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Sitar music recommendations

MontyMo

MontyMo

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Hello,

I have always liked the sound of a sitar. It’s time to purchase a couple of records of sitar music. I have my eye on this one, Ravi Shankar - Chants Of India but that is a Record Store Day item. Who know if there will be a RSD this year and if I’d even be able to find it. Other than that, I don’t have a clue what I should buy.

Any recommendations? Records only please.

Thank you
Monty
 
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Any Raga's you can find are worth looking into, they are mostly improvised, so they are always different. I really like the couple of albums Shankar did with an orchestra, they are really left field, but worth a listen. If you want exact titles and musicians I'll have to dig through my collection the only other one I can think of at the moment is Shamim Ahmed Khan. You should look into Koto and Japanese court music too.
 
Ravi Shankar's daughter Anoushka Shankar is the modern standard bearer of the Ravi legacy, and she carries it very well. This is a really nice vid of the two of them interacting musically.



She was very young then. There are many videos of her on youtube. This is a nice one with a lot of material.



And a more recent and amazing collaboration with a mind-bogglingly talented violinest, playing a piece that Ravi wrote in the early days of East/West musical connections.

 
MontyMo said:
That is priceless!!
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Isn't it! Just amazing. They say Chopin used to make his students sing the music he was teaching them on the piano. The human voice, the first and most fundamental musical instrument. The interaction between the two of them is beautiful.

I find it's impossible to get too much of Anoushka. This month, April 7, would be Ravi's 100th birthday. Anoushka organized a "virtual concert" in his honor, bringing together many of his students. It's great!

 
You know, and I'm not trying to put words in your mouth, but you might be drawn to world type music and not just necessarily the Sitar. A relaxing blend of music that some equate to meditation and peaceful thought. I'v drifted a lot in that way also listening to music using old world instruments, sounds and melodies. If it was just the sitar, there is a lot of Rock and Psychedelic music that used it.

For me I guess it's kinda a long the lines of mystique, fairytale, medieval, cultural folk, and I'll have a liking for Celtic, Middle Eastern, Japanese flute, Indian, Spanish, English. This can all be done in modern production and recording to a more traditional sound.
 
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You know, and I'm not trying to put words in your mouth, but you might be drawn to world type music and not just necessarily the Sitar. A relaxing blend of music that some equate to meditation and peaceful thought. I'v drifted a lot in that way also listening to music using old world instruments, sounds and melodies. If it was just the sitar, there is a lot of Rock and Psychedelic music that used it.

For me I guess it's kinda a long the lines of mystique, fairytale, medieval, cultural folk, and I'll have a liking for Celtic, Middle Eastern, Japanese flute, Indian, Spanish, English. This can all be done in modern production and recording to a more traditional sound.
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I completely agree with this recommendation, in the last few years I've dove head first into "world" music (although I hate that title). There are millions of great recordings out there if you spend the time to look.

 
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