Hindola-Malkauns – 2008

Ragas and talas are the mainstay of classical Indian music.
When rendered as free improvisation and with embellishments of swaras (notes), ragas represents colors and emotions. Structured improvisation and melodies are set to talas.
In this project, we present in detail, various aspects of two popular ragas, Hindola of Carnatic tradition and Malkauns of Hindustani tradition. These two ragas are counterpart of each other in the two musical traditions.
Ragas are musical scales. Talas are rhythms.
1. Veena Raga 1
2. Flute Raga
3. Violin Raga
4. Bansuri Raga
5. Piano
6. Veena Raga 2
7. Veena Tana 1
8. Veena Tana 2
9. Bansuri Jod Jala
1. Carnatic Hindustani 1
2. Carnatic Hindustani 2
3. Flute Solo
4. Violin Solo
5. Bansuri Solo
6. Veena Solo
7. Contemporary 1
8. Contemporary 2
9. Laya Lahiri
MUSICIANS
Carnatic:
Veena: Dr. Krishna Raghavendra
Flute: M.K.Pranesh
Violin: Charulatha Ramanujam
Hindustani:
Bansuri: Pravin Godkhindi
Western:
Keyboards: Dave King-Bass and Sangeeth Thomas
Percussion:
Mridangam, Tavil and Konnakol: Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma
Tabla: S.S.Venugopal Raju
Khanjira: Amrit N
Ghatam: Giridhar Udupa
Western Drums, Rhythm Pads and Tambourine Effects: Arun Kumar