BHIMSEN JOSHI
ragas yaman-kalyan - multani
EMI - The Gramophone Company of India Limited, 1967, EALP-1321
This is Joshi's fifth album (in mono) recorded for EMI-India. One of the greatest vocalists in the Hindustani classical music he died in January 2011 at the age of 88. Some of his recordings have been re-issued on CDs but I don't think it is the case for this one unless as part of a compilation.
He sings two poems on side A : Ay piya bin kaise taroge (bilampat-japtal) and Eeri ali piya bin (drut-teental). On side B : Gokul gaamka chhora (bilampat-ektal) and Kangan mundariya mori (drut-teental).
Accompaniment by Eknath Thakurdas on harmonium (very discreet) and Chandrakant Kamat on tabla.
In spite of a relatively poor sound quality it is easy to be taken by the Pandit's excellent rendition especially the way he mastered the taans sections.
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