Sangeet Sangam - Raga Kirwani

Diese Aufnahme bringt zwei hochbegabten Musiker zusammen. Den Violinenvirtuose L.Subramaniam, der auch mit vielen westlichen klassischen Musikern wie auch mit Jazzmusikern zusammenspiele und den exzellente Sitarspieler Rais Khan, der in einer Musiktradition steht, die zurück ins 19. Jahrhundert reicht und ein Neffe der Sitarlegende Vilayat Khan ist.

Lakshminarayana Subramaniam (* 1947) is an acclaimed violinist, composer and conductor, trained in the classical Carnatic music tradition and Western classical music. He is renowned for his virtuoso playing techniques and compositions in orchestral fusion.

Rais Khan (* 1939) is a descendant of great sitarists of Etawah Gharana. His mother was the elder sister of Vilayat Khan, who had a major influence on his style. Rais Khan is the torchbearer of the Mewati Gharana, which is connected to Indore and the "beenkar baj gayaki ang" (singing style combined with rudra veena approaches) carried out by Rais Khan's father Mohammed Khan, a rudra veena player and sitarist.

As Rais Khan's mother was a singer and his father was a beenkar, a unique combination of Khayal, Dhrupad and thumri approaches developed in his playing. Despite his extensive meend work and the gandhar pancham sitar style he uses, Rais Khan's alap, gatkari and gamak work is different in approach, pacing, and even technique, from the Etawah style. Rais Khan himself has never claimed that he is from anything but the Mewati Gharana.