''India's Master Musician'' is an

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

Hindustani classical music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...

ian

Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known export of North Ind ...

released in March 1959. It was recorded in Hollywood, California. It was later

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and released in CD format through

Angel Records Angel Records was a record label founded by EMI in 1953. It specialised in classical music, but included an occasional operetta or Broadway score. and one Peter Sellers comedy disc. The famous Recording Angel trademark was used by the Gramophon ...

, with digital remastering by Squires Productions. Supporting musicians are

Chatur Lal Chatur Lal (16 April 1925 – 14 October 1965) was an Indian tabla player. Career Chatur Lal was born on 16 April 1925 in Udaipur, Rajasthan. He toured with Ravi Shankar, Nikhil Banerjee, Baba Allauddin Khan, Sharan Rani and Ali Akbar Khan in ...

on tabla and Nodu Mullick on Tamboura.

Track listing

#"Kafi-Holi (Spring Festival of Colors)" – 7:13 #"Dhun (Folk Airs)" – 5:53 #"Mishra Piloo" – 10:37 #"Raga Puriya Dhanashri" – 11:22 #"Raga Charu Keshi" – 13:29

References

External links

Amazon.com listing
1959 albums Ravi Shankar albums Angel Records albums Albums recorded in India {{1950s-album-stub