Saturday, July 31, 2010

Lalaji Maharaj Janmotsav2009-14



Pujay Lalaji Maharaj & Bhavi Aacharya Nrugendra Prasadji Maharaj Janmotsav 2009


at Sarambhada (Saurashtra) He was in KATHIYAVADI DRESS with Kathiyavadi PAGHADI, ( Called as Pagidi in Salem Sourashtra dialect) Chorani-Jabbho, Black Shoes and Pink comb in pocket !

In Shobha yatra his Rath was pull-out by satsangi

Bapa Bajrangdas - Bhajan 2 (Janak Raval)



Bapa Bajrangdas Bhajan in voice of Janak Raval. She is wellknown singer in saurashtra region. This is her first Solo studio recorded album. Music is of Sailesh Pandya. Album released under "Studio Soor Sangam".

MERU TO DAGE-REVIVED-RAJIV BHATT



Meru to Dage, by GANGASATI,a spiritual enlightened saint (Also referred as MIRABAI of Saurashtra), is of the most popular amongst her 52 spiritual and a motivational gujarati bhajan that she has written and composed.


The idea of creating this version is to reach Today's generation with her teachings.

Sri Ganapathi ..Saurashtram /Adi ( Sri Thyagaraja )



Excerpts from Sri Thyagaraja Jayanthi (held for the 34th successive year ) at Pondicherry, india


Vocal : Musiri Sri Rangarajan , Smt. Geetha Rajasekhar , Sri S.Sureshkumar, Sri S.V.Jagadeesan,Sri N.V.Sathyamoorthy , Smt. Jyothirmoy, Dr.Vellore A.R.Srinivasan

Violin : Kudanthai Sri Balasundaram , Neyveli Smt. B.Lalitha, Sikkil Sri Balu

Mridangam : Tiruvarur Sri R.Krishnamoorthy, Neyveli Sri Skanda Subramanian, Tovalai Sri sivakumar , Kottayam Sri D. Madhusoodanan, Master Kaushik, Master Vigneswaran

Maharajapuram Santhanam - Sri Ganapathi - Carnatic Classical



Maharajapuram Santhanam -
Sree Ganapatini - Carnatic Classical /
Sourashtram/ Aadi Thalam / Thyagaraja kriti

Rugmini Swayamvaram-part 10


From Kathakali held at Kanthalloor SreeKrishna Kshetram.,Vellinezhi

Kadha Rugmini Swayamvaram
Rugmini: Vellinezhi Haridas
Krishnan: kala. Soman
Sundara Brahmanan: Kala. Vasudevan
Paatu: Palanad Divakaran, Nedumpally RamMohan, Panayoor Kuttan
raga: sourashtram

Sudha Raghunathan Varalakshmim Bajare Sourashtram



Sudha Raghunathan Varalakshmim Bajare 
...Sourashtra Desa Parinutha danineem...

Carnatic on Keyboard



Raga : Sowrashtram

Thillana and Mangalam



Raga : Dhanashri and Sowrashtram

Visaka Hari - Prahlada Vijayam-18.mpg



Part 18 (last part) of Thyagaraja's Prahlada charitram by Smt Visaka Hari

From song index of playlist info:
Thyagaraja, Prahlada Mangalam, Sowrashtram, Adi, Part 18, 7:39

Visaka Hari - Prahlada Vijayam-01.mpg



Part 1 of Thyagaraja's Prahlada Charitram by Smt Visaka Hari.

From Song index in Playlist info:
Thyagaraja, Sowrashtram, Sri Ganapathi Nee, Sowrashtram, Adi - Part 01 - 5:11, Continues to next part :-(

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Saakaara (Varnam in Swarashtram)



Sweet and beautiful Varnam in the raga Swarashtram (Not Sowrashtram) composed by Dr.M.Balamuralikrishna sung by Prince Rama Varma and the students of Veenavadini School of music at Perla. Varmaji told me that when Dr.Balamuralikrishna sang this song for the first time more



than four decades ago, somebody accused him of singing wrong phrases in raga Sowrashtram.


