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Pandit Balaram Pathak MELODIC INSTRUMENTS
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Senior Member 2,537 posts povster Senior Member 2,537 posts
povster
I moved my reply to the thread below - seems to work better there.

http://forums.chandrakantha.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4930
...Michael
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spoutmouth 80 posts
spoutmouth
Hello,

I came across an old thread concerning this amazing player. I've had the Inde du Nord vinyl for years - very worn

Anyway the thread mentioned some non-commercial recordings: radio etc - does anyone have any of these and is willing to share?

I know - it is a big ask.... ops:

m
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ragamala Senior Member 1,744 posts
ragamala
spoutmouth wrote:
Hello,

I came across an old thread concerning this amazing player. I've had the Inde du Nord vinyl for years - very worn

Anyway the thread mentioned some non-commercial recordings: radio etc - does anyone have any of these and is willing to share?

I know - it is a big ask.... ops:

m
Here are the two radio broadcasts

India -
http://www.mediafire.com/?24hxeongvjh
with Bageshri and Bhairavi
sound quality mediocre. music quality v good.

The second I have as a pair - supposedly from Radio Amsterdam
(This has also been described as from radio France but it's Amsterdam)

The Bhoopali of some 48 minutes has an announcement which confirms from a concert 5 April 1986 with Vinod Pathak and the last item of the broadcast (I think - if anyone can confirm the opening/closing announcements that would be good) but the other file Latangi 56 mins has no announcement and so it's not for sure it's from the same radio broadcast.

I have posted these at
http://www.mediafire.com/?mw3ow2zg2gz
and
http://www.mediafire.com/?2vneidnwtr4

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Footnote - There is a cassette Live in Amsterdam MA 8602 which says the following-
Bhoopali                         25.32
Bageshri surbahar                 19.39
Sindhu Bhairavi duet                 43.03

"Balaram Pathak (sitar and surbahar) and his sons Ashok (sitar) and Vinod (tabla) were recorded during a live performance on April 5th 1986 in the Moses and Aaron Church in Amsterdam."

The Bhoopali is alap only (I believe the same as the radio recording but 2 minutes longer - the radio seems to have chopped the start).
So if the Latangi is also part of the same concert that seems to make the concert pretty long - if anyone has info to help here that would be good.
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spoutmouth 80 posts
spoutmouth
Yuletide comes early!

Profuse Thanks.

That exercised my rather arthritic broadband connection

Much listening to do - much appreciated that you took the time to upload and post detailed info.
So much great music.

M
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vevek 52 posts
vevek
Someone posted a very nice Charukeshi of BP on esnips a few months back ?
There is also a nice little video clip of him doing some great meends and harmonic plucking in Bilashkhani Todi during a mike test on Patrick Moutals site

regards
V
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daz199 431 posts
daz199
ragamala, thanks for posting latangi! i've only heard this raag once before, by nikhil banerjee, and loved it..
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Kanti Dattani 213 posts
Kanti Dattani
>>daz199 wrote on Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:49 am
>>ragamala, thanks for posting latangi! i've only heard this raag once before,
>>by nikhil banerjee, and loved it..

Hi daz
I have three LATANGI - LATHANGI CDs all of them could be recommended
Balamurali Krishna vocal 60 minutes MRCD1015
Hariprasad Chaurasia flute 30 CDNF150145
Sudha Raghunath vocal 52 BMG50697
Email kantidattani@aol.com for further information
Kanti
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John Senior Member 460 posts
John
Wow. I'm not really sure what else to say!

Ragamala, thank you for sharing these rare recordings. I'm a big fan of Bhupali and this recording of it is just beautiful. The use of harmonics... amazing (a greatly over-used word, I know, but not in this case).

Spoutmouth, you're so right when you say 'much listening to do'. It really is never ending - but would you want it to?!
"Truth cannot be taught, truth can only be discovered"-- Hazrat Inayat Khan
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ragamala Senior Member 1,744 posts
ragamala
Postscript on this - from another forum I read that the Latangi I mentioned above was from a Radio France recording - date suggested is 5 March 1986. So as suspected not part of the Amsterdam concert.
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panchamkauns 273 posts
panchamkauns
Kanti wrote:
I have three LATANGI - LATHANGI CDs all of them could be recommended
Balamurali Krishna vocal 60 minutes MRCD1015
Hariprasad Chaurasia flute 30 CDNF150145
Sudha Raghunath vocal 52 BMG50697
I have this huge, slow RTP in Latangi by Ravikiran from the Charsur label. Sound quality isn’t top-notch, but if you’re a genius you might be able to follow the music ...
We are 3
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cream_cheese Senior Member 149 posts
cream_cheese
Okay, in my obsessed search for Balaram Pathak's recordings, I stumbled upon this website -

http://sarod.free.fr/

I am sure the veterans here know about it. I also found a list of recordings , supposedly an archive of some sorts ?

http://sarod.free.fr/zinEDwnldz/listeHaBo12-06-2005.txt

Quite a mind-boggling collection really! But to focus on something specific, the list mentions the following by Panditji that I haven't heard. Anyone can shed more light or even better, share them ?

Ahir Bhairav
Khamaj
Charukeshi
Puria
Rageshri
Bhairavi


Also another list at a different website mentions an LP of Balaram Pathak and Muhammed Omar.

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/16224612/ListeICM15_05_2005


Anyone has listened to this one ?

Take care all.

CC.
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trippy monkey 4,281 posts
trippy monkey
Lovely player.
vevek
The Charukeshi on esnips was mine & there should be a Bhairavi too from the same vinyl I'd had many years. It's still there, I hope!! Enormous Toombi & it DOES look big on that!!!!!

ragamala
Many thanks for these & an entertaining meeting here in Varanasi. 8)

Nick
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cream_cheese Senior Member 149 posts
cream_cheese
Thanks Trippy. Got one of them but the other one that merely says Track 1 and is accompanied by Kanai Dutt on tabla is not there any more. At least the site does not play it .

http://www.esnips.com/doc/a8d0abc2-a749-4840-a276-427aa3c90600/Track-1

Any chance you have its somewhere still ?
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daz199 431 posts
daz199
thanks for the charukeshi, wish there were more BP recordings available
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trippy monkey 4,281 posts
trippy monkey
cream-cheese
That link works for me & gives me his Charukeshi. Problem downloading?

The Bhairvi should be there as I never removed it.

Nick
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povster Senior Member 2,537 posts
povster
cream_cheese wrote:
Thanks Trippy. Got one of them but the other one that merely says Track 1 and is accompanied by Kanai Dutt on tabla is not there any more. At least the site does not play it .

http://www.esnips.com/doc/a8d0abc2-a749-4840-a276-427aa3c90600/Track-1

Any chance you have its somewhere still ?
Hey CC! Not sure what the prob is but try it again. Works fine for me both listening and d-loading.
...Michael
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