Flute & Sitar Music of India: Meditational Ragas

Various Artists - International - South Asia

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 1993)
• Original Release Date: September 15, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Delta
• ASIN: B000001V3W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #198,699 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting mediation material, August 11, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Fleming, Ohio) - See all my reviews

Good mood music for meditation. A blend of styles ranging from old world to rural peasant celebration. But I doubt that anyone who is not appreciative of eastern culture would connect to this. I normally listen to it alone. Not a hit at parties, but I will get years of listening pleasure.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars purify your mind, November 30, 1999

By	elizabeth (massachusetts,USA) - See all my reviews

I've had this CD for about 5 years and I'm still listening to it on a regular basis for purifying my mind and spirit. The pure and simple beauty of the sitar and flute transforms you to a beautiful place and time...far...far...away...

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Eclectic release, January 22, 2003

By	B. Strottman "Jam Band Fan" (Kingwood, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've had this CD now for about 6 years, but I didn't listen to it much until I was most of the way through graduate school. The first song could be construed, as Sonia said in her review, as "boring." It is nearly 35 minutes long, with flute beginning, then tabla joining soon after, and a quiet sitar droning along several minutes later. This is a very introspective and quiet song, and after I discovered the "repeat track" function on my portable CD player, I found I could listen to it for 6 or 8 hours as I studied or, later, worked.

The second and third tracks are much louder, a folk ensemble playing a 25-minute suite that reminds me of Philip Glass. The fourth track is, as its name implies, a meditational raga.

This CD is not Ravi Shankar--its focus, as the name implies, is FLUTE and sitar music. Still, it is a welcome addition to my small but growing collection of Indian and Middle Eastern music.

For those interested in long compositions that many might consider "boring" or repetitive, I'd also recommend Hussein el Masry's "Entre Nile et Gange (Between the Nile and Ganges)." The Egyptian master plays his oud, with a sitar accompanying, for some 53 minutes of interplay. Not for the short of attention span!