DAGAR BROTHERS
KHANSAHIB NASIR MOINUDDIN DAGAR and
KHANSAHIB NASIR AMINUDDIN DAGAR
RAGA - DARBARI KANADA . ADANA
MRIDANG ACCOMPANIMENT . S.V. PATWARDHAN
Club du Disque Arabe, 1965, EALP . 1291
This is an album originally made in India for HMV/EMI in 1965; le Club du Disque Arabe (or Artistes Arabes Associés) was a French label based in Paris (125 bd Ménilmontant in the 11th arrondissement) founded in 1972 by Mohamed el Habib Hachlef which was part of the label Pathé Marconi. Of course 95% of the catalogue was made of records from North Africa and the Near and Middle East. But they also had some records from India such as this album which has the same cover and reference number as the original HMV. They just replaced the original stamp by theirs on the back cover. This label disapearred in 1997.
Now, these two brothers were considered as the kings of dhrupad style. They sing the raag darbari kanada a night raag ''full of majesty and grandeur'' as the text says. Side A is for the alap and side B starts with a dhamar in the same raag followed by the raag adana; adana is also a night raag close enough to darbari kanada but lighter in spirit and the note ''ga'' is missing in the ascending scale. Those interested in Hindustani music theory should be happy with this site : https://tanarang.com/raag-index/
The mridang played by master V. Patwardhan is also called pakhawaj.
The text is in English.
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