Classical/semi-classican Compositions That Inspired Film Songs, Companion to the Sangeet Ke Sitarey thread "Famous Songs And Thei Options

[abhayp]

In the Sangeet ke Sitarey forum, Faraaj has started a thread about film songs inspired by earlier songs. In many cases, the inspiration for a song is a classical/semi-classical bandish. This thread is meant for the longer classical and semi-classical pieces; I am starting it here so that classical music fans can also access these pieces easily.

The first piece being uploaded here is a "kajri" that inspired the famous Lata song from "Udan Khatola" - "more sai.nyaa.Njii utare.nge paar ho nadiyaa dhiire baho". It has been sung by many singers; the version being uploaded here is by the great Padmavati Shaligram (Gokhale) of the Jaipur Atrauli gharana. It is taken from a recording of a live concert where she also sang a wonderful Nand. The kajri is 18:16 minutes long and is encoded in mp3 at 128 kbps.



The post talking about the film song can be found at

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...amp;st=15&#

Warm regards,
Abhay

This post has been edited by abhayp: Dec 12 2008, 03:32 AM

[abhayp]

Two marvellous renditions of the canonical Nat Bihag bandish, "jhan jhan jhan jhan paayal baaje", are being uploaded here. The details about the songs inspired by this bandish - and uploads of the inspired songs - can be accessed in post #49 at the following link:

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...amp;st=45&#

The first classical version is a short rendition by 'aaftaab-e-mausiiqii' Faiyaz Khan of the Agra gharana. A 78 rpm recording that has been released subsequently on LP and CD, this rendition is a great illustration of how the essence of a raaga can be demonstrated in just over 3 minutes - 3:01 minutes, to be precise. The version being uploaded here has been encoded in mp3 @ 188 kbps (VBR).



A longer rendition (10:40 minutes) comes from Mallikarjun Mansur - and shows clearly why he is regarded as one of the best singers in the Hindustani tradition. Mansur has recorded this bandish both in drut laya (the version uploaded here) and in madhya-laya (a 21-minute rendition). The former recording is uploaded below, encoded in mp3 @ 128 kbps.



Warm regards,
Abhay

This post has been edited by abhayp: Dec 8 2008, 04:12 PM