Raag Durga by Pandit Nikhil Banerjee
Raga Rang
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@ranjankumarghosal6758 6 years ago
This video contains the story of a devotee and his goddess, isolated in an asthami evening of Kolkata crowd, oblivious of the surroundings.No flamboyance, no surprise, devi and her mantras in a sitar. Unique, one of a kind, unsurpassable.
@jyotisampat3246 7 years ago
Sudha sitar mastro, no frills,no show baji, imagine 60's and 70's . nikhlji bloomed like lotus.
@GraceComet3417 4 years ago
“A GRACE of The Infinite☝🏻 - To Have Heard Such a Wondrous Master of Sound…
This is Musical PRANA…”
This is Musical PRANA…”
@gautamsen6423 1 year ago
Raga Durga is an offering for worshipping Goddess Durga which is performed at the time of Arati as per Rituals of Scripture . Hence it is entirely a different from those of the appeals chracteristically found in other Ragas of North Indian Classical Music. It requires absolute concentration of a listener to follow the rendition by an Artiste of the standard of Sri Nikhil Banerjee. It is not so easy to bring the real mood inherent in the Raga while it is sung or played .
@krishnachoudhury8751 3 years ago
Nikhil Babu was always OUTSTANDING AND WILL REMAIN IN OUR MEMORY EVERMORE..
@sankarchakraborty324 6 years ago
Haven't heard sweeter stroke, clearer jor and jhala and heard heavenly alap.
@rahulbalan9108 4 years ago (edited)
Truely meditative
This raaga is actually fascinating me as Rasika. I have had a wonderful experience with raga when I go through the banks of a famous river,Nila by a passenger train at sun set. truely an experience which cannot explain by words.I was literally searching for maiden( nature)at the banks of river as famous poet P has did in his poems.This raaga and that particular mood experience are inseparable.
This raaga is actually fascinating me as Rasika. I have had a wonderful experience with raga when I go through the banks of a famous river,Nila by a passenger train at sun set. truely an experience which cannot explain by words.I was literally searching for maiden( nature)at the banks of river as famous poet P has did in his poems.This raaga and that particular mood experience are inseparable.
@CulturalCrusader 7 years ago
Discussants try to conclude (positive or negative) by linking two largely unrelated aspects – 1) Nikhil Banerjee as a sitarist and 2) This particular performance.
1) Whosoever passed negative remarks about his fast gats or taankari, please listen to his Bilaskhani Todi in Baroda, Bageshree in Cologne, Pilu in Stockholme, recordings of Desh, Gaud Sarang, Hamsadwani, Miya Ki Todi, Bhairavi, Malkauns, Maru Behag, Kafi, Yaman, MIya ki Malhar, Megh, Sohini ... I can really keep on and on... I find him the most complete and accomplished sitarist of all time to put my money on, as Vilayat was extremely temperamental and Ravi Shankar in the middle-late years resorted to too much of gimmick! However, it is still unfair and even stupid to compare these artistes against each other as all of them are super geniuses, we are still to find any match for them. I have almost all recordings of Nikhil Banerjee that are available in the public domain now (thanks to youtube!!!) and I am at awe how perfectly he blended gayaki (training with Amir Khan) and Baaz (Baba Alauddin - Maihar gharana). His music is superlative, meditative with deepest purity, clarity and character.
2) About this particular performance, it is probably not one of his best or close to his best, despite still being stellar and extremely deep. Every artiste can and will have a relatively bad day sometime so it is unwise to comment on the ability and evaluation of a lifetime's repertoire / achievements on the basis of just one performance!
1) Whosoever passed negative remarks about his fast gats or taankari, please listen to his Bilaskhani Todi in Baroda, Bageshree in Cologne, Pilu in Stockholme, recordings of Desh, Gaud Sarang, Hamsadwani, Miya Ki Todi, Bhairavi, Malkauns, Maru Behag, Kafi, Yaman, MIya ki Malhar, Megh, Sohini ... I can really keep on and on... I find him the most complete and accomplished sitarist of all time to put my money on, as Vilayat was extremely temperamental and Ravi Shankar in the middle-late years resorted to too much of gimmick! However, it is still unfair and even stupid to compare these artistes against each other as all of them are super geniuses, we are still to find any match for them. I have almost all recordings of Nikhil Banerjee that are available in the public domain now (thanks to youtube!!!) and I am at awe how perfectly he blended gayaki (training with Amir Khan) and Baaz (Baba Alauddin - Maihar gharana). His music is superlative, meditative with deepest purity, clarity and character.
2) About this particular performance, it is probably not one of his best or close to his best, despite still being stellar and extremely deep. Every artiste can and will have a relatively bad day sometime so it is unwise to comment on the ability and evaluation of a lifetime's repertoire / achievements on the basis of just one performance!
@udaychandde2061 4 years ago
Vilayet khan and ravishankar can never get to nikhil banerjee height, so lofty, meditative and near to samadhi state.
@sachinautomatic 6 years ago
I loved the meditative mood - like he is just inside his room and simply playing for himself. What is with everyone's insistence on fast speed ? Just like too much spice has dulled our tongues, looks like there is a similar toll on Indian ears taken through listening to too much 'instant', gallery grade music . Anyway I think Panditji is a musician's musician, or for the subtle layman.
@abhisheksitar 11 years ago
Amazing performance and many kudos to the uploader for this gem. For our other Nikhil admirers, here is a vibrant group to join on facebook : https://www.facebook.com/groups/133243683412616/ I personally invite each one of you to join and enrich the group. Many thanks !
Raag Durga by Pandit Nikhil Banerjee
Raga Rang
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