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Vishwa Mohan Bhatt — Pittsburgh, 1989
Imported from Raga Records. Original credits and historical wording are preserved; musical claims await independent review.
Original source and attribution ↗Programme, audio and booklet for RAGA-208 →photos: Ira Landgarten top, John Wilton btm.
"Although guitar is a foreign instrument, he has a tremendous command over it. He has given a new dimension to it by merging the sound and style of guitar, sitar and sarod. The effect of his playing is unique."-- Padmavibhushan Ravi Shankar
Raga-208:
VISHWA MOHAN BHATT guitar...SUKHVINDAR SINGH tabla LIVE · PITTSBURGH, 1989
Rag BIHAG...59:55 guitar solo: 1 alap (freeform, without meter)...13:19 2 jor (with a pulse)...11:53 3 jhalla (fast, rhythmic)...2:51 guitar and tabla: 4 gat in slow tintal (16 beat rhythm cycle)...18:22 5 fast tintal...13:30
Rag DESH...10:54 6 gat in sitarkhani tal (16 beat syncopated cycle)
Digital Recording * Total Time...70:49 Stereo DDD * UPC: 704482020821 Please also note that Raga Records has a cassette available (Raga-105) with a different program (Available only on cassette).
Raga Cassette 105 \\||// 208 booklet text \\||// Review of Vishwa Mohan Bhatt in Accoustic Guitar
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