Sunset

Sunset presents sitarist Anjan Chattopadhyay in an unhurried performance of Raga Yaman, the evening raga for which the album is named. Enayet Hossain accompanies on tabla.

Yaman is one of the foundational ragas of North Indian classical music, traditionally played in the first hours after dusk. Anjan Chattopadhyay opens with an alap, jor and jhala that reveals the raga phrase by phrase, and the tabla then joins for gats in vilambit (slow) and drut (fast) teental.

Born in Calcutta, Anjan Chattopadhyay was shaped by his elder brother, Pandit Gourishankar Chattopadhyay, a surbahar and sitar player of the Senia gharana. He has also composed for Bengali films. A calm, classic sitar and tabla album for the evening hours. Released by Aimrec in 2010 (AIMCDIM325).