''The Anthology of Indian Classical Music – A Tribute to Alain Daniélou'' is the 1997 edition of

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's ''Anthology of Indian Classical Music''.

Background

This collection was originally recorded by Alain Danielou for the International Music Council (

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) between 1950 and 1955, and was published in 1966. As a tribute to Alain Daniélou, UNESCO re-issued the album on 1997 as ''Anthology of Indian Classical Music - A Tribute to Alain Daniélou''. The introductory text is by Serge Moreux.

Musical style, writing, composition

The album contains

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performances by some of the prominent Indian musicians at that time.

Artwork, packaging

The album comes as a three CD compilation.

Accolades

The series received the "

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" award and the "

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" in 1998.

Track listing

Disc 1

# ''Le Mode Bhairavi'' (

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, Durga Prasanna, Katvaru Lal) - 3:17 #''Khyal'' (Mohin Ud Din Dagar, Amin Ud Din Dagar) - 6:24 #''Le Mode Ahiri-Lalita'' (Ravi Shankar) - 5:40 #''Le Mode Malkosh'' ( Mishra Shyam Lal & D.K. Chatterji) -5:56 #''Le Mode Todî'' (Narayan Das Mishra & Mishra Shyam Lal ) - 3:39 #''Gat'' ( Svami D.R. Parvatikar) - 3:12 #''Tabla Solo'' (Chaturial) - 3:26 #''Sitar, Sarode Et Tabla'' (Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan & Chaturial) - 13:51 #''Alap'' (Mohin Ud Din Dagar & Amin Ud Din Dagar) - 3:49 #''Le Mode Sindhi-Bhairavi'' (Ali Akbar Khan) - 5:01

Disc 2

#''Thumri'' (

& Motilal) - 3:21 #''Svara Mandala'' ( Svami D.R. Parvatikar) - 3:10 #''Bhajana'' (Nandan Prasad & Mishra Shyam Lal) - 5:57 #''Le Mode Suha Kamode'' ( Svami D.R. Parvatikar) - 12:42 #''Jatisvaram'' (Bala Sarasvati Orchestra) - 4:01 #''Alapana'' (P.R. Balasubrahmanyam) - 2:30 #''Alapana'' (K.S. Pichiappa, K.M. Dakshinamurti, T. Subrahmanya Pillai & Muthu Kumaram) - 3:18 #''Kriti'' (Kamala Krishnamurti) - 5:00 #''Tirmana'' (K. Ganeshan) - 0:59 #''Le Mode Varali'' (

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, Tiruvallur Subrahmanyam, Palghat Kunjumani & Shiva Pattamal) - 9:48 #''Ganesha Kumara'' (Budalur Krishnamurti Shastri, Varahur Muthusvami Aiyar & Tinniyam Venkatarama Aiyar) - 4:34

Disc 3

#''Pallavi'' (Mudi Kondan C. Venkatarama, Vellore Gopalachari,

M. Chandrasekaran Mohanan Chandrasekaran is a Carnatic classical violinist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He was born in Calcutta, on 1937 December 11 as the younger of the two sons of T.N. Mohanan and Charubala Mohanan, a violinist herself. He was awarded th ...

& Karaikudi Mutha) - 6:06 #''Javali '' (

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& T. Ranganathan) - 4:03 #''Pallavi'' (Unknown Artist) - 9:02 #''Javali ''(

, Kalyan Krishna Bhagavatar & Karaikudi Muttu Aiyar) - 2:52 #''Sdhincene'' (Kalyan Krishna Bhagavatar, Devakotai Narayana Iyengar & Karaikudi Mutha) - 4:57 #''Varnam'' (Radha Shri Ram Orchestra) - 4:00 #''Varnam'' (S. Vidya) - 3:09 #''Varnam'' (Bala Saravasti Orchestra) - 7:17 #''Sandehamunu'' (

& T. Ranganathan) - 4:49 #''Ninyako'' (Tiruvallur Subrahmanyam,

, Palghat Kunjumani & Shiva Pattamal) - 4:25 #''Solo De Mridangam'' (Muthu Kumaram) - 3:34 #''Jnana Vinayakané'' (Radha Shri Ram Orchestra) - 1:42

Personnel

Credits

* Jacques Brunet - liner notes *Noriko Aikawa - liner notes *Serge Moreux - liner notes *Jacques Cloarec - liner notes, photography *Raymond Burnier - photography *S. Bassouls - photography *Alain Daniélou - recording, photography, illustration (inside drawings), liner notes

References

External links

Smithsonian Recordings - Anthology of Indian Classical Music: A Tribute to Alain Daniélou
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