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This variation of the parent raag of Shudh Malhar is a rare one. I have always been drawn to it since my grandfather Pt. Ram Narayan’s rendition of it is so remarkable in its clarity of defining both Kafi and Malhar in its grammar and development.

Achyut Tijare — tabla

Sound recording & mixing: Ankur Jadhav

The beautiful painting on the track cover is done by Shri Mohan Jadhav Ji. I thank him immensely for allowing me to use it as the track cover.

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  • Raag Kafi Malhar – Alap / Gat in Vilambit Teentaal

Do check out the video in which my aunt Vidushi Aruna Narayan Kalle and I have played together. Full video available on my channel on YouTube.

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Vidushi Aruna Narayan Kalle has been performing regularly in several countries in Europe, USA and Canada for over 3 decades. As a recipient of her father Pandit Ram Narayan’s musical legacy, she has consistently worked towards maintaining a highly respectable profile for her instrument. She has fully captured her father’s disciplined, serious style, yet has also developed a unique voice for her instrument with a warm and generous musical temperament.

She was a featured soloist in a unique presentation of music of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, performed by Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. This project was very well received in a series of concerts in Canada, the US, China and the Far East. An hour long documentary film about this project with an exclusive profile of her has been aired by the CBC and Bravo channels on several occasions.

More recently, the well known Kronos String Quartet commissioned her to write a piece of music that was performed by them in a number of concerts in the US and Canada. This project is under the Carnegie Hall music initiative.

I feel honoured, blessed and it is a huge learning experience for me to accompany Aunt Aruna Narayan Kalle here in this video where we present Raag Eman Kalyan.

  • Raag Eman Kalyan – Alap / Taans / Gat in Jhaptaal

Musicians

  • Vidushi Aruna Narayan Kalle — sarangi
  • Harsh Narayan — sarangi
  • Achyut Tijare — tabla

Video & sound recording: Ankur Jadhav
Sound mixing: Sonic Octaves Studio


Harsh Narayan’s Dhanurvadya

Harsh Narayan (sarangi) & Ty Burhoe (tabla)

I am extremely happy to see this next recording of mine to be released and available for everyone to listen to. In this recording, I present three raags – Gujari Todi (Morning raag), Madhuvanti (Afternoon raag) and Shree (Evening raag), each one performed in a different time cycle:

  • Raag Gujari Todi – Alap / Taans / Gat in Ektal
  • Raag Madhuvanti – Alap / Taans / Gat in Tintal
  • Raag Shree – Alap /Taans / Gat in Drut Jhaptal

Musicians

  • Harsh Narayan — sarangi
  • Ty Burhoe — tabla
  • Cynthia Scherer — tambura

Released by Tala Records

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Harsh Narayan’s Scintillating Sarangi

Scintillating Sarangi - CD Front Cover

Released by Times Music India

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Contents:

  • Raga Puriya Dhanashree – Alap, Jod, Taans, and composition in Vilambit Teen Taal, followed by a composition in Ek Taal.
    Tabla accompanist: Durjay Bhaumik
  • Raga Patdeep – Composition in Vilambit and Drut Teen Taal.
    Tabla accompanist: Pt. Kalinath Mishra

DVD: Pandit Ram Narayan – Doordarshan Archives

Doordarshan Archives

This DVD by Doordarshan Archives is a compilation of videos of memorable performances of Pandit Ram Narayan. In one of these videos, Harsh Narayan joins his grandfather, Pandit Ram Narayan, in a remarkable sarangi duet performance of Bhopal Todi.


CD: Pandit Ram Narayan – Swar Shikhar Series

Swar Shikar

This is a recording where three generations of sarangi players perform together: Pandit Ram Narayan, his daughter Aruna Narayan Kalle, and his grandson Harsh Narayan, with Aneesh Pradhan on tabla. Recorded live in February 2002 at the Nehru Centre, Mumbai. Released by Virgin Records in 2003.

PANDIT RAM NARAYAN is one of the foremost exponents of the sarangi. In fact the credit for “reviving” the instrument from extinction goes to him. He introduced some technical modifications which are accepted. Panditji is synonymous with the sarangi. He also elevated the musical instrument to the status of a concert instrument. His play has attracted great musicians like Yehudi Menuhin, Omkarnath Thakur and others who have encouraged him. This album, one of the land heritage recordings of a live concert at the Nehru Centre is part of the Swar Shikar series. In the beginning Panditji himself mentions that in this concert on his 75th birthday he is accompanied by his daughter Aruna Narayan Kalle and his grandson Harsh Narayan and it is perhaps for the first time that three sarangis are played together on stage.
~ The Hindu, May 19, 2003