Three Ragas
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Three Ragas is an 1956 LP album
by Hindustani classical music
ian Ravi Shankar
. It was digitally remastered
and released in CD
format by Angel Records
in 2000. Allmusic reviewer Matthew Greenwald praised the performance of the raga
Jog
and argued the album was an "excellent introduction to the medium of Indian music".
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
by Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music is the Hindustani or North Indian style of Indian classical music found throughout the northern Indian subcontinent. The style is sometimes called North Indian Classical Music or Shāstriya Sangeet...
ian Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar , often referred to by the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent...
. It was digitally remastered
Audio mastering
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and released in CD
Compact Disc
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format by Angel Records
Angel Records
Angel Records is a record label belonging to EMI. It was formed in 1953 and specialised in classical music, but included an occasional operetta or Broadway score...
in 2000. Allmusic reviewer Matthew Greenwald praised the performance of the raga
Raga
A raga is one of the melodic modes used in Indian classical music.It is a series of five or more musical notes upon which a melody is made...
Jog
Jog (Raga)
Jog is a Raga in Hindustani classical music belonging to Kafi thaat. It is one of the more popular ragas appearing often in films.-Structure:...
and argued the album was an "excellent introduction to the medium of Indian music".
Track listing
- "Raga JogJog (Raga)Jog is a Raga in Hindustani classical music belonging to Kafi thaat. It is one of the more popular ragas appearing often in films.-Structure:...
" – 28:21 - "Raga Ahir BhairavAhir bhairavAhir Bhairav is a Hindustani classical raga. It is a mixture of Bhairav and the ancient but now rare raga Ahiri or Abhiri, or perhaps a mixture of Bhairav and Kafi.-Arohana and avarohana :ArohanaS r G m P D n S'AvarohanaS' n D P m G r SKey:...
" – 15:36 - "Raga Simhendra MadhyamamSimhendramadhyamamSimhendramadhyamam is a rāgam in Carnatic music . It is the 57th melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Sumadhyuti in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.Raganidhi by P. Subba Rao, Pub...
" – 10:57