Out of Stillness

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The late Gopal Shankar Misra, who died in 1999, was one of the masters of the voicelike vichitra veena, one of India's oldest and most expressive instruments. He was also one of the few to take its sound outside classical music, performing with Ananda Shankar and State of Bengal, exploring the possibilities of fusion. This disc, however, shows him in a more contemplative mood, performing four parts of "Darzabi Kanbra" with thundering tabla as accompaniment on part 4 and "Mishra Pilu." His command of the veena is nothing short of staggering, executing precise phrases at the fastest tempo, but also letting it sing in a way few could. Misra (who was also an adept sitar player) never let technique win out over feel, however, and to hear his playing is to encounter virtuosity on a rare level. This is a quiet, gorgeous gem of a record to be enjoyed many times. --Chris Nickson

Out of Stillness,Gopal Shankar Misra,Real World,India,India / Pakistan,Indian,Pop,Raga,Rock,World Music

Average customer rating: Enjoyable and solid performance Stunning and beautiful. very deep sounding Gorgeous! oh I'm at my keyboard and the cottage is empty

Out of Stillness Gopal Shankar Misra Manufacturer: Real World 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 General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Raga Rasa: That Which Colors the Mind The Master (Ram Narayan) Sarangi Afternoon Ragas Rotterdam 1970 Z.M. Dagar - Rudra Vina Live: Seattle 1981 Raga Yaman, Raga Shuddha Todi ASIN: B00004UFTW Release Date: 2000-08-28

Tracks:

1. Darbari Kanbra - Pt.1: Alap
2. Darbari Kanbra - Pt.2: Jod
3. Darbari Kanbra - Pt.3: Vilambit Gat
4. Darbari Kanbra - Pt.4: Drutgat
5. Mishra Pilu

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The late Gopal Shankar Misra, who died in 1999, was one of the masters of the voicelike vichitra veena, one of India's oldest and most expressive instruments. He was also one of the few to take its sound outside classical music, performing with Ananda Shankar and State of Bengal, exploring the possibilities of fusion. This disc, however, shows him in a more contemplative mood, performing four parts of "Darzabi Kanbra" with thundering tabla as accompaniment on part 4 and "Mishra Pilu." His command of the veena is nothing short of staggering, executing precise phrases at the fastest tempo, but also letting it sing in a way few could. Misra (who was also an adept sitar player) never let technique win out over feel, however, and to hear his playing is to encounter virtuosity on a rare level. This is a quiet, gorgeous gem of a record to be enjoyed many times. --Chris Nickson

Customer Reviews:

Enjoyable and solid performance.......2005-10-14

Don't be put off by the corny cover-shot, this is an excellent album. There are so many poor performances of Raga Darbari Kannada, you can usually tell the caliber of the artist by his performance of it. The Gats in Darbari Kanada is simply excellent. The instrument is exotic by all standards and the sound is lovely.

Stunning and beautiful........2005-04-24

From the opening note this music connected to a sweet, deep place within and kept me focused, centered, and still. There is a timeless quality to this music and the performance. I listen to this recording frequently, and each time the experience is fresh and sublime. Quite extraordinary.

very deep sounding.......2004-02-16

Holy (Cow) this is crazy, the moment you listen to the sound of this thing, OMG the sitar is a little whimpering whimp compared to the passion of this thing. When this guy touches some notes om this thing it feels like... something you must feel. However I think to get the full out of this you've gotta be a ICM aficionado, and if you're an aficionado you're probably familiar with many other masterpeices and compared to those this isn't superspecial. (or else you'll think there's only a few "good" parts, unfortunately this think can't compete on the level of britney spears 500 subliminal sexual messages/second)

Gorgeous!.......2002-09-20

Stately, hypnotic Hindustani classical music, played on the sitar-like vichitra veena, a stringed instruments which is relatively new to Western ears. The vichitra veena actually predates the sitar (it has no frets) but shares much of the same languid, droning resonance. Dr. Misra is one of its greatest proponents, performing his own arrangements of traditional themes from his native Benares, in Northern India. It's lovely stuff -- simultaneously static and captivating in that unfrenetic manner that can only be achieved by music that isn't obsessed with getting somewhere else, but is content to set a mood and explore it in its own good time.

oh I'm at my keyboard and the cottage is empty.......2002-09-06

Out of Stillness
was given to me by
my beloved brother, a man born in Illinois, rural Illinois,
there's
something strange about this CD, it's that it
takes someone familiar with the pouring of concrete to
understand
why this CD, this glorious CD, has touched the hearts and
spleens of so many
working in the suburbs of Durham, North Carolina,
feeling proud with a fat paycheck god god god
how it -- by "it" I mean this CD -- there's gotta be a
reason for living and Out of Stillness supplies it.
gives it to ya.
HERE, it says, HERE IS MEANING IN YOUR DULL WORKADAY LIFE
there's the change of the leaves every autumn, that's nice.
there's this CD, good god what a great sound it gives out.
there's the overweight unshaven manager at the local grocer.
get the darn
OOMF into your life. get the stupid CD.
movies are empty, parents are moronic, what else
is there to do but listen to the VEENA sing sing sing???

