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Graceful and melodic
RAJESWARI SATISH, a U.S.-based pleasant voiced vocalist, has recorded a
compact disc with Radhika Mani on the violin, Dr. Balachandran on the
mridangam and Murali Balachandran on the ghatam.
An invocatory song in Malayalam on Lord Ganesha composed by one of the gurus of the artiste, C. S. Krishna Iyer in Gambheera Nattai and the kalpana swaras in the Pallavi have a vibrant bearing. Dikshitar's Nattakuranji kriti ``Parvati Kumaran'' with its jati and sahitya structure is pleasing, while the detailed Pantuvarali alapana is a convincing effort in terms of a graceful flow and melodic prayogas.
The violinist responds with a concise, compact essay. ``Sankari ninne'' of Mysore Vasudevachar, with the inimitable touch of T. M. Tyagarajan, the niraval and solfa sequences for``Pankajakshi needhu mahima" are precise and pertinent.
Brief expansions of Gowrimanohari by the singer and the violinist and Tyagaraja's ``Gurulekha'' extolling the glory of the preceptor, have commendable musical effluence.
The methodical rung-by-rung build up of the Saveri dissertation, dotted with Karvais and prayogas in various kalapramanams encompassing the different octaves, soothes listening sensibilities.
Swati Tirunal's``Anjaneya'' is rendered with poise in keeping with its kalapramanam and is embellished with competent kalpana swaras and a well-organised korvai in two speeds.
The tani avartanam between the mridangist and the ghatam player nourished with impromptu accurate rhythmic patterns is punctilious.
The eleven-raga composition of Tharangampadi Panchanathayya ``Aarabhimanam'' and a Purandaradasa song in winsome Bageshree are the concluding numbers in the album._S. P.
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