The Beauty of Karnatic Music - Volume 2

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Contents of "Beauty of Karnatic Music" Volume 2

* The Music Teacher is a continuation of the First CD and covers lessons for

Krithis

Assorted Krithis-13 Thyagaraja's krithis(7) "Samaja vara gamana", "Sobhillu sapthaswara", "Bantu reethi koluvu", "Nee daya rada", "Marugela ra", "Prakkala Nilabadi", "Raminchuvar evaru ra". Deekshithar's krithi(1) "Vathapi ganapathim bhajeham". Swathi Thirunal's krithi's(2) "Sree ramana vibho", "Bhogeendra Sayinam". Mysore Vasudevachar's krithi(1) "Brochevar evaru ra". Papanasam Sivan's krithi(1) "Parathpara Parameswara". Patnam Subramania Iyer's krithi(1) "Raghuvamsa sudhambodhi".

Thyagaraja’s Pancharathna Krithis-5 (in 2 styles- slow lessons with songs accompanied by flute alone, and concert style with normal pace, accompanied by violin and mridangam)

Selections of the great Trinity 2 of each master are selected for special presentation with violin and Mridanagam accompaniments. They are "Birana varalichchi" and "Mariveregathi" of Syama Sasthri, "Nagumomu" and "Ksheera sagara" of Thyagaraja and "Anandamritha karshini" and "Panchamathanga mukha ganapathina" of Deekshithar.

Keerthanas

Annamayya Keerthanas-2 namely "Brahma kadigina padamu", "Narayana the namo namo"; Ramadas Keerthana -1 "Nanu brovamani cheppave"; Sadasiva Brahmendra's Keerthana-1 "Pibare rama rasam"; Vyasarayar's keerthana-1 "Krishna nee begane baro"; Purandara Dasa's keerthana-1 "Jagadodh dharana" and Deekshithar's keerthana-1 "Sree Abhayamba".

Other Musical Forms

Purandara dasa’s Devaranamas -3 namely "Alli nodalu Rama", "Narayana yanna barade" and "Hodi nagari mele kaiya" ; Jayadeva’s Ashtapadi-1, "Nijagada sa yadu nandane"; Kshethrayya Padam-1, "Thaliru boniro"; Narayana Teertha's Tharangam-1 namely "Krishnam kalaya sakhee" ; Dr.Balamurali Krishna’s Thillana-1 "Dir dir thom tha dheem"; Javali- 1 "Kommaro vani kintha biguve" ; Thiruppugazh -1 "Kadhimodhi"; Thiruppavai-1 "Azhi mazhi Kanna"; Tamil Padams - 2 "Ambara chidambara" and "Kurai ondrum Illai", a Telugu light classical song-1 "Swasa thratiki" by Narayana Rao Gandlur and Deekshithar's Daru(vu)-1 "Mathe malayadwaja pandya"

*Mridangam Teacher chapter describes the instrument, explains the method of playing with some video clippings, and offers lessons for basic & advanced lines, jathi lessons and reducing lines by Dhanwada Dharma Rao.

*Music Encyclopedia has 2 chapters viz., Chapter 1 - Biographies of Masters past and present ; Chapter 2 - Comprehensive dictionary of Musical terms;

In addition to these Chapters the CD contains *Ragam Thanam Pallavi, where the master has presented 2 ragams, Bhairavi and Kalyani and

*Fun Stuff where children can play puzzles while learning some ragams and their swara sthanas. There is also a chapter namely *Learners Corner which contains a few quiz items.