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Festival from India

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I had this collection as a two LP set when I was a teenager in the 70's, and am overjoyed to find it on CD! The opening Vedic Hymn is worth the cost of the collection. Actually, that's also true of many of the other tracks. Whether you already love India's classical and folk music, or want to get to know Indian music, I recommend this recording with enthusiasm and pleasure!

This is the live concert celebration of Indian music from Ravi Shankar! From the opening introduction on track 1 to the sounds enveloping into track 2, you'll find yourself in a peaceful state. It's as if Ravi himself is the mastermind, rhythmically sending out pulses of energy to his audience. The entire CD keeps this language of music till the very end!

I listen to this CD at least 1 or 2 times a week, because it's very relaxing too! This version of Ravi Shankar live in concert from India truely captures that magic in live music from ancient times. For those of you who are into yoga; massage therapy, and or stressed out "Work-A-Holics", I highly recommend picking this one up fast. Sometimes the best cure can be found in music!!

I happened to stumble across the LP of this album in a record store and bought it in the early '90s. It honestly changed my life! I was overjoyed to see that it was reissued on CD. Incredible from start to finish, with "Raga Rageshwar" and "Doh Bahar" as the highlights. Also features Shivkumar Sharma on santoor. Freaking awesome.

I first bought this album on vinyl in the late 1960s and lost it in a divorce in 1971 and have never stopped looking for another copy ever since [it appears to have been out of print for several decades]. If you are interested in learning about Indian classical music or are a long time fan this is a must have recording which was the product of an early world tour of many famous classical Indian musicians. Some purists may object to the mixing of southern and northern instruments, styles, etc., which must have been controversial in some quarters in 1968, but considering the broad commercialism and popularism of all things from India in the decades since, perhaps not. This music never stopped playing in my head for the past four decades, so it was a wonderful surprise [just in time for my 60th birthday] to finally find another copy on CD. This is a recording of pure joy!