Ravi Shankar - Morning Raga / Evening Raga
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Free Music Notes for Morning Raga / Evening Raga
Free Music Review: Piloo must be Raviji's favourite
Hit: 5 Stars
I recently got this CD as a gift and this must be the thrid version of Mishra Piloo I have in my collection. I am positive, this must be Ravi Shankar's favourite raga. To enjoy Ravi Shankar's music all one has to do is close your eyes and listen ( not as a background music, we have other kinds of music for that purpose), the music takes us on a beautiful journey which takes us to a place we've never been before. With Mishra Piloo, Raviji adds few more colorful rides in that journey and one can clearly see that he is also enjoying it.If you don't believe me, get hold of his latest DVD ( In Portrait made by BBC). Disc two has a superb concert and here he plays a version called "Rangeela (colorful) Piloo". It is a treat to watch this 83 plus year old man perform this Raga.
Bhairav the morning raga for Shiva is one of my favourites. Althought I usually prefer to listen to a vocal recital but since Panditji makes the Sitar sing it goes very well with my taste.
Happy listening !
Free Music Review: The greatest ragas I've heard so far....
Hit: 5 Stars
This is my favorite Ravi album (I have the albums In San Francisco, In London, and In New York). The Evening Raga is the greatest raga I've ever heard. 24 minutes of blinding intensity. I saw Ravi a few years back in Chicago and he was fantastic. He played with more energy and precision than rock stars 1/4 of his age (he was 80 at the time!). Sitar music requires a degree of seriousness on the part of the listener, and too often it's dismissed as something left over from the hippie 1960's. Everytime you see a 1960's flashback on a sitcom (The Simpsons is especially guilty of this), the background music is almost exclusively sitar music. Sitar music existed long before the 1960's, and it can be loved and appreciated without any drug influence. Long live Ravi! Let him live another 80 years...
Free Music Review: He's still the best.
Hit: 5 Stars
I love all the Indian sitarists but Ravi Shankar is still the best and I have all his albums, I especially like "sound of sitar" and "three ragas". Others sitarists I love are Ali Akbar Khan, Nikhil Banerjee, Jan Garbarek, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Irshad Kahn, Rash Bilashkhani Todi, Ustad Vilayat Khan. I must admit I don't like the frenetic--I prefer slower and more contemplative like "Magic of Twilight" by Irshad Kahn or "Magic of the Indian Sitar" by Rash Todi, or "Garden of Dreams" and "Journey" by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Slow, melodious evokes thought but when things get loud and cacaphonous it's a little hard to take for the "MEDITATION" section. It's all a matter of personal preference and shouldn't start an international scandal just because more introverted folk prefer the slow and subtle.Free Music Review: This ain't no yoga class!
Hit: 5 Stars
...and anyone who would attempt to use this kind of music for yoga or meditation is, IMNSHO, a pure fool. This music is to be enjoyed for its own sake. It is not chaotic or noisy--on the contrary, raga is beautifully ordered and melodious music, and MUST BE HEARD!!! And like Raviji himself, I will not accept those who insist upon using this music as a backdrop for their drug experiences, either. Personally, I feel that if you require chemical stimulation to enjoy the music, then you've a tin ear and no right to own any of Shankar's albums.
No, this is simply beautiful, timeless music which is best enjoyed when one is quite sober and of a mind to listen and hear. It must be at the forefront of your consciousness and allowed to transport your spirit by its very nature.
Free Music Review: Last reviewer doesn't know what he is talking about
Hit: 5 Stars
If you are listening to this album, the rhythm is not simple at all. As a matter of fact, most people will have a difficult time finding a steady rhythm at all if they are not familiar with Eastern music. There are no time signatures, it's a rhythmic cycle. So if you go in listening for a 4/4 or a more complex, like a 7/4, you are going to find it difficult to count, especially once the Tal comes back around to Sam, and they start to subdivide the beats within the rhythm. No idea what I'm talking about? Then don't buy the record. Unless you want a really cool challenging piece to listen to or like the last reviewer said, just to chill to.
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