专辑介绍:
西塔琴大师Ravi Shankar
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对欧美流行歌曲很有影响的印度乐手Ravi Shankar於12月11日在圣地牙哥去世(92岁),Ravi Shankar 1960年代因席塔琴艺在欧美流行歌坛走红,甚至当年二场历史性流行音乐盛会蒙特娄与伍兹塔克音乐节都有他的演出,Ravi Shankar 有二个女儿Anoushka Shankar 与 Norah Jones都在流行音乐圈,其中Norah Jones於2002年获Grammy最佳新人奖,在歌唱与影视界很受欢迎。
◄披头四名曲推手,西塔琴大师Ravi Shankar去世,同时他也是西洋爵士天后诺拉琼丝的父亲。 (图/达志影像/美联社提供)
Ravi Shankar成名与前披头合唱团团员George Harrison很有关係,1965年经由The Byrds合唱团团员David Crosby介绍,George Harrison认识席塔琴大师Ravi Shankar,并且在披头合唱团的电影Help的配乐里开始用西塔琴,后来还在专辑唱片Rober Soul里的Norwegian Wood(This Bird Has Flown)用西塔琴伴奏,才让西方音乐界开始注意到西塔琴与Ravi Shankar。
1968年当披头合唱团还未解散前,George Harrison 还出了一张个人的专辑唱片Wonderful Music,这张以演奏为主的专辑融合印度与西洋音乐,在吉它大行其道的1960年代后期让歌迷们耳目一新 。
Norwegian Woo d(This Bird Has Flown)在1966年录制后并未推出单曲,但於滚石杂誌500大歌曲榜获得第83名,是一首在摇滚乐历史中很重要的歌。
Audio CD (March 21, 2005)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import
Label: Dg Imports
ASIN: B000009M12
By S. TSALAVOUTAS
Format:Audio CD
As Ravi Shankar explains in the notes to this cd all music in the East, despite other differences, is based on similar structures. This fact gives him the oportunity to explore a merging of the music of India with that of Japan. So here Ravi Shankar uses ancient indian ragas (system of melody forms which form the structure of Indian music) which use five notes and are similar to the modes used in Japanese music to execute his experiment. Of the six pieces contained in the cd five are permormed with the use of both Indian (sitar, tanpura, tabla) and Japanese instruments (the stringed koto and the shakuchachi flute). Of these, four are based on Indian ragas as mentioned above specifically composed to accomodate the use of Japanese instruments and make for very pleasing and meditative listening. The other piece which is called "Improvisations on the theme of Rokudan" is a 17th century Japanese composition for koto and here it is performed with the addition of Indian instruments. Whereas all the pieces on this record including the sixth which is a straight Indian raga are mesmerizingly beautiful, "Rokudan" is the showcase. There is an ascending structure to this piece which concludes with a magnificent crescendo that Shankar himself composed. Overall the music on this cd seems to have a stucture as opposed to other recordings of Indian music I have listened to which feel more free-form that makes it more easily comprehended the way western music is. So from India we travel east to meet Japan and further east to meet the West?
Label:Deutsche Grammophon – 449 599-2
Format:CD, Compilation
Country:Germany
Released:1996
Genre:Folk, World, & Country
Style:Indian Classical, Hindustani
Companies etc
Made By – PMDC, Germany
Notes
℗ 1978 Track 1 to 5
℗ 1981 Track 6
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Ravi Shankar, (IPA: [ˈrɔbi ˈʃɔŋkɔr]; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012), his name often preceded by the title Pandit, was an Indian musician who was one of the best-known exponents of the sitar in the second half of the 20th century as well as a composer of Hindustani classical music.
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The sitar English pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɑr/ is a plucked stringed instrument used mainly in Hindustani music and Indian classical music. The instrument descended from a similar but simpler Persian instrument called the Setar (meaning "three strings") and its predecessor the Dutar (meaning "two strings"). The sitar flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries and arrived at its present form in 18th century India. It derives its distinctive timbre and resonance from sympathetic strings, bridge design, a long hollow neck and a gourd resonating chamber.
专辑曲目:
1. Padhasapa 8:40
2. Kaharwa 4:59
3. Improvisation On The Theme Of "Rokudan" 10:46
4. Namah Shivaya 7:59
5. Tribute To Nippon 13:20
6. Homage To Baba Allauddin (Raga Hemant) 23:35
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