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- Date Released: February 27, 2001
- Genre: International
- Style: India
- Label: World Arbiter - Qualiton / The Orchard
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The current bearer of the dhrupad lineage of the Pathak gharana happens to be not a vocalist at all, but a surbahar player. As luck would have it, the surbahar lends itself quite well to the alap that is so central to proper dhrupad. The low tones of the instrument make fast runs (as one would hear on a sitar) somewhat less desirable, and the sheer size of it makes them rather difficult in itself. That said, Pathak is quite capable of going on extended jhalas with considerable speed. The real treat though is his slow development of the raga through the alap period. It's a stately, and very careful, expanse of time wherein he moves through the scales, exploring the raga for all of its intricacies of sound, and he does it just about as well as any given dhrupad singer. The rarity of dhrupad by itself poses a reason to give this album a listen (though of course the vocalists would be a better choice, they're astoundingly rare in recordings). Beyond that though, there is some fine surbahar work here for the listener. Anyone interested in the slower end of Indian classical music should definitely give this genre, and this album, at least one listen. The speedier end of the spectrum is readily available in recordings by a multitude of other artists, which only serves to make this album stand out from the pack a bit more.
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Raga Malkauns |
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Raga Bagesri |
36:15 | |
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Credits
- Boyd Noorda - Engineer // Boyd Noorda - Back Cover // John Wilton - Graphic Conception // Allan Evans - Producer // Ton Verhees - Photography // Ashok Pathak - Producer // Ashok Pathak - Main Performer // Ashok Pathak - Surbahar // Priyadarshani Pathak - Tambor // Sivranjani Pathak - Tambor
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