Average customer rating: Fun spin The Most Interesting Ensemble I've Ever Heard The Most Interesting Ensemble I've Ever Heard

Broken Consort William Anderson , Chester Biscardi , Anthony Braxton , Sebastian Currier , John Halle , David Lang , Robert Pollock , Charles Wuorinen , and Cygnus Ensemble Manufacturer: Composers Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004T92H Release Date: 2000-06-27

Tracks:

1. Sebastian Currier Broken Consort (1996)
2. John Halle Spooks (1996)
3. Charles Wuorinen FENTON SONGS (1997-98)
4. Chester Biscardi Resisting Stillness (1996)
5. David Lang Frag (184)
6. William Anderson Ear Conception (1994-95)
7. Anthony Braxton Compostion No. 186 (1996)
8. Robert Pollok Cygnature Piece (1997)
9. Ear Conception: I
10. Ear Conception: II
11. Composition No. 186
12. Cygnature Piece: I - Mysteriously
13. Cygnature Piece: II - Dance

Customer Reviews:

Fun spin.......2000-10-31

Wuorinen's Fenton Songs are fantastic and they alone justify the cost of this disc. Also worthy here--Anderson's Ear Conception is very beautiful. Robert Pollock's Cygnature Piece is great fun. Chester Biscardi's precious little guitar duo I found very memorable. Among the good natured fluff on this recording--for me John Halle's Spooks stands out.

The Most Interesting Ensemble I've Ever Heard.......2000-10-20

The Cygnus ensemble consists of guitars, mandolines, violin, cello, flute and oboe. They play regularly in New York City, and they have toured in Holland, Denmark, Poland, Russia, Mexico and the U.S. Because their instrumentation is absolutely unique most of their music was written for them, and in the case of the Braxton piece, they are improvising to a large extent.

Sebastian Currier's Broken Consort is the title track, it's a fun piece with Stravinskian drive, building to almost cacophonic density before subsiding into a very beautiful ending. I like the opening which builds up to a V-I, a grand joke on the scale of Phillip Johnson's AT&T building with its big chippendale on the top.

John Halle's piece is fun and sparkling with very inventive textures and subversive machinations. It is very well put together--despite its outward charm and excessibility Halle's movement from one section to the next is quite sophisticated and compelling.

Wuorinen's Fenton Songs--if you've ever been told that Wuorinen's music is academic this will cure you of that impression. These are four lush, deep, penetrating settings of poems by the great British poet who writes so often for the NY Review of Books.

Biscari's guitar duo, Resisting Stillness, is gorgeous with wonderful unison pitches between the instruments and rich chordal textures.

David Lang's Frag is a bizarre little experiment for oboe, flute and cello.

Anderson's septet (cygnus joined by a glass harmonica) is in two movements, the first being very Roccoco with too beautiful harmonies swirling about with guitar filigree interlaced among the sustaining instruments. The second movement is faster and it builds into surprising contrapuntal patterns which become ever more light and fleet until the end.

Anthony Braxton's piece is largely improvisatory. It is fun when you learn to let go of all expectations about what music is supposed to do and just go along for the ride. It's a happening, frozen in magnetic media.

Robert Pollock's Cygnature Piece is rollicking and very witty, yet despite its being perfectly accessible, Pollock's language here is very new, and often surprising.

The Most Interesting Ensemble I've Ever Heard.......2000-10-20

The Cygnus ensemble consists of guitars, mandolines, violin, cello, flute and oboe. They play regularly in New York City, and they have toured in Holland, Denmark, Poland, Russia, Mexico and the U.S. Because their instrumentation is absolutely unique most of their music was written for them, and in the case of the Braxton piece, they are improvising to a large extent.

Sebastian Currier's Broken Consort is the title track, it's a fun piece with Stravinskian drive, building to almost cacophonic density before subsiding into a very beautiful ending. I like the opening which builds up to a V-I, a grand joke on the scale of Phillip Johnson's AT&T building with its big chippendale on the top.

John Halle's piece is fun and sparkling with very inventive textures and subversive machinations. It is very well put together--despite its outward charm and excessibility Halle's movement from one section to the next is quite sophisticated and compelling.

Wuorinen's Fenton Songs--if you've ever been told that Wuorinen's music is academic this will cure you of that impression. These are four lush, deep, penetrating settings of poems by the great British poet who writes so often for the NY Review of Books.

Biscari's guitar duo, Resisting Stillness, is gorgeous with wonderful unison pitches between the instruments and rich chordal textures.

David Lang's Frag is a bizarre little experiment for oboe, flute and cello.

Anderson's septet (cygnus joined by a glass harmonica) is in two movements, the first being very Roccoco with too beautiful harmonies swirling about with guitar filigree interlaced among the sustaining instruments. The second movement is faster and it builds into surprising contrapuntal patterns which become ever more light and fleet until the end.

Anthony Braxton's piece is largely improvisatory. It is fun when you learn to let go of all expectations about what music is supposed to do and just go along for the ride. It's a happening, frozen in magnetic media.

Robert Pollock's Cygnature Piece is rollicking and very witty, yet despite its being perfectly accessible, Pollock's language here is very new, and often surprising.

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