The Raga Guide: Survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas [Box set]

Amazon.com
These four CDs tucked into a meaty, comprehensive book portray and explain the different histories, tonalities, and rhythms of 74 of Hindu's most common ragas. The raga, a musical form of ancient Hindustani prayer and poetry, has been the cornerstone of Indian music for centuries, evolving into a complex set of expressions inviting improvisation and varying according to purpose, mood, story, and ritual. Stately in their sounds, ragas are most often created with sitar, sarod, tabla, tamboura (or drone), and voice with each note functioning as an evocation of the world's sanctity. The Raga Guide offers five hours and 15 minutes of stunningly beautiful music, played by masters of the instrument and accompanied by informative description, music transcriptions, and (where applicable) texts with English translations. Lovingly recorded, carefully authored, simply laid out, this wonderful package is the essence of perfection, topped off by exquisite color plates of ragamalas, or paintings depicting the stories of the ragas. A sublime tribute to Indian classical music. --Karen Karleski

The Raga Guide: Survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas,Various Artists,Nimbus Records,Box Sets (Audio Only),India,Indian,Indian Classical,Int'l & World Music,Pop,Raga,World Music

Average customer rating: Great product, poor packaging review Great collection for reference A must A Master Class

The Raga Guide: Survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas Various Artists Manufacturer: Nimbus Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD India | India & Pakistan | International | Styles | Music General | India & Pakistan | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music South Asia | Compilations | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Far East & Asia | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Afternoon Ragas Rotterdam 1970 Raga Yaman, Raga Shuddha Todi The Master (Ram Narayan) Sarangi Music in North India: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (Global Music Series) Raga Darbari Kanada/Dhun in Raga Mishra Pilu ASIN: B00000JT5P Release Date: 2004-03-02

Tracks:

1. Abbogi - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Shib Shankar Ray
2. Adana - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
3. Ahir Bhairav - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
4. Alhaiya Bilaval - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
5. Asavari - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Ted De Jong
6. Bageshri - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
7. Bahar - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
8. Basant - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Shib Shankar Ray
9. bahirav - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Shib Shankar Ray
10. Bhairavi - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Shib Shankar Ray
11. Bhatiyar - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
12. Bhimpalasi - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
13. Bhupal Todi - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Shib Shankar Ray
14. Bhupali - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Shib Shankar Ray
15. Bibhas - Vidyadhar Vyas/Sandip Bhattacharya
16. Bihag - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
17. Bilaskani Todi - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Shib Shankar Ray
18. Brindabani Sarang - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty

Tracks:

1. Chandrakauns - Vidyadhar Vyas/Sandip Bhattacharya
2. Chayanat - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
3. Darbari Kanada - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
4. Desh - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Shib Shankar Ray
5. Deshi - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
6. Dhani - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
7. Durga - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
8. Gaud Malhar - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
9. Gaud Sarang - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
10. Gorakh Kalyan - Vidyadhar Vyas/Sandip Bhattacharya
11. Gujari Todi - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
12. Gunakri - Vidyadhar Vyas/Sandip Bhattacharya
13. Hamir - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
14. Hansadhvani - Vidyadhar Vyas/Sandip Bhattacharya
15. Hindol - Vidyadhar Vyas/Sandip Bhattacharya
16. Jaijaivanti - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
17. Jaunpuri - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
18. Jhinjhoti - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty

Tracks:

1. Jog - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
2. Jogiya - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Ted De Jong
3. Kafi - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Ted De Jong
4. Kamod - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
5. Kedar - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
6. Khamaj - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
7. Kirvani - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Shib Shankar Ray
8. Lalit - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Shib Shankar Ray
9. Madhuvanti - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
10. Malkauns - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Shib Shankar Ray
11. Manj Khamaj - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Shib Shankar Ray
12. Maru Bihag - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
13. Marva - Vidyadhar Vyas/Sandip Bhattacharya
14. Megh - Vidyadhar Vyas/Sandip Bhattacharya
15. Miyan Ki Malhar - Vidyadhar Vyas/Sandip Bhattacharya
16. Miyan Ki Todi - Vidyadhar Vyas/Sandip Bhattacharya
17. Multani - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
18. Nayaki Kanada - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
19. Patdip - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
20. Pilu - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Shib Shankar Ray

Tracks:

1. Puriya - Vidyadhar Vyas/Sandip Bhattacharya
2. Puriya Dhanashri - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Shib Shankar Ray
3. Puriya Kalyan - Hariprasad Chaurasia/Shib Shankar Ray
4. Purvi - Vidyadhar Vyas/Sandip Bhattacharya
5. Rageshri - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
6. Ramkali - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
7. Shahana - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
8. Shankara - Vidyadhar Vyas/Sandip Bhattacharya
9. Shri - Vidyadhar Vyas/Sandip Bhattacharya
10. Shuddh Kalyan - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
11. Shuddh Sarang - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
12. Shyam Kalyan - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
13. Sindhura - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
14. Sohini - Vidyadhar Vyas/Sandip Bhattacharya
15. Sur Malhar - Buddahadev DasGupta/Devendra Kanti Chakrabarty
16. Tilak Kamod - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
17. Tilang - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte
18. Yaman - Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar/Madhukar Kothare/Anant Krishnaji Kunte

Amazon.com

These four CDs tucked into a meaty, comprehensive book portray and explain the different histories, tonalities, and rhythms of 74 of Hindu's most common ragas. The raga, a musical form of ancient Hindustani prayer and poetry, has been the cornerstone of Indian music for centuries, evolving into a complex set of expressions inviting improvisation and varying according to purpose, mood, story, and ritual. Stately in their sounds, ragas are most often created with sitar, sarod, tabla, tamboura (or drone), and voice with each note functioning as an evocation of the world's sanctity. The Raga Guide offers five hours and 15 minutes of stunningly beautiful music, played by masters of the instrument and accompanied by informative description, music transcriptions, and (where applicable) texts with English translations. Lovingly recorded, carefully authored, simply laid out, this wonderful package is the essence of perfection, topped off by exquisite color plates of ragamalas, or paintings depicting the stories of the ragas. A sublime tribute to Indian classical music. --Karen Karleski

Customer Reviews:

Great product, poor packaging.......2007-01-18

This is a fantastic set of 4CDs and a book for anyone who wants to start learning about Hindustani Classical music. Highly recommend it.
It does not get 5 stars because of packaging issues. The CDs were packaged in plastic cases on the front and back cover of the book, so when I took them out there were blemishes on the surface and the CDs would not play properly. However after one thorough round of cleaning, they started playing .

review.......2006-04-22

I am a student of indian classical music. This book and cd is very interesting and quite well made for an overview of the pillars of indian classical music. For the everyday person exploring the genre, looking for a wide range of material and songs that are not full length this is a great buy. It is well made and recorded with great artists. The book has wonderful information for each of the raags. For those with more knowledge of what raags, artists and instruments they prefer to listen to will find that much of the music feels stunted or incomplete as they are very short but very nice recordings.

Great collection for reference .......2005-09-21

This is a solid compilation and would be a great reference or a gift. The artists featured are top-notch: Buddhadev Dasgupta, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, etc., The text is concise and helpful. The quality of the recordings is excellent and I loved the colourful booklet.
However, the 74 ragas performed are not full-fledged performances as such but more like compressed demo pieces, so an expert listener may not enjoy it as much - but the average listener probably would not appreciate a 75 minute performance of Raga Multani anyway.

A must.......2005-08-01

Excellent recording, excellent presentation. Artists are superb. No problem with the CDs. A real gift to Indian Music lovers. There is no comparable audio document on the market. The book is a short and clear introduction to Raga system (184 pages. 40 color plates from 1610 and 1650 paintings). Thank to Nimbus Records and the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music.

A Master Class.......2004-07-27

Please read the other reviews for clarity of musicology. What I'm here to talk about is the quality of this production and the reference material which accompanies it.

You receive 4 CD's and a guide to raga. Not just a plastic cd jewel case with some foldout but a guidebook.

The information contained in the guidebook is a wonderful resource. The whole package is very similar to a college textbook with media.

The sound quality is top shelf. Again, this is a quality production.

Enjoy

Average customer rating:

Raga Guide: Survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas Gerd Show Manufacturer: Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005RTK6 Release Date: 2001-11-05

Rock Music:

1. The Seven Valleys
2. The Voice
3. Together Again
4. Uma Batida Differente
5. Undebel [Import]
6. Verde
7. Very Best of [Import]
8. Whaa!
9. Without You
10. World Citizen [Import]

Rock Music

rock music

Recommended Music:

My Web Ep [Import]

Shostakovich: Symphony No.5, Op.47

Suites for Solo Cello

Dirt and Spirit

The Machinist [Soundtrack]

Slows Classiques, Vol. 2

Shape of Things: 60s Groups and Sessions [Import]

The Devil's Dutchman

Super [Import]

Soloman Plays Brahms & Beethoven

The Blue Trees [EP]

Raizes Sertanejas [Limited Edition] [Import]

The Big Nervous Chill

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D major; Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major

Precious Memories