Reviews
Samwad - Kala Ramnath and Purbayan Chatterjee 
Nirman -Purbayan Chatterjee
Kala - Kala Ramnath
Swaraanjali - Sampath Kumar
Anjali - Arati Ankalikar
Sitar - Ustad Shahid Parvez
Darbar - Pandit Jasraj
Voice of India - Ustad Rashid Khan
Native Signs - Rahul Sharma
The Inner Path - Pt. Shivkumar Sharma
A Light From The East - Tejendra Majumdar
The Golden Bow - Santosh Kumar Nahar
The Legend Lives On - Pt Mallikarjun Mansur
Flute Diety - Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia
Mohan's Veena - Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Sympatico - Pt Shivkumar Sharma
Darshan - Gundecha Brothers
Jewels Of India - Ronu Majumdar
Transcendence - Tarun Bhattacharya
Vibe Master, New Dawn Mind - Purbayan Chatterjee
Pakhawaj Beat - Bhavani Shankar - Pakhawaj Solo
The Ancient Wave - Shubhendra Rao and Partho Sarothy
Indian Delta - Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Dynamic - Kuma Bose - Tabla Solo
Synergy - Shahid Parvez
Eastern Soul - Prabhakar Karekar
Power and Grace - Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia
Radiant - N Rajam
Voices From the Heart - Rajan and Sajan Misra
Tears In Lotus - Gundecha Brothers
The Multifaceted - Bhimsen Joshi
Soul Food - Pandit Jasraj
Touching Air - Kala Ramnath
In Union - Ajoy Chakrabarty
Faiz In Memoriam - collection of ghazals
Daasvani and Enaa Paaliso - Bhimsen Joshi
Mehdi Hassan - Ratings of 170 Ghazals
Sanjeev Abhyankar - Hindustani Vocal
Shafaq - Ghazals by Ahmed and Mohd Hussain
Jugalbandhi - Balamurali Krishna and Bhimsen Joshi
Gulon Main - Mehdi Hassan
Chairman's Chioce - Ustad Abdul Karim Khan
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Samwad - Kala Ramnath and Purbayan ChatterjeeReview of a new album by Sense World Music of a rare violin and sitar jugalbandhi by two of the most important artists of the younger generation, Kala Ramnath and Purbayan Chatterjee. |
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Nirman -Purbayan ChatterjeeReview of a new album by Sense World Music of a Hindustani Sitar concert by Purbayan Chatterjee. |
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Kala - Kala RamnathReview of a new album by Sense World Music of a Hindustani Violin concert by Kala Ramnath. |
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Swaraanjali - Sampath KumarReview of a new album by Audiorec of a Carnatic Nadaswaram concert by Sampath Kumar. |
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Anjali - Arati AnkalikarReview of a new album by Sense World Music of a live vocal concert by one of the most important vocalists of the younger generation, Arati Ankalikar. |
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Sitar - Ustad Shahid ParvezReview of a new album by Sense World Music of a live sitar concert by one of the most important sitarists of his generation, Ustad Shahid Parvez. Along with tabla wizard Pt Kumar Bose, Parvez shows why he will be the most important representative of the Imdadkhani Gharana in the coming decades. |
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Darbar - Pandit JasrajReview of a new album by Sense World Music of a live vocal concert by one of the most popular and colorful vocalists of our time Pandit Jasraj. The rich voice of the doyen of Mewati Gharana is in full flow even at the age of seventy three. |
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Voice of India - Ustad Rashid KhanReview of a new album by Sense World Music of a live vocal concert by the most popular young maestro Ustad Rashid Khan, hailed as an assurance for the future of Indian Vocal Music by Pt. Bhimsen Joshi. |
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Native Signs - Rahul SharmaReview of a new album by Sense World Music of a live concert by Rahul Sharma, son and disciple of the veteran Santoor Maestro Pt. Shivkumar Sharma. |
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The Inner Path - Pt. Shivkumar SharmaReview of a new album by Sense World Music of a live concert of veteran Santoor Maestro Pt. Shivkumar Sharma who is synonymous with the instrument. |
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A Light From The East - Tejendra MajumdarReview of a new album by Sense World Music of the young sarod maestro Tejendra Majumdar, a disciple of the Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. |
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The Golden Bow - Santosh Kumar NaharReview of a new album by Sense World Music of young violinist Santosh Kumar Nahar. |
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The Legend Lives On - Pt Mallikarjun MansurThis album by OMI / Magnasound of legendary vocalist Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur, is one of the best private recordings to come out as a CD. |
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Flute Diety - Pt Hariprasad ChaurasiaThe last Sense World Music album being reviewed in this series is a live recording of Bansuri concert by Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, the most accessible Hindustani musician, with Pt. Kumar Bose on the tabla. |
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Mohan's Veena - Pt Vishwa Mohan BhattThe Sense World Music two CD album being reviewed is a new live recording of Slide Guitar concert by the Grammy Award winning innovative maestro Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. |
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Sympatico - Pt Shivkumar SharmaThe Sense World Music album being reviewed is a live recording of Santoor concert by Pt Shivkumar Sharma, the maestro whose name is synonymous with Santoor, with Pt. Kishan Maharaj on the tabla. |
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Darshan - Gundecha BrothersThe Sense World Music album being reviewed is a live recording of dhrupad vocal concert by Gundecha Brothers, who are credited with bringing Dhrupad back into the realm of mainstream concert in recent times. |
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Jewels Of India - Ronu MajumdarThe Sense World Music album being reviewed is a live recording of Bansuri concert by Ronu Majumdar, talented young maestro and a disciple of Pt Vijay Raghav Rao. |
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Transcendence - Tarun BhattacharyaThe Sense World Music album being reviewed is a live recording of Santoor concert by Tarun Bhattacharya, talented young maestro and a disciple of Ravi Shankar. |
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Vibe Master, New Dawn Mind - Purbayan ChatterjeeThe Sense World Music albums being reviewed are recordings of Sitar concert by Purbayan Chatterjee, a talented young musician and a disciple of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Vibe Master is a 2002 release and New Dawn Mind is a recent release. |
