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Tanav 2 –CD
Times Music
Rs. 295
Tanav 2 album is also another one launched under the Music Therapy series of Times Music for peace and “frees your mind from all the knots and stress that bind the free spirit of mankind,” says the accompanying literature.
Positive energy flows from musical compositions by musician Ronu Majumdar and this time the addition of tabla is in itself an energising feature that boosts the aural pleasure. Dr. Abhijeet Banerjee’s pulsating beats for Ronu’s soft handling of raags on the flute transports one to a calm world, the album meant for a journey like that.
Two prominent raags in Hindustani music — Kalavati and Ahir Bhairav — forms the background for the recording, edited by Vivek Prakash, and created by Narayan Agrawal. Serenity flags off the anti-stress series here with an alaap in Kalavati followed by a rendering that takes the tabla along, even as At Ease flows with ease on the reed with various phrases where the scale speaks for itself for its composed trait.
Listen to your heart is clothed in raag Ahir Bhairav, a definite de-stresser. Kalavati is a raag used in music therapy for relieving insomnia and Ahir Bhairav, a morning raag, has subdued swars that act on your nerves, say music therapists, as the Komal Re and Komal Ni are the pitch points that help do the trick.
Nidra 2 - CD
Times Music
Rs. 295
This Nidra album is the second one launched under the Music Therapy series of Times Music for inspiring deep sleep for both harried nerves and the tired soul that looks to retire for a serene snooze. Aiding the process is the album - conceived, creat
ed and produced by Narayan Agrawal with the strains of the soft flute by flautist Raghunath Seth with music arrangement by Vivek Prakash.
Legend has it that when Lord Krishna played on the bamboo reed, not just the locals of the countryside but even the cows and calves of the pastoral setting gathered around him to enjoy the serene melody. The sound of the flute is supposed to bring in the calmness and this is the reason movies have water-associated picturisations going well with the strains of the flute. In fact, be it a portrayal of pathos, ecstasy or plain tranquillity, flute comes in handy because of its characteristic therapeutic features.
Nidra 2 captures the calming properties of Indian Classical music with raag Shivaranjani, where Raghunath Seth’s rendering helps us transcend the journey from ‘anxious wakefulness to peaceful sleep’ as the quiet atmosphere would be engulfed with the yielding reed that sounds composed and unruffled.
Shivaranjani originates from the Kafi thaat which is used to compose tunes to please Lord Shiva. So, the album inundates itself with Shivaranjani and at vantage points has a chorus of female voices helping create a positive process for rewinding.
RANJANI GOVIND
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