Anthology of Indian Classical Music: A Tribute to Alain Daniélou

Various Artists

First released in 1955 by Ducretet-Thomson (EMI), the LP anthology is said to be the "first of this music to become available in the West in which the recorded pieces were not presented as 'folklore' but as 'serious' music." In 1997 it was digitally re-mastered and issued by AUVIDIS-NAÏVE as a 3-CD set in homage to Alain Daniélou (1907-1994), the prime mover of the legendary UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music. The set includes the first recordings published in the Western world of Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan. In addition to a short biography of Daniélou and his influence on Asian music and cultural heritage, liner notes include detailed explanations of the scales, rhythmic ideas, and instrumentation used in each song.

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This title, courtesy EMI France, is part of the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music. The collection is being prepared for re-release by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to make the series publicly available again, along with more than a dozen never-released albums of musical traditions from around the globe.

Track Listing

101	The Bhairavi Mode	Raghunath Prasanna, Katvaru Lal	3:17
102	Khyal	Mohin ud din, Amin ud din Dagar	6:24
103	The Ahiri-Lalita Mode	Ravi Shankar, Chaturlal	5:40
104	The Malkosh Mode	Mishra Shyam Lal, D.K. Chatterji	5:56
105	The Todi Mode	Narayan Das Mishra, Shyam Lal	3:39
106	Gat in the Kamavardhani (or Purvi) mode	Svami D.R. Parvatikar	3:12
107	Tabla Solo	Chaturlal	3:26
108	Sitar, Sarode and Tabla	Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Chaturlal	13:51
109	Alap in the Multani mode	Mohin ud din, Amin ud din Dagar	3:49
110	The Sindhi-Bhairavi Mode	Ali Akbar Khan	5:02
201	Thumri in the Tilang mode	Raghunath Prasanna, Motilal	3:21
202	Svara Mandala in the Brindavani-Tilang mode	Svami D.R. Parvatikar	3:10
203	Bhajana	Nandan Prasad, Shyam Lal	5:57
204	The Suha Kamode Mode	Svami D.R. Parvatikar	12:42
205	Jatisvaram in the Mecha-Kalyani mode	Bala Sarasvati and his Orchestra, Jayammal and Ganeshan, T. Ranganathan, T. Visvanathan	4:01
206	Alapana in the southern Todi mode	P.R. Balasubrahmanyam	2:30
207	Alapana in the Kambhoji mode	K.S. Pichiappa, K.M. Dakshinamurti, T. Subrahmanya Pillai, Muthu Kumaram	3:18
208	Kriti	Kamala Krishnamurti	5:01
209	Tirmana	K. Ganeshan	0:59
210	The Varali Mode	D.K. Pattamal, Tiruvallur Subrahmanyam, Palghat Kunjumani, Shiva Pattamal	9:48
211	Ganesha Kumara	Budalur Krishnamurti Shastri, Varahur Mathusvami Aiyar, Tinniyam Venkatarama Aiyar	4:34
301	Pallavi	Mudi Kondan C. Venkatarama Iyer, Vellore Gopalachari, M. Chandrashekharan, Karaikudi Mutha Lyer	6:07
302	Javali in the Khamas mode	T. Visvanathan, T. Ranganathan	4:04
303	Pallavi	n/a	9:03
304	Javali in the Paraj mode	D.K. Pattamal, Kalyan Krishna Bhagavatar, Karaikudi Muttu Aiyar	2:54
305	Sadhincene	Devakotai Narayana Iyengar, Kalyana Krishna Bhagavatar, Karaikudi Muttu Aiyar	4:59
306	Varnam	Orchestra of Radha Shri Ram	4:02
307	Varnam in the Kambhoji mode	S. Vidya	3:11
308	Varnam	Bala Sarasvati and his Orchestra, T. Ranganathan, T. Visvanathan, Jayammal, K. Ganeshan	7:18
309	Sandehamunu	T. Visvanathan, T. Ranganathan	4:50
310	Ninyako	D.K. Pattamal, Tiruvallur Subrahmanyam, Palghat Kunjumani, Shiva Pattamal	4:26
311	Solo on the Mridangam	Muttu Kumaram	3:35
312	Jnana Vinayakane	Orchestra of Radha Shri Ram	1:42