Dr.Balamuralikrishna quipped that since it was the 25th anniversary of Independance of India at the time, he had named the raga "Swarashtram" which was slightly different from Sourashtram :-) This uses phrases


from Sourashtram, Chakravakam and Suryakanthi and the entire varnam is composed around the three notes, Sa, Pa and Sa. This recording was made by the cameramen of Bhakthi TV who are based in Hyderabad, who travelled for 24 hours all the way to Perla, which is a little village near Mangalore, to cover Varmaji's three day workshop there.


I admire their spirit, the spirit of the Perla kids and their guru Mr.Yogeesh Sharma and of Varmaji for the wonderful


job they are doing and I am happy to share at least these few videos with all of you. Though I had never heard this varnam before, I have already fallen in love with it with this one single recording :-)

Sanjay Subramaniyam-Ninu Jhuchi-Sourashtram.avi



Ninnu Juchi


Ragam: Sowrastram Talam: Adi

Composer: Patnam Subramanya Iyer


Pallavi:

Ninnu Juchi Dhanyudaithi Neeraja Nethra


Anupallavi:

Vanajaasanaadi Vanditha Charana

Vanaja Naabha Devaadi Deva

Charanam:

Sakala Lokadhaara Satchidhaakaara

Sakala Jiveshwara Sarveshwara

Sakala Papa hara Saadhu Hruth Vihaara

Sakala Vara Daayaka Sri Venkateshwara

Sharanam Sharanam - Saurashtram



My concert recording for the show "Sruthilayam" that was telecast on Amrita TV on 07.07.2009. I sang a thematic concert of compositions from Arunachala Kavi's musical opera on the Ramayana, "Rama Natakam". The songs are in Tamil. My accompanists were:


Sri Edapalli Ajit - Violin

Sri K.P.Parameswaran - Mridangam

Sri Trikkakara Y.N.Shantaram - Kanjira

Sri Neyyatinkara Krishnan - Morsing
Raga : Sourashtram  a Tamil Song

Priya Sisters srE vEnkata girEsa Raga Surati Muthuswami Dikshitar



Priya Sisters srE vEnkata girEsa
Raga Surati  (Surath)
Muthuswami Dikshitar

Rugmini Swayamvaram-part 9



From Kathakali held at Kanthalloor SreeKrishna Kshetram.,Vellinezhi


Kadha Rugmini Swayamvaram

Rugmini: Vellinezhi Haridas

Krishnan: kala. Soman

Sundara Brahmanan: Kala. Vasudevan

Paatu: Palanad Divakaran, Nedumpally RamMohan, Panayoor Kuttan

ragas: naattakurunji , sourashtram

01 M L Vasantha Kumari Sharanu Siddhi Vinayaka



M L Vasantha Kumari
Song : Sharanu Siddhi Vinayaka
Raga: Sourashtram;
Tala: Misra Chapu Janya Of 17th Mela

Sri Ganapathy -MDR



md ramanathan

tyagaraja

Raga : sourashtram
TaLa : adi

Bhairavi and Sourashtra - Jugalbandi by Vinay Sharva and Abhijith Shenoy



Jugalbandi held at Ramakrishna Ashram, Bangalore on 03-Jan-10. Vinay Sharva(Karnataka Vocal) and Abhijith Shenoy(Hindustani Vocal) are accompanied by Mattur Srinidhi on Violin, B.C.Manjunath on Mridangam, Narasimha Kulkarni on Harmonium and Adarsha Shenoy on Tabla.


Raga:Bhairavi and Sourashtra

Tala : Adi Tala/Teen Taal

Meluko Dhayanithi Sourashtra



Utsava Sampradhaya Krithis
Composer : Saint Thyagaraja
Rendered by Dr.M.Balamuralikrishna
Raaga : Sourashtra

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

rajasthani song 'Har har mahadev' by om



Listen and compare Rajasthani song to sourashtra