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Pakhawaj Beat - Bhavani Shankar - Pakhawaj SoloThe thirteenth Sense World Music album to be reviewed is a live recording of the Pakhawaj solo concert by Pt. Bhavani Shankar, a pioneer who brought pakhawaj out of Dhrupad circles before a larger audience. |
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The Ancient Wave - Shubhendra Rao and Partho SarothyThe twelth Sense World Music album to be reviewed is a Hindustani jugalbandhi recording of Shubhendra Rao on Sitar and Partho Sarothy on sarod, disciples of the legendary sitarist, Pt Ravi Shankar and most prominent instrumentalists of their generation. |
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Indian Delta - Vishwa Mohan BhattThe tenth Sense World Music album to be reviewed is a live recording of Hindustani guitar concert by Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, one of the most famous and innovative artists. |
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Dynamic - Kuma Bose - Tabla SoloThe eleventh Sense World Music album to be reviewed is a live recording of the Tabla solo concert by Pt. Kumar Bose, one of the most flamboyant Tabla players. |
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Synergy - Shahid ParvezThe ninth Sense World Music album to be reviewed is a live recording of the Sitar recital by Ustad Shahid Parvez, the most well known Sitar player of his generation. |
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Eastern Soul - Prabhakar KarekarThe eigth Sense World Music album to be reviewed is a live recording of Hindustani vocal recital by Pt Prabhakar Karekar, a popular and innovative concert vocalist. |
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Power and Grace - Pt. Hariprasad ChaurasiaThe seventh Sense World Music album to be reviewed is a live recording of the Hindustani Bansuri recital by Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, the most well known bansuri maestro of our time, presented in two CDs. |
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Radiant - N RajamThe sixth Sense World Music album to be reviewed is a live recording of the violin recital by N Rajam, the most famous Hindustani Violinist belonging to the Gayaki ang of vioilin players. |
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Voices From the Heart - Rajan and Sajan MisraThe fifth Sense World Music album to be reviewed is a live recording of the Hindustani Vocal recital by Rajan and Sajan Misra. They are the most famous vocal duo of our time and rightly so. |
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Tears In Lotus - Gundecha BrothersThe forth Sense World Music album to be reviewed is a live recording of the Dhrupad Vocal recital by Gundecha Brothers. They have become the face of the newly resurgent Dhrupad music. |
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The Multifaceted - Pt. Bhimsen JoshiThis 4 cassette album is one of the best collections of Pt. Bhimsen Joshi's earlier recordings. It has atleast a few of his best ever recordings. A must for any Hindustani buff. |
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Soul Food - Pandit JasrajThe third Sense World Music album to be reviewed is a live recording of the Hindustani Vocal recital by the doyen of Mewati Gharana, Pt. Jasraj. Even at the age of 70, Pt Jasraj has lost none of the sweetness and range in is remarkable voice. |
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Touching Air - Kala RamnathThe second Sense World Music album to be reviewed is a live recording of the Hindustani Violin recital by Kala Ramnath, the eminent representative of Mewati Gharana and disciple of Pt. Jasraj. |
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In Union - Ajoy ChakrabartySense World Music is a new addition to the growing number of labels dedicated to Indian classical music. Started in 2002, Sense World Music is based in UK, with a studio in Gujarat. Many of the albums are live concert recordings of the Saptak Music Festival held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat every year in winter. Starting this week is a series of reviews of their catalog.The first album to be reviewed is the 2 CD album of Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty, a talented vocalist of Patiala Gharana and disciple of Ustad Munawar Ali Khan. |
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Faiz In MemoriamReview of the double cassette album featuring a collection of ghazals by Faiz Ahmad Faiz sung by great ghazal singers. |
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Bhimsen Joshi - Daaswani and Enna PaalisoReview of the two Dasa Pada CDs by Pt Bhimsen Joshi that redefined the meaning of devotional music. |
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Mehdi Hassan - The Master ListRatings of 170 ghazals recorded by Ghazal legend Ustad Mehdi Hassan, would help you to buy the right albums and more importantly not to miss the great ones. |
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Hindustani Vocal by Sanjeev AbhyankarMy first cd by the young master Sanjeev Abhyankar, desciple of the maestro Pt Jasraj and apparent heir to the Jaipur-Mewati gharana. But does he really live up to the tag ? Read on. |
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Ahmed and Mohd Hussain's ShafaqMy first ghazal album by the ghazal singing brothers, Ustads Ahmed & Mohd Hussain. There is a tinge of classicism about their ghazal singing, but are they the worthy successors to the legendary ghazal singers of the last century ? Read on. |
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BMK and Bhimsen Joshi's Raga BhairavThis single cd presents the captivating live recording of the concert at Royal Festival Hall, London, 1994. The jugalbandhi features two of the greatest living masters of the two main classical traditions of India, Hindustani & Carnatic, - Pt Bhimsen Joshi and Dr M. Balamurali Krishna. This is an audiophile quality recording by the U.K. based classical specialist label Navras Records. |
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Mehdi Hassan's Gulon Main Rang BhareThis collection of old Mehdi Hassan ghazals is a must have for all real Ghazal fans. You can also listen to the real audio sample of the the title track. |
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Chairman's Chioce - Great MemoriesThis would always be a special CD set. It not only features one of the oldest recordings available, but also the founder of Kirana Gharana, Khan Sahib Ustad Abdul Karim Khan. |
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