Celestial Ragas – The Eternal Journey
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About This Album
Celestial Ragas: The Eternal Journey brings together sitar, bansuri flute and sarangi in a rare three-way jugalbandi. Hidayat Khan plays sitar, Rakesh Chaurasia bansuri, Sabir Sultan Khan sarangi and Enayet Hossain tabla.
The album travels through four ragas, each with an alap and a gat: the dawn Raga Ahir Bhairav, Shudh Maloo, the late-night Chandrakauns, and the lighter Sindhi Bhairavi, played in dadra and keherwa. Each instrument answers the others in turn, and their different colours (plucked, breathed and bowed) make this one of the most varied albums in the Aimrec catalogue.
Hidayat Khan is the son of Ustad Vilayat Khan. Rakesh Chaurasia is the nephew and leading disciple of flute master Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. Sabir Sultan Khan is the son of the great sarangi master Ustad Sultan Khan, of the Sikar gharana. Released by Aimrec in 2013 (AIMCDIM400).
Tracklist
| Number | Track | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raga: Ahir Bhairav (Alap) | |
| 2 | Raga: Ahir Bhairav (Gat in Rupak & Drut Teental) | |
| 3 | Raga: Shudh Maloo (Alap) | |
| 4 | Raga: Shudh Maloo (Gat in Drut Teental) | |
| 5 | Raga: Chandrakauns (Alap) | |
| 6 | Raga: Chandrakauns (Gat in Drut Ektal) | |
| 7 | Raga: Sindhi Bhairavi (Alap) | |
| 8 | Raga: Sindhi Bhairavi (Gat in Dadra and Keherwa) |
Ragas on this album: Raga Ahir Bhairav · Raga Shudh Maloo · Raga Chandrakauns · Raga Sindhi Bhairavi (Raga Guide)
