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Here is another album of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan - Moksha
Review from Rea world recording
"Moksha" has eight pieces including solo pieces by Khan's sons, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash. The album was released in Europe in May and in the US in June by Real World Records.
For this new Real World recording, Moksha, Amjad Ali Khan has tried something quite new for him and very unusual in the Indian classical music tradition. Most classical recitals are in an established form with a lengthy slow introduction which explores the raga (scale pattern) before heading off into faster compositions. Here Amjad Ali Khan presents eight different ragas in relatively short compositions.
"My father, Haafiz Ali Khan," he explains, "never played any raga for more than twenty minutes as he felt it was all repetition! I believe in tradition and not just in a convention. A raga played for just five minutes can also be complete.
"This album gives the listener a variety of ragas, including some folk music from two beautiful states of India - West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh." Amjad Ali Khan has named each piece according to its mood, but stresses they are just guides according to his (or his sons') vision while performing the piece. "I just want listeners to enjoy the music and the feelings it creates without knowing any technical background," he says. "Real World had beautifully lit up some candles around the recording studio and it created a magnificent inspiration."
Musicians: Amjad Ali Khan-Sarod and vocal Amaan Ali Khan-Sarod Ayaan Ali Khan-Sarod Tabla: Rashid Mustafa
nishongopothik bhai,that was little too quick. Keep a bit pace between your marvelous posts and let everyone digest.anyway here i'm adding another review of this exceptional album."Moksha is something of an odd affair as far as Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's work is concerned. Though Khan the reigning master of the sarod is usually more of a traditionalist, this album has eight short tracks rather than one or two long ones. Here, he's pumping out short, fresh compositions based on a set of lesserknown ragas and/or folk music from Bengal. Despite the lack of the long contemplative alaps that are so great, the compositions are still worth hearing. What listeners do get to hear on the album is a set of sparser mood pieces that can still be expressive in their brevity, and a nice showcase of Khan's athleticism on the sarod. The sound moves from light, positive aesthetics through more reflective moods and back. Overall, it's a nice album for newcomers, but a little overly light for those already attuned to Indian classical music" -Adam Greenberg
Keep a bit pace between your marvelous posts and let everyone digest.anyway here i'm adding another review of this exceptional album."Moksha is something of an odd affair as far as Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's work is concerned. Though Khan the reigning master of the sarod is usually more of a traditionalist, this album has eight short tracks rather than one or two long ones. Here, he's pumping out short, fresh compositions based on a set of lesserknown ragas and/or folk music from Bengal. Despite the lack of the long contemplative alaps that are so great, the compositions are still worth hearing. What listeners do get to hear on the album is a set of sparser mood pieces that can still be expressive in their brevity, and a nice showcase of Khan's athleticism on the sarod. The sound moves from light, positive aesthetics through more reflective moods and back. Overall, it's a nice album for newcomers, but a little overly light for those already attuned to Indian classical music" -Adam Greenberg
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