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]

The series continues with the famous Bhairavi thumri, "lagat karejawaa me.n choT." A 78 rpm recording by Jaddan Bai (very reminiscent of Rasoolan Bai) and the film adaptation sung by Manna De can be found in post # 65 at

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...id=561390&#

There are many renditions of this thumri. I am uploading here two that I like a lot, although they are both by khayaaliyaa-s (who typically don't make very good thumri singers!). The first is a 78 rpm recording by Sawai Gandharva (3:17 minutes, mp3 @ 160 kbps):



The last piece is a longer, leisurely rendition by Sawai Gandharva's 'paTTa-shishya', Bhimsen Joshi. His thumri-s don't always work very well, coming off quite often as modified khayals instead. Two recordings show conclusively that, if he puts his mind to it, he can sing a thumri as well as any semi-classical specialist: this recording (most probably from the late 1980s) and his virtuoso 1951 rendition of "ras ke bhare tore nain", released by Music Today a few years ago. Here, then, is his version of "lagat karejawaa me.n choT" (11:55 minutes, mp3 @ 96 kbps):



Warm regards,
Abhay

[Kaansen]

Great choice Abhayji. And very apt comments too.

One of the best threads I have come across.

Cheers,

Kaansen

[abhayp]

Great choice Abhayji. And very apt comments too.

One of the best threads I have come across.

Cheers,

Kaansen

Thanks, Kaansen! I am enjoying myself thoroughly; I hope those who read these posts and listen to the uploads share that sense of enjoyment.

A request: no 'ji', please!

Warm regards,
Abhay

This post has been edited by abhayp: Jan 2 2009, 09:43 PM

[Kaansen]

Abhay,

Eagerly awaiting some more gems from you.

Kaansen

Thanks, Kaansen! I am enjoying myself thoroughly; I hope those who read these posts and listen to the uploads share that sense of enjoyment.

A request: no 'ji', please!

Warm regards,
Abhay