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| 1. Prabhati (based on Raga Gunkali) (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 2. Swara-Kakali (based on Raga Tilang) (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 3. Raga Piloo (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 4. Dhun (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 5. Raga Ananda Bhairava (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 6. Tenderness (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 7. Twilight Mood (1999 Digital Remaster) |
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
There are better Shankar's out there and even the real thing. However I grew up with this one. Well the vinyl version. Something seems different about the CD. I can not quite put my finger on it. It may just be that twenty yeas past.
However I still play this while writing reviews; it helps me to focus. It is like my security blanket or the old Ford pickup. It is there.
There are seven pieces each has its own personality and they do not blend that well. On the other hand it is not monotonous. The two musical structures intertwine and you are part. We hear the structure of western musical disciplines applied to Indian instruments. Shankar and Menuhin were very popular in their time; yet this very recording spans time and we can still get wrapped up and carried away today.
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
I completely disagree-- This CD is amazing
29 Nov 1999
Format:Audio CD
I love this album. My dad made me a tape of this from his vinyl when I was 12 years old, and it completely expanded my musical horizons. I'm 27 now and I still listen to it at least once a month. The interplay between Yehudi & Ravi is breathtaking, the improvisation is top notch, and the technique is astounding. I'm so excited this has been reissued on CD because my dog ate the tape last week, even dogs like this album!
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Like Discovering a New Planet in the Musical Solar System
16 Dec 2004
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I heard this music as a teenager, when it first appeared in the 60s, and it was my entry into Indian and other Far Eastern musics. Only recently, I bought it again in CD format, and began to reminisce. Now it sounds very different to me. Forty years ago, it was the sound of the sitar that captured my mind and heart. I had grown up listening to and playing (on the cello) classical music, and then heard Duke Ellington and Charlie Mingus and turned to jazz. Indian music was a mind-blower! Now I hear Yehudi Menuhin in a different light: the tremendous emotional depth and courage, the bittersweet Jewish pathos and mysticism, the intense psychic electricity that he brings to the duet. And I hear (or at least I imagine hearing) Pandit Ravi Shankar responding with equally intense interest in what Menuhin is saying, with equal musical respect. The result should NOT be judged in terms of Western classical music or Indian classical music (as the late master sitarist Nikhil Banerjee mistakenly did). It is something new -- a meeting of worlds, a meeting of minds, and as such it transcends the traditions these two consummate masters represent.
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
A masterpiece by two masters
19 Feb 2000
Format:Audio CD
To anyone who might be moved by the negative review posted on this site, two words: ignore it. This album, which was thrilling when first released in the late '60's, is still full of surprises and delights. If it consisted of nothing more than the lengthy piece that ended the first side of the vinyl release, it would be a must for any discerning listener's collection. The passion and imagination brought to this collaboration by two geniuses of their respective instruments and musical genres combines in a tour de force of invention and humor. Anyone fortunate enough to have seen them perform live or on televison at the United Nations anniversay concert (the second album in this series contains that music) will want to share the joy Menhuin and Shankar brought listeners and themselves.
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