Gopal Krishan - Inde du Nord, L'Art de la Vichitra Vîna
Gopal Krishan - Inde du Nord, L'Art de la Vichitra Vîna
Genre: Classical Indian | MP3 | 192 kbps (CD 1), 320 kbps (CD 2) | 180 MB
Ocora C 560048-49, recorded in Paris, April 1985
Gopal Krishan: vîna, Latif Ahmed Khan: tabla
The vichitra veena is a slide instrument used in North Indian classical music, but it has become quite rare today. Gopal Krishan is one of only a handful of players with recordings available. I have heard them all, and I've heard all of GK's available CDs, and I believe the raga JOG on this double album is his best effort on record.
As you may or may not know, JOG is similar to the American blues scale - it uses both forms (flat/natural) of the 3rd note, and the flat is a pretty high flat, just like in the blues. It's a nice effect to hear something so like a slide guitar play something so like the blues - so like, and yet so unlike
G.K. is very fond of LAYAKARI, playing around with the rhythm, and he does it a lot here in JOG. Tabla player is Latif Ahmed Khan of Dehli gharana, student of ustad Gami Khan, and he has played good solid Dehli style. Tabla sound is good, not the least tinny. He has not played any Zakir Hussain fireworks, just good accompaniment with communication and togetherness with GK in layakari parts. You will be hearing them both make small mouth noises on various "SAM" points; this recording comes very much alive. Interestingly, ALAP is comparatively speaking pretty fast and GAT is comparatively slow tempo, though ending with some JHALLA.
(Gopal Krishan by the way learnt from his father, called Nand Kishor, later with Gwalior gharana teacher Khubchand Bramchari - his rival on the vichitra veena Dr Mustafa Raza plays Gwalior style - and finally went to Ravi Shankar. So the style he plays here reminds of Ravishankar more then Gwalior, hence the layakari. He plays I think a total of 4-6 slightly out-of-tune notes in JOG - he's human! he's human! (Amazon Reviewer)
Tracklist:
CD 1
Raga Baïragi
01. Alap - Jhor - Jhala (23'38)
02. Teental Vilambit (15'20)
03. Teental Drut (10'42)
CD 2
Raga Jog
01. Alap - Jhor - Jhala (24'53)
02. Teental Vilambit (15'39)
03. Teental Drut (9'25)
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