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Amjad Ali Khan’s X’Mas treat
Twelve Christmases ago, sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, played a memorable version of “Silent Night” in the Church of North India, New Delhi – an experience that some who were privileged to be there, claim, still brings out the goose
bumps. After all these years, the Ustad finally found the time, recently, to get together with a skilled arranger – Stephen Devassy – and a sensitive instrumental group – the “Southern String Orchestra” – to create, what is without doubt, one of the most unusual, and most Indian Christmas music experiences to be available in recorded form. The album (“Breaking Barriers”: CD Rs 295, Cassette Rs. 65) is out just in time for Christmas. And we get to experience the warm and mellifluous touch that the Ustad’s sarod brings to “Joy to the World”, “Silent Night”, “Jingle Bells”, “We Three Kings” and five other well-loved hymns and carols. The mixing of the solo instrument and the orchestra by Manoj Kumar and Sam Devassy is superb.
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