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Purabi Mukherji - Rare Compositions of Ustad Amir Khan - LP released in India...
Here a nice LP by a disciple of Ustad Amir Khan, performing some of his compositions.flacmp3
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Ganesh Ramchandran Behre known as Behrebua (1890-?) - Recordings from All...
We present here some recordings by the legendary singer Behrebua, who was a direct disciple of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and of whom one says that his music reminds listeners of the sad, doleful and very...
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Ustad Faiyaz Khan (1886-1950) - Great Master Great Music - Raga Bhankar &...
Here one of my most favourite LPs with recordings - from the archives of All India Radio - by the great Ustad Faiyaz Khan. In 2011 we had already posted by him a cassette and an LP.This was the first...
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Ustad Faiyaz Khan (1886-1950) - Heritage - Cassette released in India in 1999
Here some other wonderful archival recordings by the great Ustad. The Raga Todi on the first side is in Dhrupad format: first an Alap and then a Dhrupad composition in Chautal.In the near future we...
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Hindustani Vocal Music - Agra Gharana - Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan...
A very dear friend, a great collector of classical Indian music and a frequent visitor to our blog, was so kind to share with us this recording. It is part of a series. Here what he said about this CD:...
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Jagannath Buwa Purohit (1904-1968) - Heritage - Cassette released in India in...
Here another cassette from the excellent Heritage Series. Jagannath Buwa Purohit was a legendary singer of the Agra Gharana and a prominent student of the great Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan of our last...
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Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902-1968) - Ragas Kedar & Jaijaiwanti - Cassette...
Here some beautiful recordings from the archives of All India Radio (AIR). They were apparently published in 1995 or 1996 as an LP by HMV India in their PMLP series, quite beyond the end of the LP era....
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Bade Ghulam Ali Khan: Raga Adana & Raga Chhayanat & Lakshmi Bai (Laxmibai)...
Here another cassette from the Heritage Series with beautiful archival recordings by two great singers of the first half of 20th century. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan needs no introduction as he is very...
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Lakshmibai Jadhav (1901-1979) - Private Double CD
Here a private double CD by Laxmibai Jadhav, containing a number of her 78 rpm records from the 1930s and two longer Ragas, probably from the archives of All India Radio.The CDs were created, together...
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Keshar Bai (Kesarbai) Kerkar (1892-1977) - Heritage - Cassette released in...
We start now to post a couple of releases by the greatest female voice of India ever: Kesarbai Kerkar. She was a student of Ustad Alladiya Khan of Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana. We start with some rare...
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Kesarbai Kerkar - Rarest of the Rare - Vol. VI - Cassette released in India...
This is part of a series of cassettes of live recordings by Kesarbai Kerkar. As far as I know, this was the first time that longer recordings by the artist were made available. As is well known,...
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Kesarbai Kerkar - Rare Live Recordings - Vol. 2 - Private CD
This is a private CD containing the recordings of the cassette "Rarest of the Rare - Vol. 2", published in 1985. The cassette has on side 1 Raga Tilak Kamod and on side 2 first Raga Bhimpalas and then...
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Kesarbai Kerkar - Rare Live Recordings - Vol. 1 - Private CD of a live...
This is a private CD containing the recordings of a live concert in 1967. This CD was again made by Denis Meyer in 2000 with recordings from a cassette from the collection of James Stevenson. Many...
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Kesarbai Kerkar - Rare Live Recordings - volume 3 - Private CD
This is again a private CD containing this time the recordings of the cassette "Rarest of the Rare - Vol. 5 & 6", published in 1985. As we posted already the original cassette of vol. 6 we post...
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Kesarbai Kerkar - Rare Live Recordings - Vol. 4 - Private CD
This is again a private CD containing this time the recordings of the cassette "Rarest of the Rare - Vol. 3", published in 1985, plus two old records: Raga Desh (1936) & Holi Kamach (1955). This CD...
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Kesarbai Kerkar - Rarest of the Rare - Vol. 4 - Live - Raga Kedar
Copy of the cover of the cassetteI have two copies of this cassette, both on CD. The first is a private CD made by our friend DM in 2001. I don't know if it was made directly from the original cassette...
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Kesarbai Kerkar - Classic Gold 1 - Cassette released in India in 1998
Here the first of two volumes of 78 rpm records by the artist.For details see:https://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/ellpatke/Miscellany/kesarbai.htmflacmp3
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Kesarbai Kerkar - Classic Gold 2 - Cassette released in India in 1998
Here the second volume of 78 rpm records by the great artist. As in the previous one, each track is an amazing jewel. With this our series of posts of recordings by one of the most outstanding artists...
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Mogubai Kurdikar (1904-2001) - Cassette released in India in 1988
Here a collection of 78 rpm records by the other queen of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana. Today she is mainly still remembered as the mother of Kishori Amonkar, the queen of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana of...
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Raga Basanti Kedar - Mogubai Kurdikar & Sardarbai Karadgekar
Here we present a private CD with two versions of Raga Basanti Kedar: one by Mogubai Kurdikar and one by Sardarbai Karadgekar, both of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana from around the same period. Whereas...
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Mallikarjun Mansur - Morning and Evening Ragas - LP released in India in 1979
This is the companion LP to the one released a year earlier by the same label and which we posted in 2017: Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur sings rare and complex Ragas, our favourite Mallikarjun Mansur LP...
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Mallikarjun Mansur - Echoes of a Soulful Voice - Box of 4 cassettes released...
Vol. 1 - flacVol. 1 - mp3Vol. 2 - flacVol. 2 - mp3Vol. 3 - flacVol. 3 - mp3Vol. 4 - flacVol. 4 - mp3The Lone Titan: Mallikarjun MansurMOHAN NADKARNI, the noted critic, pays a tribute to the...
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Nivruttibua Sarnaik (1912-1994) - Cassette released in India in 1993 - AIR...
Here we present some AIR recordings, released as a cassette and also as an LP in 1993 by the great singer Nivruttibua Sarnaik, a direct disciple of Ustad Alladiya Khan. His style is a little eclectic...
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Azam Bai (1906-1986) - An All India Radio Release - Cassette released in...
We discovered two more cassettes by great female singers of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana in our collection. Here the first one with AIR recordings by Azam Bai. Among the maestros who guided her were...
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