Anthology of Indian Classical Music: A Tribute to Alain Daniélou

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. 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	03:17
102	Khyal	Mohin ud din, Amin ud din Dagar	06:24
103	The Ahiri-Lalita Mode	Ravi Shankar, Chaturlal	05:40
104	The Malkosh Mode	Mishra Shyam Lal, D.K. Chatterji	05:56
105	The Todi Mode	Narayan Das Mishra, Shyam Lal	03:39
106	Gat in the Kamavardhani (or Purvi) mode	Svami D.R. Parvatikar	03:12
107	Tabla Solo	Chaturlal	03:26
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	03:49
110	The Sindhi-Bhairavi Mode	Ali Akbar Khan	05:02
201	Thumri in the Tilang mode	Raghunath Prasanna, Motilal	03:21
202	Svara Mandala in the Brindavani-Tilang mode	Svami D.R. Parvatikar	03:10
203	Bhajana	Nandan Prasad, Shyam Lal	05:57
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	04:01
206	Alapana in the southern Todi mode	P.R. Balasubrahmanyam	02:30
207	Alapana in the Kambhoji mode	K.S. Pichiappa, K.M. Dakshinamurti, T. Subrahmanya Pillai, Muthu Kumaram	03:18
208	Kriti	Kamala Krishnamurti	05:01
209	Tirmana	K. Ganeshan	00:59
210	The Varali Mode	D.K. Pattamal, Tiruvallur Subrahmanyam, Palghat Kunjumani, Shiva Pattamal	09:48
211	Ganesha Kumara	Budalur Krishnamurti Shastri, Varahur Mathusvami Aiyar, Tinniyam Venkatarama Aiyar	04:34
301	Pallavi	Mudi Kondan C. Venkatarama Iyer, Vellore Gopalachari, M. Chandrashekharan, Karaikudi Mutha Lyer	06:07
302	Javali in the Khamas mode	T. Visvanathan, T. Ranganathan	04:04
303	Pallavi	n/a	09:03
304	Javali in the Paraj mode	D.K. Pattamal, Kalyan Krishna Bhagavatar, Karaikudi Muttu Aiyar	02:54
305	Sadhincene	Devakotai Narayana Iyengar, Kalyana Krishna Bhagavatar, Karaikudi Muttu Aiyar	04:59
306	Varnam	Orchestra of Radha Shri Ram	04:02
307	Varnam in the Kambhoji mode	S. Vidya	03:11
308	Varnam	Bala Sarasvati and his Orchestra, T. Ranganathan, T. Visvanathan, Jayammal, K. Ganeshan	07:18
309	Sandehamunu	T. Visvanathan, T. Ranganathan	04:50
310	Ninyako	D.K. Pattamal, Tiruvallur Subrahmanyam, Palghat Kunjumani, Shiva Pattamal	04:26
311	Solo on the Mridangam	Muttu Kumaram	03:35
312	Jnana Vinayakane	Orchestra of Radha Shri Ram	01:42