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:
On the artist see:
On Ashiq Ali Khan, the master of our artist, see:
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.
Here the covers and the booklet by KF:
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