''You've Stolen My Heart'' is a 2005 studio album from the

Kronos Quartet The Kronos Quartet is an American string quartet based in San Francisco. It has been in existence with a rotating membership of musicians for 50 years. The quartet covers a very broad range of musical genres, including contemporary classical musi ...

, featuring arrangements of the music of Indian composer

Rahul Dev Burman Rahul Dev Burman (; 27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) was an Indian music director and singer, who is considered to be one of the greatest and most successful music directors of the Hindi film music industry. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman ...

, with vocals by

Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle (; ; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur, actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the media as one of the ...

. She sang the original versions of the album's songs and was married to Burman until his death in 1994. The album features keyboards, autoharp, and various percussion instruments in addition to the Kronos Quartet's core

string quartet The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two Violin, violini ...

instruments. The recordings also feature Indian percussionist Zakir Hussain and Chinese pipa virtuoso

Wu Man Wu Man (; born January 2, 1963) is a Chinese pipa player and composer. Trained in Pudong-style pipa performance at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, she is known for playing in a broad range of musical styles and introducing the pip ...

. The album features four instrumental tracks, and eight with Bhosle on lead vocals. The album was nominated for a 2006 Grammy Award for

Best Contemporary World Music Album The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album was an honor presented to recording artists between 2004 and 2011 for quality contemporary world music albums. The Grammy Awards, an annual ceremony that was established in 1958 and originall ...

Track listing

# Dum Maro Dum (Take Another Toke) – 4:43 #Rishte Bante Hain (Relationships Grow Slowly) – 6:15 # Mehbooba Mehbooba (Beloved, O Beloved) – 3:51 #Ekta Deshlai Kathi Jwalao (Light a Match) – 3:59 #Nodir Pare Utthchhe Dhnoa (Smoke Rises Across the River) – 6:00 # Koi Aaya Aane Bhi De (If People Come) – 5:36 #

Mera Kuchh Saaman "Mera Kuch Samaan" () is a Hindi song from the 1987 film '' Ijaazat'', directed by Gulzar, who also wrote the song. The song was composed by R D Burman and sung by Asha Bhosle. In the film, the song takes cue from the poem, Maya ( Anuradha Patel ...

(Some of My Things) – 6:55 # Saajan Kahan Jaoongi Main (Beloved, Where Would I Go?) – 5:43 #

Piya Tu Ab To Aaja "Piya Tu Ab To Aja" () is a single by Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle featuring composer R. D. Burman. The song was originally recorded for the 1971 Hindi film '' Caravan''. Widely regarded as the quintessential cabaret number in Hindi cine ...

(Lover, Come to Me Now) – 5:28 # Dhanno Ki Aankhon (In Dhanno's Eyes) – 4:03 # Chura Liya Hai Tum Ne (You've Stolen My Heart) – 5:09 # Saiyan Re Saiyan (My Lover Came Silently) – 5:49

Personnel

Performers

– vocals (1,2,4,6,7,9,11,12) * David Harrington –

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

(1–12),

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, thoug ...

(2), mouth percussion (2), bow percussion (2), chang (2),

autoharp An autoharp or chord zither is a string instrument belonging to the zither family. It uses a series of bars individually configured to mute all strings other than those needed for the intended chord. The term ''autoharp'' was once a trademark of t ...

(2,6,7,8), Korg MS-20 (2), vocal percussion (2,6), hammered violin (4), match (4), frame drum (5), harmonium (5),

gong A gongFrom Indonesian language, Indonesian and ; ; zh, c=鑼, p=luó; ; ; ; ; is a percussion instrument originating from Southeast Asia, and used widely in Southeast Asian and East Asian musical traditions. Gongs are made of metal and ...

s(6),

cymbal A cymbal is a common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys. The majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sou ...

(6),

triangle A triangle is a polygon with three corners and three sides, one of the basic shapes in geometry. The corners, also called ''vertices'', are zero-dimensional points while the sides connecting them, also called ''edges'', are one-dimension ...

(7),

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

(9,11), trumpet violin (9), glass (11) * Hank Dutt –

viola The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the ...

(1–12),

Farfisa Farfisa () is a manufacturer of electronics based in Osimo, Italy, founded in 1946. The company manufactured a series of compact electronic organs in the 1960s and 1970s, including the Compact, FAST, Professional and VIP ranges, and later, a se ...

Organ (1,2,7,12), Hohner Pianet (2,4,7,8,9), synthesizer (2,4,5,7,9,12),

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

(3,11)

theremin The theremin (; originally known as the ætherphone, etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox) is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the performer (who is known as a thereminist). It is named aft ...

(6), organ (6,8) *

Jennifer Culp The Kronos Quartet is an American string quartet based in San Francisco. It has been in existence with a rotating membership of musicians for 50 years. The quartet covers a very broad range of musical genres, including contemporary classical musi ...

