Music · Cat’s Cradle · Pandit Arnab Chakrabarty, sarod

Album cover of Cat’s Cradle — Fresh Expressions in Vintage Ragas, by Arnab Chakrabarty, sarod. — Arnab Chakrabarty · sarod2022

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Discography · Released 2022

Cat’s Cradle

Fresh Expressions in Vintage Ragas

Hindustani classical Sarod 2022

Liner notes, in brief. A cat’s cradle is an old figure of string passed from one pair of hands to the next, each making a new pattern from the same loop. The ragas on this record are old; the patterns drawn from them are the point of the exercise.

Cat’s Cradle gives full scope to Chakrabarty’s in-depth understanding and imaginative exploration of each raga complex…

The Whole Note (2022)

Track listing

5 ragas · 65:29

1Raga BhimpalasiAlap, gat in Sitarkhani9:49
2Raga BihagGat in teental, slow16:48
3Raga KamodAlap, gat in rupak12:54
4Raga Shuddh KalyanAlap, gat in teental, medium14:14
5Raga Darbari KanadaAlap, gat in teental, fast11:44

Play buttons give a 20-second preview. Released 4 June 2022 · Full album on Bandcamp

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Performances

Three ragas, each with its gat credited to the composer from whom it descends, and the tabla player of the evening. The videos load from YouTube only when you press play.

Raga Nand नंद

Alap & gat

Gat by Ustad Ilyas Khan of Lucknow · tabla: Shri Ravi Naimpally

Watch on YouTube: Raga Nand

Raga Miyan Ki Malhar मियाँ की मल्हार

Gat

Gat by Ustad Basat Khan (Senia) · tabla: Shri Jasmeet Chana

Watch on YouTube: Raga Miyan Ki Malhar

Raga Jhinjhoti झिंझोटी

Live in London

Gat by Pandit Radhika Mohan Maitra · tabla: Ustad Shahbaz Hussain

Watch on YouTube: Raga Jhinjhoti

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