Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar: Raga Yaman
Rudra Veena / Seattle / 15 March 1986
w/ Manik Munde (pakhawaj)
Ideologic Organ (Editions Mego) SOMA 029

Contents:

    Raga Yaman
  1. Alap
  2. Jod
  3. Jhala
  4. Gat in chautal

Playing time: 65'

Recording date: 1986; released: 2018

Tanpuras: Annie Penta & Gayathri Rajapur Kassebaum

This interpretation of Yaman differs considerably in mood & various details of articulation from the Nimbus classic, but especially in that it includes a composition in chautal with pakhawaj accompaniment. (The latter was also true of Dagar's French Great Master album.)

The combination of power & grace here can be quite astounding, in music generally low & slow.... (The sound of this recording is generally more distant than on its companion release.) This is an almost regal recital, the public climax to Dagar's time in Seattle.

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