Celestial

Live Performance on 21st April 1996 in Mumbai About The Raga In Her Own Words (CD Inlay) In This recording I present three compositions by recent composers: The Vilambit and the Drut are by Pandit Kumar Gandharwa and the Madhya-laya Tarana is by Pandita Kishori Amonikar. While I happily acknowledge my gratitude towards the composers, i must stress that I adapt each composition I Sing, new or old, to my own style, rather than try to reproduce it exactly. Yaman is one of our ancient Shuddha Ragas that one never tires off. In That concert i sang it for about an hour. The performance is reproduced here almost exactly, except for two occasions when the tabla had to be tuned in the middle of the performance. Discerning listeners will notice that just a touch of Shuddha Madhyam in the Tarana. I think it goes well with the mood of that composition. In Spite of it, I consider the rendering to be Aman (Yaman), rather than Yaman-Kalyan.