Ravi Shankar - Ravi Shankar Edition on CD

Description

If I've accomplished anything, said Ravi Shankar, it's that I have been able to open the door to our music in the West. Born in Varanasi in 1920, he achieved worldwide renown as a sitar player and unprecedented influence as an ambassador for Indian classical music, revealing new possibilities to such figures as George Harrison of the Beatles, jazz saxophonist John Coltrane and composer Philip Glass. Documenting Shankar's ground-breaking collaborations as both composer and performer with luminaries of western classical music - such as Yehudi Menuhin, André Previn, Jean-Pierre Rampal and another great Indian-born musician, Zubin Mehta - this collection also includes two discs of ragas in the purely Indian tradition.

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1 Raga Khamaj
2 Raga Lalit

Disc: 2
1 Raga Mishra Piloo (Live at Carnegie Hall, 1982) - Ravi Shankar & Ali Akbar Khan

Disc: 3
1 Prabhati (Based on Raga Gunkali) - Yehudi Menuhin
2 Raga Puriya Kalyan
3 Swara-Kakali (Based on Raga Tilang) - Yehudi Menuhin
4 Raga Piloo - Yehudi Menuhin
5 Dhun
6 Raga Ananda Bhairava
7 Tenderness - Yehudi Menuhin
8 Twilight Mood - Yehudi Menuhin

Disc: 4
1 Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra No. 1: I. Raga Khamaj
2 Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra No. 1: II. Raga Sindhi Bhairavi
3 Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra No. 1: III. Raga Adana
4 Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra No. 1: IV. Raga Manj Khamaj
5 The Enchanted Dawn, for Flute and Harp - Jean-Pierre Rampal
6 Morning Love - Jean-Pierre Rampal, Ravi Shankar, Alla Rakha & Kamala Chakravarty

Disc: 5
1 Sitar Concerto No. 2 "Raga-Mala": I. Lalit. Presto
2 Sitar Concerto No. 2 "Raga-Mala": II. Bairagi. Moderato
3 Sitar Concerto No. 2 "Raga-Mala": III. Yaman Kalyan. Moderato
4 Sitar Concerto No. 2 "Raga-Mala": IV. Mian ki Malhar. Allegro