Hindustani Instrumental

Hindustani Instrumental

Rich in soul...contemporary expression of an ancient art. Each of these full length ragas will begin by taking you right down to your most basic form and then build you back up again as they conclude with their thrilling crescendos.

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Hindustani Instrumental
  • Pandit Kushal Das | Director's Cut

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2021 on 24th October at the Barbican Centre, London.

    Musician:
    - Pandit Kushal Das (sitar)

    Raag Parmeshwari; Samay: Late Morning

    Pandit Kushal Das, a master of sitar and surbahar, follows in the footsteps of Pandit Nikhil Banerjee's Maihar tradition. Despite growing...

  • Ken Zuckerman | Raag Chandranandan

    Ken Zuckerman performs Raga Chandranandan at the Darbar Festival 2021. Recorded on 21st October at the Barbican Centre, London.

    Musicians:
    - Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
    - Surdarshan Singh (tabla)

    Raag Chandranandan; Thaat: Khamaj; Samay: Night

  • Ken Zuckerman | Raag Gorakh Kalyan

    Recorded on 21st October at the Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican Centre, London.

    Musicians:
    - Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
    - Surdarshan Singh (tabla)

    Raag Gorakh Kalyan; Thaat: Khamaj; Samay: Night

    Ken Zuckerman performs Raga Gorakh Kalyan at the Darbar Festival 2021.

  • Ken Zuckerman | Raag Kausi Kanada

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2021, on 21st October at the Barbican Centre, London.

    Musicians:
    - Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
    - Surdarshan Singh (tabla)

  • Ken Zuckerman | Raag Sindhu Bhairavi

    Recorded at the Darbar Festival 2021 on 21st October, at the Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican Centre, London.

    Musicians:
    - Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
    - Surdarshan Singh (tabla)

    Raag Sindhu Bhairavi; Thaat: Asavari; Samay: Morning

  • Pravin Godkhindi | Director's Cut

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2017 on 9th November at Sadler's Wells, Islington, London.

    Musicians:
    - Pravin Godkhindi (bansuri)
    - Supreet Deshpande (tabla)

    Music Pieces:
    - Raag Maru Bihag, Thaat: Kalyan, Samay: late evening
    - Raag Jog, Thaat: Kafi, Samay: late evening
    - Dhun in Mishra Pahadi

    In...

  • Debasmita Battacharya | Director's Cut

    Raag Jhinjhoti Thaat Khamaj, Samay Night
    Raag Mishra Bhairavi, Thaat Bhairavi, Samay Morning

    Musicians:
    - Debasmita Bhattacharya (sarod)
    - Gurdain Rayatt (tabla)

    Raag Jhinjhoti exudes a folksy charm. It expands best in the lower and middle octaves with happy, vibrant strides. Debasmita Bhatta...

  • Pandit Shivkumar Sharma | Dhun in Pahadi

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2015, on 20th September, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London.

    Musicians:
    - Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (santoor)
    - Satyajit Talwalkar (tabla)

    Dhun in Raag Pahadi, Thaat: Bilawal, Samay: Evening

    The northern-most state of Jammu which is the native regio...

  • Pandit Shivkumar Sharma | Puriya Kalyan

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2015, on 20th September at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London.

    Musicians:
    - Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (santoor)
    - Satyajit Talwalkar (tabla)
    - Takahiro Arai (tanpura)

    Raags:
    - Raag Puriya Kalyan; Thaat: Marwa, Samay: Late Afternoon
    - Raag Puriyan Dhanas...

  • Pandit Shivkumar Sharma | Mishra Kaushik Dhwani

    Raag Kaushik Dhwani was previously known as Bhinna Shadaj. ‘Bhinna’ means differentiated and ‘Shadaj’ means the first note or Sa. Pandit Shivkumar Sharma performs a lighter piece based on this raga. He bases the main melodic lines on Kaushik Dhwani and introduces an element of surprise in almost ...

  • Ronu Majumdar | Raag Bhoopkali

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2006, on 5th March, at the Peepul Centre, Leicester.

    Musicians:
    - Pandit Ronu Majumdar (bamboo flute)
    - Subhankar Banerjee (tabla)
    - Gunwant Dhadyalla (tanpura)

    Alaap and jod in Raag Bhoopkali, Thaat: Kalyan; Samay: Evening

    Raag Bhoopkali is also known as Bhoopeshw...

  • Pandit Ronu Majumdar | Raag Shudh Sarang

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2006, on 5th March, at the Peepul Centre, Leicester.

    Musicians
    - Pandit Ronu Majumdar (bamboo flute)
    - Subhankar Banerjee (tabla)
    - Gunwant Dhadyalla (tanpura)

    Raag Shudh Sarang; Thaat: Kalyan; Samay: Late Morning

    Raag Shudh Sarang is a derivative of the ‘Sarang’ f...

