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Rare Recording! Pt. V. Balsara, Pt. Chandra Nath Shastri - Piano Tabla Concert, Calcutta 1987
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KristenPop
May 14, 2013, 12:05:50 PM5/14/13
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Here I'm giving you link of a recording I found of Piano Legend V Balsara...
Rare cassette recording of Classical (Raaga Based) Piano by Pt. V. Balsara and Tabla accompanied by Pt. Chandra Nath Shastri. Recorded in Calcutta in 1987 Concert.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNmuSx5uOGg
Ahir Bhairav (my pen name)
May 14, 2013, 8:57:41 PM5/14/13
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Abhik Majumdar
May 15, 2013, 4:44:18 AM5/15/13
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> Rare cassette recording of Classical (Raaga Based) Piano by Pt. V. Balsara and Tabla accompanied by Pt. Chandra Nath Shastri. Recorded in Calcutta in 1987 Concert.
This is the first time I heard Balsara on the piano, and I confess my
reactions are mixed. On the one hand, the maestro's virtuosity is
manifest. However, it also highlights the limitations of the
instrument in sustaining any meaningful Raga expansion. Its inability
to produce meends is well known. This track showcases another
shortcoming, viz. intonation. Equal tuning just does not work here,
particularly with a Raga like Madhuvanti where many swaras are
designed to vary microtonally from pitches dictated by standard tuning
models. This creates a feeling of 'besurapan', which only intensifies
as the track progresses. I'd rate the piano as less ICM-tolerant than
the santoor even, where one can at least tune individual strings
before a rendition to approximate appropriate shrutis. I use
'approximate' advisedly here. Shrutis are characteristically
derivative of the way a note is intoned (swar-lagaav), in which
respect the santoor is similarly um, constricted.
Abhik
Prasanna
May 15, 2013, 8:17:39 AM5/15/13
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On May 15, 5:44 pm, Abhik Majumdar <abhik....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Equal tuning just does not work here,
> particularly with a Raga like Madhuvanti where many swaras are
> designed to vary microtonally from pitches dictated by standard tuning
> models.
You'll need one of these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Cq3pbcMkI
> Equal tuning just does not work here,
> particularly with a Raga like Madhuvanti where many swaras are
> designed to vary microtonally from pitches dictated by standard tuning
> models.
ChristianAMR
Mar 28, 2023, 2:08:08 PM3/28/23
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This fluid piano has also been played by Utsav Lal .
This fluid piano has also been played by Utsav Lal .
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