M D Ramanathan at The Music Academy, Madras, 21.12.1971

Nādabhṛṅga brings you an exceptional concert of Mahāvidvān M D Ramanathan performed at The Music Academy, Madras, on the 21st of December 1971. This recording has been painstakingly sourced from the master tape and digitally re-mastered to give you a pristine listening experience. This concert is dedicated to the great maestro in this his centenary year.

M D Ramanathan
Lalgudi G Jayaraman - Violin
Coimbatore Ramaswamy Pillai - Mridangam
Madurai Krishna Iyengar - Khanjira

1. śrī mahāgaṇapatiravatumām - gauḷa - miśra cāpu - muddusvāmi dīkṣita [00:00]
2. śrī bālasubrahmaṇya - bilahari - miśra cāpu - muddusvāmi dīkṣita [13:04]
3. śyāma sundarāṅga - dhanyāsi - rūpakam - tyāgarāja [38:19]
4. pādayugamunu nammiti - janarañjani - ādi - M D rāmanāthan [01:10:23]
5. kaligiyuṇṭē kadā - kīravāṇi - ādi - tyāgarāja [01:23:24]
tani āvartana [01:57:28]
6. kaḍalenṟa puvimīdil (viruttam - selection from "naṭarāja pattu") - rāgamālikā - munusvāmi mudaliyār [02:14:38]
7. alarśaraparitāpam (padam) - śuraṭi - miśra cāpu - mahārāja svāti tiruṇāḷ [02:31:33]
8. kaṇmaṇiyē collaḍi - kāpi - ādi - maḻavai cidambara bhārati [02:34:51]
9. tillānā - pūrvī - rūpakam - tirugōkarṇam vaidyanāthaiyar [02:37:25]
10. apakāra nindai (tiruppugaḻ) - cakravākam - khaṇḍa jhampa - aruṇagirinātha [02:40:18]
11. nī nāma rūpamulaku (maṅgalam) - saurāṣṭra - ādi - tyāgarāja followed by sections of other compositions in madhyamāvatī [02:42:08]

Note: In typical MDR style, the maṅgalam is not restricted to only the traditional saurāṣṭra composition.

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