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Pandit Ashok Pathak - Ancient Court Raga Traditions: The Pathak Gharana (2001) {World Arbiter}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 323 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 169 mb
Genre: Indian classical, world
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 323 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 169 mb
Genre: Indian classical, world
For this compact disc, Pandit Ashok Pathak plays an Indian instrument called a surbahar, or what some will call a bass sitar. Just as saxophones have an alto, tenor, and baritone, the surbahar is a lower sounding version of a regular sitar and gives a distinctive sound. Ancient Court Raga Traditions: The Pathak Gharana is a compact disc with only two songs, each lasting 36 minutes each. Joining him on this are Priyadarshani Pathak and Sivranjani Pathak, both on tampuras. The CD was originally released in 2001, reissued in 2003 by World Arbiter.
The current bearer of the dhrupad lineage of the Pathak gharana happens to be not a vocalist at all, but a surbahar player. As luck would have it, the surbahar lends itself quite well to the alap that is so central to proper dhrupad. The low tones of the instrument make fast runs (as one would hear on a sitar) somewhat less desirable, and the sheer size of it makes them rather difficult in itself. That said, Pathak is quite capable of going on extended jhalas with considerable speed. The real treat though is his slow development of the raga through the alap period. It's a stately, and very careful, expanse of time wherein he moves through the scales, exploring the raga for all of its intricacies of sound, and he does it just about as well as any given dhrupad singer. The rarity of dhrupad by itself poses a reason to give this album a listen (though of course the vocalists would be a better choice, they're astoundingly rare in recordings). Beyond that though, there is some fine surbahar work here for the listener. Anyone interested in the slower end of Indian classical music should definitely give this genre, and this album, at least one listen. The speedier end of the spectrum is readily available in recordings by a multitude of other artists, which only serves to make this album stand out from the pack a bit more.
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1. Raga Malkauns (36:09)
2. Raga Bagesri (36:15)
Ashok Pathak-surbahar
Priyadarshani Pathak-tampura
Sivranjani Pathak-tanpura
Recorded on July 20 & 21, 2000
Engineer: Boyd Noorda, Dutone Studio, Dan Haag, Holland
Produced by Ashok Pathakand Allan Evans
EAC extraction logfile from 2. November 2006, 4:20 for CD
Pandit Ashok Pathak / Ancient Court Raga Traditions: The Pathak Gharana
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Pandit Ashok Pathak / Ancient Court Raga Traditions: The Pathak Gharana
Used drive : LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure with NO C2, accurate stream, disable cache
Read offset correction : 12
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
Other options :
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Installed external ASPI interface
Track 1
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Copy OK
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Track quality 100.0 %
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