Tag: India

Suryodaya: “Magnificent Violin and Tabla interplay”

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In Suryodaya, the late Badal Roy made a triumphant return with his signature Indian drums, having played with legends like Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman. This audiophile recording, made in the iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, also features the incomparable Robert Gupta, who demonstrates his mastery of the Nathan Milstein Stradivarius violin from 1716…. Not only is Robert Gupta the youngest member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, but he is also a Senior TED fellow; the executive director of Street Symphony (which brings music to homeless mentally ill people); and the real-life violin teacher of Nathaniel Ayers, whose story was sensitively portrayed in the major motion picture The Soloist. Suryodaya takes us on a journey through time and across continents, from the opening Indian raga for violin in tabla (Raga Jaunpuri), to Medieval Europe with Biber’s famous Passacaglia, and to John Harbison’s Four Songs of Solitude and the Pereira suite Continue Reading →

“The more I listen to this album, the more I enjoy it. It becomes addictive.” Aditya Prakash: Karnatik Roots

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When Bob Attiyeh of Yarlung Records announces a new release, I come running. And I am never disappointed. The artists, the music and the performances are always a treat that I find myself wanting to hear again and again. I don’t know how Bob does this with such consistency over the many years I’ve listened to his recordings. He and his network of music appreciating supporters are just a marvel of artist discovery. And, as good as the performers and music always are in these Yarlung releases, it is the exceptional sound quality of the recordings that brings me back. The sound quality is always at the top of the world. Bob’s commitment to making fully natural acoustic recordings, using the best equipment and a minimal numbers microphones, in venues with beautiful acoustics, like the wonderful Samueli Theater at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa where this music Continue Reading →

“Sangam” nominated for 2022 ALBUM OF THE YEAR!

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NativeDSD nominates “Sangam” as World Music Album of the Year. Many thanks to Paul Livingstone, sitar and Pete Jacobson, cello for this magnificent performance, and to Yarlung executive producer Arian Jansen for making this possible. Sangam… Confluence: Music from Inside the Heart of The Raga available in multiple formats. Check out Taos Mountain Meditations, also from Paul and Pete (thanks to executive producer Lucile Grieder) as well! Yarlung Records