think loud: Jun 4, 2009

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Animation photos - 3

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Carnatic Music Raagas - Balahamsa

This is a janya raga derived from the 28th mela Harikamboji. The notes figuring in this raga are Sa^ Chatusruti Ri^ Antara Ga^ Sudha Ma^ Pa^ Chatusruti Dha and Kaishiki Ni. This is an audava vakra sampoorna raga. An upanga raga with Ga and Ni varjya in the arohana. Rishabha is the jiva svara whereas the raga has sancharas in tristhayi. It is a minor raga with limited scope for alapana^ m;gr;mgs-pmrs; comes as visesha sanchara.

http://www.mediafire.com/?xymnzewwwzt Guruguhadhanyam - R. Suryaprakash
http://www.mediafire.com/?my2dazz3tmk Dhandamu pettenura - Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
http://www.mediafire.com/?yxhzzzzg3ny Neela lohitha ramani *( I am not able to exactly guess the artist. Somebody who knows the artist may please inform me to include here.)

*Vocal: Anahita, Lata Ganapathy, Ashwin, Salem Gayathri, B. Bhargavi, Savita Narasimhan
Chitravina: P. Ganesh
Vina: Revati Krishna
Mridangam: A. S. Ranganathan, R. Sankaranarayanan
Ghatam: Guruprasad, SV Ramani
4. http://www.mediafire.com/?yjntzbwmd5g Ika Gavalasina - Malladi Brothers ( contributed by Ms. Latha. thanks to Latha)

Anonymous said...: The third krti is a kAmAkSI navAvarNam composed by UttukkADu. I am positive it's from the kAmAkSI navAvarNam album by Vintage virtuosos available from Carnatica. Bazz
June 5, 2009 1:31 PM
hvaidya said...: Thanks for the information. I want to know the artist who rendered this song.
June 5, 2009 1:57 PM
Anonymous said...: Vocal: Anahita, Lata Ganapathy, Ashwin, Salem Gayathri, B. Bhargavi, Savita Narasimhan Chitravina: P. Ganesh Vina: Revati Krishna Mridangam: A. S. Ranganathan, R. Sankaranarayanan Ghatam: Guruprasad, SV Ramani
June 5, 2009 4:07 PM
hvaidya said...: Thank you very much for the information.
June 5, 2009 8:59 PM
Latha said...: Hi mama, I found another Compostion of Tyagaraja called Ika Gavalasina in balahamsa composed by tyagaraja and sung by malladi brothers in one of the concerts. Can you please let me know how to send it across to you. Regards, Latha
October 8, 2009 1:44 PM
hvaidya said...: Hi latha, You cand send the file through "sendthisfile.com". You should first save the song in your hard disc as a file. If you go to send thisfile .com it will ask you to browse the file and it will send to me through e mail. In case of difficulty please contact me in my mail address. Thanks for your intitiative and interest.
October 9, 2009 9:14 AM
Latha said...: Hi Mama, Can you please confirm your email id . please send it to my gmail account. Regards, Latha
October 9, 2009 10:30 PM
hvaidya said...: my gmail id is hariharan.vaidayanathan@gmail.com
October 10, 2009 6:38 AM
Kaarthik said...: The singers of the 3rd song are like Chinmaya Sisters - Uma & Radhika. But I'm not sure
January 19, 2010 12:38 AM
Anonymous said...: number - 3 - Balahamsa- excellent rendition withvery good clarity of voices and the Raga. good training.Beautiful!Balahamsa is like Bilahari, without much aesthetics, but this was so good to hear.
February 24, 2011 10:27 AM