Ustad Imrat Khan (17 November 1935 – 22 November 2018) passed away - May he rest in Peace - In his memory some broadcasts from WDR, Cologne

The Ustad passed away on the 22th of november in the US. I was very fond of his Surbahar Alaps. May he rest in Peace.

Over the years we had posted 7 LPs by him. Here we present in his memory some broadcasts by WDR in Cologne, from concerts in their concert hall in 1986 and 1996.

On the artist see:

https://www.thewire.in/culture/sitar-and-surbahar-maestro-imrat-khan-dies-in-the-us-at-age-83

https://paperdabba.com/2018/11/23/classical-musician-ustad-imrat-khan-passes-away-at-83/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imrat_Khan

http://s128739886.online.de/gestern-starb-imrat-khan-unvergesslich-sein-surbahar-spiel/

http://imratkhan.com/

http://www.imratkhan.com/heritage_p2.html

http://blog.hehl-rhoen.de/imrat-khan/

http://ramprapanna.blogspot.com/2014/10/dt-joshis-unfinished-memoirs.html

https://www.discogs.com/artist/1044192-Imrat-Khan

Konzert 3.5.86 im Funkhaus Köln

Broadcast 7.6.86 on WDR3

Imrat Khan (Sitar) & Vajahat Khan (Sarod) - Jhinjhoti

(this is the Gat of the performance. The Alap was broadcast earlier. Unfortunately I don't have it.)

Jhinjhoti - flac

Jhinjhoti - mp3

Konzert im Funkhaus Köln am 18.10.96, 

Broadcasts on WDR3 & WDR5

1. Imrat Khan (Sitar) & Shafatullah Khan (Tabla) - Yamani Bilaval und Durga

Yamani Bilaval und Durga - flac

Yamani Bilaval und Durga - mp3

2. Imrat Khan (Sitar) & Shafatullah Khan (Tabla) - Bageshri, Durga, Pilu

(The Durga is the same as in the first broadcast. The Pilu is incomplete.)

Bageshri, Durga, Pilu - flac

Bageshri, Durga, Pilu - mp3

We received these recordings a while ago from our friend KF. Many thanks to him for his immense generosity.

Nicht einmal Gott steht höher als der Klang - Dhrupadas aus Darbhanga - Recordings from the Dhrupad-Mela Vrindaban 1982 - WDR broadcast from 1982

Abhay Narayan Mallik, accompanied by Ramkumar & Premkumar Mallik 

during their concert on 26th of march 1982 in Vrindaban

Here we present a broadcast by Peter Pannke with recordings of Dhrupad singers of the Darbhanga Gharana, recorded at the Dhrupad Festival in Vrindaban, India, in march 1982. The announcements by Peter Pannke are in German. Some of these recordings were later published in their complete versions on several CDs. A neighbour recorded it for me back then from the radio on the two sides of a 90 minutes cassette. Here the details:

Side 1:

1. Mangalacarana by Siya Ram Tewari (1:30)

2. Announcement by Peter Pannke (5:07)

 3. Siya Ram Tewari - End of Alap (5:02)

4. Announcement by Peter Pannke (3:08)

5. Siya Ram Tewari - Raga Jaijaiwanti - Dhamar (19:10)

6. Announcement by Peter Pannke (7:26)

7. Ram Chatur Mallick - Raga Sindura - Dhamar (4:56)

Side 2:

 1. Ram Chatur Mallick - Raga Sindura - Dhamar, continued (6:50)

2. Announcement by Peter Pannke (1:13)

3. Abhay Narayan Mallik - Sadav Vasant - Dhamar (11:10)

4. Announcement by Peter Pannke (2:01)

5. Ramji Upadhyaya - Pakhawaj - Parants (1:12)

6. Announcement by Peter Pannke (1:52)

7. Bidur Mallik - Raga Jay Jayvanti - Dhamar (11:47)

8. Announcement by Peter Pannke (0:56)

9. Ramkumar & Premkumar Mallik - Raga Bhup Kalyan - End of Alap (4:56)

10. Announcement by Peter Pannke (0:22)

11. Ramkumar & Premkumar Mallik - Raga Bhup Kalyan - Sul Tala (2:26)

12. Abspann (0:15)

Side 1 - flac
Side 2 - flac

Side 1 - mp3
Side 2 - mp3

Ibrahim al-Haggar (1922 - 2000) & Takht Ensemble - Classical Arab Music from Cairo, Egypt - WDR 1972

