Ghanaragamalika Thanam by Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer & Mysore Chowdiah | Shanmukhananda Sabha, 1964

Many would have come across Semmangudi's legendary ghanaragamalika thanam with Lalgudi from the Perambur Sangeetha Sabha concert in 1966 (Kedaragowla RTP), but this recording predates that and is probably the earliest recording we have of SSI's Ghanaragamalika Thanam. As much as I dislike Chowdiah's music, he has played well in this recording. Refer to the raga timestamps below:
00:00 - Shankarabharanam
04:14 - Natai
06:32 - Gowla
09:44 - Arabhi
12:17 - Varali
14:10 - Sri

[@bala94ms]

Great share ! IMHO semmangudi was unmatched when it came to Tanam singing - no one can extract as much Ragam as he does ❤

[@krisn90]

Mindblowing 😭🙏

[@siddarthachoudhary3654]

marvelous

[@dhananjaynaniwadekar3048]

Did Semmangudi sing these six taanam-s in one concert, and that too over a 17 minute stretch with nothing else in between? More doubts, did he start with R in some raaga (which one?), then T in these six segments, and then P(allavi) or keertana in which one? I have heard one raaga-malika by Ariyakudi, which he apparently sang quite often, which I think I followed a Todi taanam or shankarabharanam taanam. But never heard a taanam-maalikaa.

[@shreeraam_22]

He sang ragam thanam pallavi in shankarabharanam and in the pallavi he sang ghanaragamalika thanam

[@srinivasansubramanian279]

@@shreeraam_22 I would think he would end the Ragamalika Tanams to going back to Shankarabharanam Tanams,

[@kvchellappa1]

where can I access this? "Semmangudi's legendary ghanaragamalika thanam with Lalgudi from the Perambur Sangeetha Sabha concert in 1966 (Kedaragowla RTP)"

[@shreeraam_22]

Pls find the link below: czcams.com/video/gzeuI55YuqY/video.htmlsi=aRmR_Vv0012SxnIG

[@kvchellappa1]

@@shreeraam_22 Thanks

[@naveenvaidyanathan773]

Y do you dislike chowdiah's music @ Shreeram ?

[@shreeraam_22]

I don’t like the tone of his 7 string instrument. Moreover I think his approach to music lacks subtlety. He more often than not overplays and disrupts the flow of the vocalist during accompaniment. Many examples of this can be seen in his concerts.

[@bala94ms]

@@shreeraam_22You have been quite vocal about a feeling which I have never expressed out 😅

[@ShriramVasudevanMusic]

⁠@@shreeraam_22Agreed! The sound of violin itself isn’t so great and I think Sri Sethuramiah played it better

[@Nandakii]

​@@shreeraam_22 he would have made an excellent solo artiste.

[@shreeraam_22]

@@bala94ms many artists from the past did not prefer him as the accompanist if I am not mistaken. They preferred younger artists (and hence their race to fame) like TNK, MSG, LGJ. Vishwanatha Iyer did not call Chowdiah ‘violin workshop’ without a reason.
In my opinion (extrapolating from anecdotal evidence) many artists put up with the bully on stage because you had to be in Chow’s good books to get a chance anywhere in Karnataka (RSM, Parvathi to name a few)