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Religious Chants From India (Import) (CD)

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DISC 1 for Religious Chants From India (Import) (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   Morning Prayer in Golden Temple  
2   In Praise of Guru Nanak  
3   Evening Prayer in the Main Buddhist Temple of Sarnath  
4   Jayamangala Astagatha  
5   Khampti Mask Dance  
6   Baul Song  
7   Mira's Bhajan  
8   Temple Song in Raga Basant  
9   In Praise of Rama  
10   In Praise of Krishna  
 

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Title Note

This is a collection of field recordings.

Recorded in the Field between 1954 & 1973. Includes liner notes by Deben Bhattacharya.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Recording information: Amritsar (1954-1973); Bombay, India (1954-1973); Calcutta, India (1954-1973); Kenduli, Birbhum, during the annual Baul Fair (1954-1973); Kishangarh (1954-1973); Sarnath near Varanasi (1954-1973); Varanasi (1954-1973).

Editor: Diz Heller.

Photographer: Deben Bhattacharya.

An intriguing concept, this album contains a devotional chant or two from each of six or so religious sects within India. Hinduism is represented with a pair of chants from Rattan Mohan Sharma, Jainism is represented by its holiest chant, and Sikhism with a nice khyal from the Singh brothers. Islam, and more specifically Sufism, is represented by works in the qawwal vein from Abida Parveen and Shafqat Ali Khan. Buddhism has a chant, and even the rarer Bauls are represented with a work. Many of the chants include what seems like some unnecessary instrumentation, and even what might be a stray synthesizer. Some of the tracks benefit from the instrumentation, others are detracted from. Overall, the album isn't bad, and its approach is a valiant one. Musically, there is perhaps not the traditional sounds that one might be looking for in an album of Indian music, but that isn't really the point anyway. ~ Adam Greenberg

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