A Morning Raga/An Evening Raga

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Customer reviews

review by: Marvolo Jones date: 2006-06-14 rating:
Last reviewer doesn't know what he is talking about
If you are listening to this album, the rhythm is not simple at all. As a matter of fact, most people will have a difficult time finding a steady rhythm at all if they are not familiar with Eastern music. There are no time signatures, it's a rhythmic cycle. So if you go in listening for a 4/4 or a more complex, like a 7/4, you are going to find it difficult to count, especially once the Tal comes back around to Sam, and they start to subdivide the beats within the rhythm. No idea what I'm talking about? Then don't buy the record. Unless you want a really cool challenging piece to listen to or like the last reviewer said, just to chill to.

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review by: date: 2006-05-12 rating:
A favourite
Of all the Ravi recordings I have, this is certainly one of my favourites, if not the favourite. The music here is mellower than a lot of sitar pieces. I know that the frantic sound of much sitar/tabla music can turn some people off, but there is less speed and more atmosphere in the two pieces featured here. When the music does get faster, it is eased into very well.

If you are a fan, you will not be disappointed. If you are considering buying your first Ravi Shankar CD, or sitar/traditional Indian music CD, I believe this is a great item to start with.

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review by: Grigory's Girl date: 2006-01-28 rating:
The greatest ragas I've heard so far....
This is my favorite Ravi album (I have the albums In San Francisco, In London, and In New York). The Evening Raga is the greatest raga I've ever heard. 24 minutes of blinding intensity. I saw Ravi a few years back in Chicago and he was fantastic. He played with more energy and precision than rock stars 1/4 of his age (he was 80 at the time!). Sitar music requires a degree of seriousness on the part of the listener, and too often it's dismissed as something left over from the hippie 1960's. Everytime you see a 1960's flashback on a sitcom (The Simpsons is especially guilty of this), the background music is almost exclusively sitar music. Sitar music existed long before the 1960's, and it can be loved and appreciated without any drug influence. Long live Ravi! Let him live another 80 years...

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review by: karenkellock date: 2005-07-09 rating:
He's still the best.
I love all the Indian sitarists but Ravi Shankar is still the best and I have all his albums, I especially like "sound of sitar" and "three ragas". Others sitarists I love are Ali Akbar Khan, Nikhil Banerjee, Jan Garbarek, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Irshad Kahn, Rash Bilashkhani Todi, Ustad Vilayat Khan. I must admit I don't like the frenetic--I prefer slower and more contemplative like "Magic of Twilight" by Irshad Kahn or "Magic of the Indian Sitar" by Rash Todi, or "Garden of Dreams" and "Journey" by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Slow, melodious evokes thought but when things get loud and cacaphonous it's a little hard to take for the "MEDITATION" section. It's all a matter of personal preference and shouldn't start an international scandal just because more introverted folk prefer the slow and subtle.


review by: music dealer/geek date: 2005-01-14 rating:
This ain't no yoga class!
...and anyone who would attempt to use this kind of music for yoga or meditation is, IMNSHO, a pure fool. This music is to be enjoyed for its own sake. It is not chaotic or noisy--on the contrary, raga is beautifully ordered and melodious music, and MUST BE HEARD!!! And like Raviji himself, I will not accept those who insist upon using this music as a backdrop for their drug experiences, either. Personally, I feel that if you require chemical stimulation to enjoy the music, then you've a tin ear and no right to own any of Shankar's albums.

No, this is simply beautiful, timeless music which is best enjoyed when one is quite sober and of a mind to listen and hear. It must be at the forefront of your consciousness and allowed to transport your spirit by its very nature.

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