B a shortened version of this Raga Darbari Kanada. On Side A are Raga Patdeep & Raga Multani.

http://bolingo69.blogspot.com/2011/01/ustad-abdul-waheed-khan-great-master.html

Al-Moqri Al-Haj Muhammad al-Barraq - Amdah wa Ibtihalat min Inshad - Tichkaphone TCK 842 - Cassette from Morocco

Excellent Munshid (singer of religious songs, related to Sufism)

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Al-Haj Abd ar-Rahman ben Moussa - Al-Qur'an al-Karim - Tichkaphone TCK 677 - Cassette from Morocco

Quran recitation based on so-called "Andalusian" melodies,

a style which has almost completely disappeared.

Side 1:

Surat al-A'raf

Side 2:

Surat an-Nisa'

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Al-Haj Abd ar-Rahman ben Moussa - Al-Qur'an al-Karim - Tichkaphone TCK 676 - Cassette from Morocco

Quran recitation based on so-called "Andalusian" melodies,

a style which has almost completely disappeared.

Side 1:

Surat al-Fatiha

Surat al-Baqara

Side 2:

Surat al-'Imran

Surat al-Jinn

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Mallikarjun Mansur (1910-1992) - The Voice of Tradition sings: Raga Bibhas - Raga Lalita-Gauri - HMV STCS 04B 7272 (1986) - Cassette from India

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Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar (1927-2011) passes away.

Dhrupad maestro Fahimuddin Dagar dies

A golden voice of Indian classical music has fallen silent with the death of Ustad Rahim Fahimudddin Dagar, a doyen of the Dhrupad school who was said to be a descendent of legendary Mughal musician Tansen’s guru. He was 84.
Dagar died here Wednesday night after battling a long illness at a private hospital, dealing a blow to one of India’s oldest musical ‘gharanas’ that he and his illustrious clan were instrumental in taking to younger audiences across the country and abroad.

Dagar had been admitted to hospital April 23 after a paralytic attack.

The vocalist was a senior exponent of the Dagar Vani Dhrupad school of music. He kept the historic legacy of dhrupad alive with unforgettable performances spanning more than the last six decades.

Dagar is survived by a wife and a daughter.

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2008 and was honoured with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Puraskar in 2010. He was born in Alwar, Rajasthan, in 1927.

http://www.pravasitoday.com/dhrupad-maestro-fahimuddin-dagar-dies

See also: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/lifestyle/fahimuddin-dagars-death-ends-chapter-in-indian-music-obituary_100552851.html#ixzz1TXYcSgbG

In his memory:
Raga Bhoopali: Alap & Dhrupad in Choutal & Raga Khamaj: Dhamar (80:03) rendered by Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Khan Dagar live in Santa Fe, USA in 1985:

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Original uploader: Irfan Zuberi.