  • Pandit Kushal Das | Raag Jaunpuri

    Pandit Kushal Das' performance of raag Jaunpuri from the Darbar Festival 2021

  • Budhaditya Mukherjee | Raag Hameer

    Recorded live at the Bawali Rajbari, Kolkata

    Musicians:
    - Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee (sitar)
    - Soumen Nandy (tabla)

    Raag Hameer, Thaat: Kalyan, Samay: early evening

    Shot in an opulent heritage palace in Bawali located about 35 kilometres outside the periphery of Kolkata, this video seeks t...

  • Shahid Parvez | Miyan Ki Todi

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, at 15th April, at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester.

    Musicians:
    - Ustad Shahid Parvez (sitar)
    - Pandit Yogesh Samsi (tabla)
    - Debipriya Das (tanpura)

    Raag Miyan Ki Todi, Thaat: Todi, Samay: Morning

    Parvez begins with a serene alap of this morning raga, delineatin...

  • Harjinderpal Matharu | Bhoopal Todi

    Recorded live at the Phoenix Hall, Leicester, UK at Darbar Festival on 13th April 2007.

    Musicians:
    - Harjinderpal Singh (Santoor)
    - Shahbaz Hussain (Tabla)
    - Ranjana Ghatak (Tanpura)

    Music Pieces:
    - Raag Bhoopal Todi, Thaat: Bhairavi, Samay: Morning
    - Alaap, jor, jhalla and gat in rupak taal (7...

  • Abhisek Lahiri | Chhayanat

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2015, on 18th September, at the Purcell Room of London's Southbank Centre.

    Musicians:
    - Abhisek Lahiri (sarod)
    - Sukhvinder Singh (tabla)
    - Priya Parkash (tanpura)

    Raag Chayanat, Thaat: Kalyan, Samay: Night

    Abhisek Lahiri concludes his performance at the Darbar Fest...

  • Roopa Panesar | Raag Puriya

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2011, on 24th April, at King's Place, London.

    Musicians:
    - Roopa Panesar (sitar)
    - Sukhvinder Singh (tabla)
    - Gunwant Kaur (tanpura)

    Raag Puriya; Thaat: Marwa; Samay: Night

    Panesar plays Raag Puriya, an evening melody belonging to the parent scale Marwa. This is ...

  • Ustad Shahid Parvez | Bhairavi

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 15th April, at the Phoenix Theatre Leicester.

    Musicians:
    - Ustad Shahid Parvez (sitar)
    - Pandit Yogesh Samsi (tabla)
    - Debipriya Das (tanpura)

    Raag Bhairavi; Thaat: Bhairavi; Samay: Morning

    Parvez’s portrayal of Bhairavi is deeply profound; In this piece fr...

  • Alam Khan | Bhimpalasi

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2011, on 22nd April, at King's Place, London.

    Musicians:
    - Alam Khan (sarod)
    - Anubrata Chatterjee (tabla)
    - Debipriya Das (tanpura)

    Raag Bhimpalasi; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Afternoon

    Alam Khan’s portrayal of Raag Bhimpalasi takes an unassuming quality with the seren...

  • Debasmita Bhattacharya | Raag Jog

    Recorded at Ravenna Festival, on 22nd June 2017, at Chiostri Francescani, Ravenna, Italy.

    Musicians:
    - Debasmita Bhattacharya (sarod)
    - Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)
    - Ghatam Udupa (ghatam)

    Raag Jog, Thaat: Khamaj, Samay: Night

    In an impromptu sitting in Italy, Debasmita Bhattacharya pla...

  • Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan | Raag Yaman

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2018, on 28th October, at the Barbican Theatre, London.

    Musicians:
    - Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan (sitar)
    - Ojas Adhiya (tabla)

    Raag Yaman; Thaat: Kalyan; Samay: Evening

    Watch the unparalleled sitar of Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan as he performs Raag Yaman at the 2018 Darba...

  • Purbayan Chatterjee | Darbari Kanada

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2011, on 23rd April, at King's Place, London.

    Musicians:
    - Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar)
    - Anubrata Chatterjee (tabla)
    - Debipriya Das (tanpura)

    Raag Darbari Kanada, Thaat: Asavari, Samay: Midnight

    This is the second piece from Purbayan Chatterjee’s performance at the...

  • Purbayan Chatterjee | Maru Bihag

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2011, on 23rd April at King's Place, London.

    Musicians:
    - Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar)
    - Anubrata Chatterjee (tabla)
    - Debipriya Das (tanpura)

    Raag Maru Bihag; Thaat: Kalyan; Samay: Night

    Purbayan Chatterjee plays the much loved, Raag Maru Bihag as the opening melody...