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South India: Ranganayaki Rajagopalan: Continuity in the Karaikudi Vina Style

Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
South India: Ranganayaki Rajagopalan: Continuity in the Karaikudi Vina Style

Vīṇā player Ranganayaki Rajagopalan (b. 1932) is a much-honored master of a South Indian classical (Karnatak/Carnatic) instrumental style named after the town of Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu, South India. She apprenticed from early childhood with Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer, a prominent member of a long lineage of court musicians. In this two-disc set, she is brilliantly accompanied by the eminent mridangaṃ (double-headed barrel drum) player Srimushnam Raja Rao. This album includes a complete concert cycle of rāgam and tānam expositions and compositions by much beloved composers Tyāgarāja, Muthuswamy Dikshitar, and others. The subtleties and complexities are illuminated by extensive explanatory notes by Richard K. Wolf. 2 discs, 2 hours 17 minutes, 24 pages of notes.

This album is part of the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music. More than 125 albums are being released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to make the series publicly available, including a dozen never-released albums of musical traditions from around the globe.

Track Listing

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Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
00:56
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102
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
01:15
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103
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
00:55
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104
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
00:29
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105
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
01:39
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106
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
01:24
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107
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
01:10
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108
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
03:10
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109
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
00:27
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110
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
00:51
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111
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
05:16
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112
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
01:13
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113
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
01:32
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114
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
01:55
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115
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
05:52
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116
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
08:07
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117
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
01:46
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118
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
01:41
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119
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
01:16
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120
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
02:02
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121
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
01:56
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122
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
04:58
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123
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
06:44
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124
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
04:35
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125
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
02:47
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126
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
02:38
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127
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
03:29
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201
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
00:35
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202
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
01:15
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203
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
01:43
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204
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
02:15
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205
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
02:31
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206
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
07:49
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207
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
04:59
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208
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
03:04
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209
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
02:14
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210
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
02:14
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211
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
01:53
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212
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
03:14
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213
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
01:05
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214
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
06:05
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215
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
03:26
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216
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
03:52
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217
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
04:25
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218
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
05:08
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219
Raja Rao
05:07
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220
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
03:18
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221
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Raja Rao
01:03