Sarangi: The Music of India

The World (Rykodisc/Mickey Hart Series), Ustad Sultan Khan, Mickey Hart | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rykodisc
• ASIN: B0000009N4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #273,161 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Raga: Bageshree

2. Thumri

Editorial Reviews

From the Label

In November 1974, George Harrison and Ravi Shankar collaborated with some of the greatest Indian musicians of this century on an American concert tour. During their stay in San Francisco, the Indian performers were invited to do an informal concert at The Stone House, a granite room in Fairfax, California. This recording is a document of that event, featuring Ustad Sultan Khan on sarangi. The sarangi is a bowed, stringed instrument with a highly vocal sound and a limited number of able masters.

Product Description

Repressing of this installment in the Mickey Hart Collection, a World Music series that the Grateful Dead drummer curated which incorporated his solo projects, other artists productions, and re-releases of out-of-print titles. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Consumate Musician, June 15, 2002

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Howard Ross "Howard Ross" (Ocean City, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sarangi: The Music of India (Audio CD)

I agree with the above reviews - I have about 80 Indian Classical CDs and Sultan Khan is a favorite - He's very lyrical while retaining good classical form - sort of reminds me of the asthetic Chopin would have in Western Classical Music. My other favorite is Sabri Khan who has a little more austere intensity - Ram Narayan is very austere and Dhrupad like.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars sensitive, heart warming and thought provoking, September 22, 1999

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This review is from: Sarangi: The Music of India (Audio CD)

I've listened to numerous North Indian Saranghi players (both on CD, and live in New York), but none of them moved me as deeply as Ustad Sultan Khan. His tone and sensitivity inspire emotion like noone else.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Consumate Musician, January 30, 2000

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This review is from: Sarangi: The Music of India (Audio CD)

I agree with the above reviews - I have about 80 Indian Classical CDs and Sultan Khan is a favorite - He's very lyrical while retaining good classical form - sort of reminds me of the asthetic Chopin would have in Western Classical Music. My other favorite is Sabri Khan who has a little more austere intensity - Ram Narayan is very austere and Dhrupad like.