–

cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

(1–12),

electric bass The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an electric but with a longer neck and scale leng ...

(6,10,12) * John Sherba – violin (1–12), bow percussion (2), hammered violin (4), trumpet violin (4, 6, 11, 12) * Zakir Hussain – Indian trap set (1,4,11), tambourine (1,4,11), madal (1,3,8,11),

tabla A ''tabla'' is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments a ...

(2,4,5,7,8,10),

tabla tarang A ''tabla'' is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments a ...

(2,6), batajon (3,9),

djembe A djembe or jembe ( ; from Maninka language, Malinke ''jembe'' , N'Ko script, N'Ko: ) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa. According to the Bambara people in Mali, the name of the djembe ...

(6,8,9,12), bass drum (6), shaker (10,12),

talking drum The talking drum is an hourglass-shaped drum from West Africa, which can be used as a form of speech surrogacy by regulating its pitch and rhythm to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. It has two drumheads connected by leather t ...

(12),

frame drum A frame drum is a drum that has a drumhead width greater than its depth. It is one of the most ancient musical instruments, and perhaps the first drum to be invented. It has a single drumhead that is usually made of rawhide, but man-made mat ...

(12) *

–

pipa The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a () is a traditional Chinese musical instrument belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets rangi ...

(1–4,6–9,11,12), liu qin (2,3,4,11,12),

electric sitar An electric sitar is a type of electric string instrument designed to mimic the sound of the sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instru ...

(2,7), gong (6) *

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– vocal (9) * Scott Fraser – electric sitar (2), guitar (11) * Judith Sherman –

finger cymbals Zills, zils, or sagat, also known as finger cymbals, are small metallic cymbals used in belly dance, belly dancing and similar performances. They are similar to Tibetan tingsha bells. In Western music, several pairs can be set in a frame to make ...

(1) * James Quinn – breath (1) * Anand Bhostle – vocal percussion (6) * Enrique Gonzalez Müller – vocal percussion (6), breath (9)

Production

* Producer – David Harrington * Co-producers – Scott Fraser and Judith Sherman * Executive Producer – Robert Hurwitz * Engineer – Scott Fraser * Assistant Engineers – Enrique Gonzalez Müller (The Plant), Marc Dimmitt (Studio D Recording) * Mixing – Scott Fraser and David Harrington * Mastering – Scott Fraser * Arrangements – David Harrington, except (3,5,8,10) Stephen Prutsman with David Harrington * Music Preparation – Hank Dutt * Design – Doyle Partners * Photography – Gautam Rajadhyaksha

Song notes

* " Dum Maro Dum" (Hindi: दम मारो दम) – Originally featured in the 1971 film '' Hare Rama Hare Krishna''. Lyrics by

Anand Bakshi Anand Bakshi (21 July 1930 – 30 March 2002) was an Indian poet and lyricist. He won Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist 4 times during his career. He wrote over 6000 film songs in more than 300 films. Early life Anand Bakshi (Bakshi Anand Pr ...

. * "

" (Hindi: पिया तू अब तो आजा) – Originally featured in the 1971 Hindi film ''

Caravan Caravan or caravans may refer to: Transport and travel *Campervan, a type of vehicle also known as a motor caravan *Caravan (travellers), a group of travellers journeying together **Caravanserai, a place where a caravan could stop *Caravan (trail ...

''. Lyrics by

Majrooh Sultanpuri Asrar ul Hassan Khan (1 October 1919 − 24 May 2000), better known as Majrooh Sultanpuri, was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist in the Hindi language film industry. He wrote lyrics for numerous Hindi film soundtracks. He was one of the dom ...

. * " Mehbooba Mehbooba" – Originally featured in the 1975 film ''

Sholay ''Sholay'' (, ) is a 1975 Indian epic action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed. The film is about two criminals, Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jai (Amitabh Bachchan), hired ...

''. * "Dhanno Ki Aankhon" – Originally featured in the 1977 film ''

Kitaab ''Kitaab'' (''English: The Book'') is a 1977 Indian drama film written and directed by Gulzar. The film stars Uttam Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Shreeram Lagoo, Keshto Mukherjee and Asit Sen. The film was based on Bengali story ''Pathik'' by Samar ...

''. * " Chura Liya Hai" – Originally featured in the 1973 film ''

Yaadon Ki Baaraat ''Yaadon Ki Baaraat'' () is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language masala film, directed by Nasir Hussain and written by Salim–Javed ( Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar). It featured an ensemble cast, starring Dharmendra, Vijay Arora, Tariq Khan, Zeena ...

''.

References

External links

Nonesuch Records Album ListingKronos Quartet with Asha Bhosle on WXPN's World Cafe, Oct 2005
{{Authority control 2005 albums Kronos Quartet albums Nonesuch Records albums Filmi albums Hindi-language albums

Track listing

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