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Release Date: 26-10-1998
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 17037-2
Barcode: 13711703726
Musical Style: World
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evening Prayer (Raga Kalyan) [22:24] | 3 | Full Moon (Chandra-Kauns) [11:24] |
| 2 | Introspection (Raga Rageshwari) [11:08] | ||
Description:
Full Moon presents ragas of deepening night, played with passionate detachment by the Indian bamboo flute master, G.S. Sachdev. Each raga on Full Moon contains the essence of the moment. Evening Prayer, traditionally performed at sunset, expresses peace and devotion. Introspection is a serious and inward piece played at mid–evening. Full Moon, traditionally performed at midnight, greets the risen moon with a renewed vigor reflecting a mood of romance, fulfillment and joy. Accompanied only by the sound of the tanpura and swarpeti, Sachdev improvises fluently within the classical form of the ragas.
Biography:
Gurbachan Singh Sachdev has gained international recognition as master of the bansuri (Indian bamboo flute), performing in India, Europe and the United States. Initially a protégé of Vijay Raghav Rao, Sachdev continued his studies with Ravi Shankar and later with Ali Akbar Kahn. He also holds a degree in music from Gandharav Mandal University in Bombay. One of the world's foremost exponents of mood and feeling, he brings his own improvisations to the ancient classical music of India yet preserves the purity of the classical idiom. I also admire his ability to touch the spirit of the raga...and also to move the listeners citeotionally with his pure and classical approach. (Ravi Shankar) Sachdev is one of those great artists you don't know how to describe because there are hardly any words. Marvelous won't quite do. His playing defines what simplicity and beauty are. (San Francisco Chronicle).
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