IR's New albums - Ver 2008/2009

I was only curious to know their emotional perspective. No big deal. :)

They review WORLD MUSIC. They may have wider exposure.

Aruna Sairam, L.Subramanyam, Ali akbhar Khar, Zakir Hussain, Ravi Shankar, Jasraj, Shiv Kumar Sharma etc.. WELL RESPECTED Indian musicians and they command HUGE respect from WESTERN audiences and music experts.

They have released several albums collaborating with western artists both classical and contemporary in big labels.

How do they review Yanni instrumentals like YANNI LIVE AT THE ACROPOLIS etc.. or appreciate Persian music?


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:ty: :ty: irir123 for reminding me Vivaldi - Four Seasons. :)

It's been long, I took time this morning to dig cds collections pushed way back or didn't check out for some time, forwarded some visibly .. :D

Ghulam abbas khan - tabala,
Fabulous DAVE Brubeck's Jazz track. :bluejump:
MOZART- Symphony No. 40 in G minor
Hayden: Symphony No.104 in D major
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor, OP.125, CHORAL.
KENNY G Breathless.
THE VERY BEST OF EAGLES--hotel California :swinghead: , on the border, james dean, the best of love etc..
TOO MUCH MUSIC TOO LITTLE TIME!
vinatha. :)

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Originally Posted by irir123

"THE WORLD OF MUSIC" journal reviews Ilaiyaraaja's "THIRUVASAGAM - A CLASSICAL CROSSOVER"

http://www.vwb-verlag.com/Katalog/m816.html

Reviewed by Hollie Longman

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Has the review been taken off ? I dont see a areview in this link now !

MumbaiRamki

article can be downloaded from here

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=c...4e75f6e8ebb871

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Originally Posted by Sureshs65

In many ways Raja is very similar to Tyagaraja. Many people swear that Tyagaraja's compositions are as spontaneous as you can get. At the same time, great musicologist like S Ramanathan and S R Janakiraman marvel at the fact that Tyagaraja adhered so strictly to the grammar and in some cases defined the grammar. There was a combination of precision and spontaneity in his compositions. Though Raja deals with a different form of music, I see the same combination of spontaneity and precision in Raja's works.

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It may amount to sacrilege .. tyagaraja never had any commercial pressures... BTW another aspect of raja's music is the expression of subtle of emotions.... i dare challenge that no one in tamil film music capable of doing that... it was really a era of subtlety with the lyrics of vairamuthu and the music of raaja... when i think of that particular aspect i remember songs from "un kannil neer vazhinthaal" ....

Thyagaraja had terrible financial pressures..But he would not budge under it and sell his talent. He lived as a very simple poor soul till the end.

His samadhi at Thiruvaiyaru stands as simple as the saint..One wouldn't believe that this is the place which is visited by greatest vidwans every year !

eagle,

My intention was not to compare. The basic thing which I am in awe of is the fact that two great composers, in different genres, are accepted both as very spontaneous composers and also the most precise !!! It is like their brain is hard wired for the precision, which never leaves them even in the most spontaneous of times. No offense meant to anyone but compare it with the other music directors of today like Rahman, Harris or Yuvan. All of them work a lot on their compositions, chiseling to get the right sounds, but in many of their compositions I don't find the sort of precision that I find in Illayaraja's compositions. (It is a very difficult point to argue this point because I can't define what I mean by this precision. I can only feel it)

Amitabh's interview in "The Hindu":

http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/04/05/...0550060200.htm

"Do tell briefly about your film that’s been shot in Penang…

The film is “Paa”, as in an endearing form of addressing your father. It stars Abhishek, Vidya Balan and myself. It is being directed by R. Balki who directed me in “Cheeni Kum”, that delightful film two years ago. Balki is a creative genius from the ad world. This is his second film. Our director of photography is from the south too, another genius, PC as he is commonly called, P.C. Sriram and we shall be having music from the great Ilayaraja, also from Chennai. That is all I am authorised to speak about the film at the moment."

thanks,

Krishnan

"இளையராஜாவின் இசை பற்றிக் கருத்துச் சொல்ல, இசை தெரியாவிட்டாலும் ரசனை உள்ளம் வேண்டும்"

http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displ...26&format=html

Shouldn't Sathyan Anthikad's movie audio be out by now? This is the one starring Jayaram and suppose to release for Visu. Any updates?

Sureshs65, the below link says its likely to release on Apr 23. Audio likely to be released this week.

http://malayalam.galatta.com/enterta..._23_23730.html

thanks,

Krishnan