Here we present - as promised in our post on Salah Abd al-Hayy - broadcasts by Ibrahim al-Haggar, the great Maqam singer from Egypt. The recordings are from a concert that took place in the framework of a Unesco Festival in Cologne (and also Berlin), probably in 1972. The concert was never broadcast as a whole, but parts of it were broadcast by WDR between 1972 and 1975.

We received these recordings recently from our friend KF. Many thanks to him. He also send us notes on the pieces he had written down back then. See here the corresponding pages as a pdf file.

In the same year a wonderful LP by the same singer and his ensemble was published in the Unesco Collection "Musical Sources" under the title: "Taqasim and Layali - Cairo Tradition". The LP contained only one vocal track, all the others were instrumental pieces. The LP was later rereleased as a CD by the French label Auvidis in their Unesco collection. Now it is available as a download in mp3 and flac formats here. The booklet can be downloaded for free here.

'Ud player Gomaa Muhammad Ali

flac

mp3

Maqam-Al-Iraqi - Three concerts in Bonn, Cologne and Baghdad broadcast in 1977, 1978 & 1979 by WDR, Cologne, Germany

Here our second post in our series of recordings of the Maqam music of Iraq. Here we have longer Maqam suites which give a much better impression of this great musical tradition.

Many thanks to our friend KF who recorded these broadcasts, made a double CD out of them and created the covers. Many thanks for sharing them generously.

CD 1 - wave + Scans

CD 2 - wave

CD 1 - mp3 + Scans

CD 2 - mp3

Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) - Two concerts at WDR, Cologne, Germany in 1985 & 1991

CD 1 & Scans - wave

CD 2 - wave

CD 1 & Scans - mp3

CD 2 - mp3

Many thanks to KF for the recordings and covers.

Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986) at WDR, Cologne, Germany - Broadcasts recorded 1971, 1975 and 1984 - CD 5

Finally we received a complete version of the 5th CD of this set of 5 CDs and posted it. It contains commentaries on Indian music given by Nikhil Banerjee after his studio recording of Raga Desh (see CD 3) (studio recording by WDR on 10.11.1984. Moderator: Jan Reichow).

See here the whole set including the 5th CD.

Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986) at WDR, Cologne, Germany - Broadcasts recorded 1971, 1975 and 1984

CD 1:

Raga Bageshri (27.11.1971)

This recording was published by Chhanda Dhara on CD:
Nikhil Banerjee - Alltime Classics - CD 1 (SNCD 701/02)
(now no longer available)

Download CD 1 & Scans - wave
Download CD 1 & Scans - mp3

CD 2:

Raga Pilu (17.8.1975)

Download CD 2 - wave
Download CD 2 - mp3

CD 3:

Raga Desh (studio recording by WDR on 10.11.1984)

Download CD 3 - wave
Download CD 3 - mp3

CD 4:

Raga Mishra Khamaj

Ragas Pilu & Suha Sugharai (10.11.1984)

Download CD 4 - wave
Download CD 4 - mp3

CD 5:

Commentaries on Indian music given by Nikhil Banerjee
after the studio recording of Raga Desh (see CD 3)

(studio recording by WDR on 10.11.1984. Moderator: Jan Reichow)

Download CD 5 - wave
Download CD 5 - mp3

Many thanks to KF for the recordings and the covers.

Vilayat Khan (1928-2004) - Sitar - Concert at WDR Nachtmusik in Cologne, Germany, on Oct. 3, 1981

Download CD 1 - mp3

Download CD 1 - wave

Download CD 2 - mp3

Download CD 2 - wave

Many thanks to KF for the recordings and the covers.