It appears that we have Vitthalrao Sardeshmukh on the harmonium and S V Patwardhan on the tabla. Thanks to Bharat Kamat and Swaroop Sardeshmukh for their observations. Shuddha Kalyan: 0:00 'Ugich ka kanta': 49:11 Darbari: 1:12:24 'Jadu bhareli': 2:09:09 'Karin yadumani sadana': 2:24:08 I received the audio in a digitized form from a friend and generous source. All thanks goes to them and their associates for their efforts.
A devastating and the best Shudh Kalyan of his life. Surpasses Ustad AK, Pt Kasalkar and Ustad RK. I have not heard anything better in past 50 years. And that rendition of Ugich ka kanta, the jewel of Kirana! Kudos/salaam/naman to the uploader for unearthing something phenomenal.
@Farhan .. do you have by any chance the recording of bhairav by pt. bhimsen ji at the end of which the uploader added some beautiful bhajans sang by him in 1950s or early 60s? I had that recording but seems to be missing now on youtube. I will be greatful if you can find that for us.
There has not been such a talented & accomplished classical singer in the past 100 years and there won't be another one for the next 100 years. I heard him in the late 1950s when I was 12 years old. I was completely blown away although I did not know anything about classical music. It shows the power of this music and the singer. A true Bharat Ratna if there ever was one.
यु ट्यूब एकविसाव्या शतकाला लाभलेला खूप मोठा आशीर्वाद आहे.... वरील संपूर्ण कार्यक्रम म्हणजे चांदीच्या ताटात वाढलेले पंचपक्वान्नाचे जेवण आहे..... धन्यवाद धन्यवाद धन्यवाद......
आदरणीय फरहानजी, भीमसेनजींचे आजपर्यंत शुद्ध कल्याण आणि दरबारी कानडा हे दोन्ही राग बरेच ऐकलेत पण हा शुद्ध कल्याण व दरबारी कानडा अहाहा.....लाजवाब... काय तानाईत आहे दोन्ही रागातली.....विद्युल्लतेसारखी..... तुमचे शतश: आभार.....
Faranbhai, tons of thanks ! Dr.Gokhale used to stay very close to my place in Poona. I with my uncle - Baburao Vaidya- used to attend Bhimsenji's prog. at Dr's place. Very sweet memories !❤❤❤
Lilting tans. Pierces the soul. And uplifts the spirit. What a rendition. Of Panditji’s several renditions of Shudh Kalyan this is probably the best. Blessed are we and the one who shared. Pranaam 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
This is the ultimate Shuddh Kalyan. I have loved all of them sung by Bhimanna, but this one is the best coz of the vilambit bandish. Just listen to the spontaneity at 20:00. That is something special. This singing has always brought a scene in front of me that Bhimanna is sitting outside in the saravlele Aangan in a small village and people are sitting on there on ground with yellow lamps on the side. And all of them drenched in the swar of Bhimanna..
I had also listened all the Suddha kalyan Available on the CZcams and I just love Bhimsen jis Sudhha kalyan. This one is also One of his masterpiece 🙏🏻.
:) Hehe. Glad you like it so much! I received most of these recordings from a very kind College professor who never sought any credit for his niceness to me.
we means myfather and Shri DattopantDesai of Hubli who was mentor and guide to Gan Vidushi Padmsri Gangubai Hangal ;l attended Ganda programme of Pt. Bhimasen in1943-44at..Rly Institute Hubli at. Pt.Rambhau Kundgolkar. (Sawai Gandharva )presence.I was10 -11year's old.After that I along with my Sangeeta loving friends have attended not less than100 -125 live programmes within distance of 200 milesSuch was our crave for Bhimannas music.Thank U all people for Ur patience reading.Now l am 90 year's old.Even today l enjoy classical music for 2to 3hours daily.Shirhatti.dt Gadag. Karnatak.13.3.23.
!! Jai Hari !! Pt. Bhimsen ji Joshi is great vocal aratist in the warld no any ather simillar ,my fevoret artist ,rag sudha klyan is sigining on age of 45/50 as my knowledge ,very lietly sharply voice pt. Ji shat shat Naman
Can anyone on earth try to replicate pandit ji range. Matchless. Perhaps another God gifted singer with great range is ustad Salamat Ali khan sahib 🙏 Many thanks to Farhan Sahib for this priceless upload
Range? There are many... Abdul Karim Khan, Amir Khan, BGAK and many other Patiala and Kirana Gharana singers have very good range. Salamat Ali Khan is known for his taankari rather than range.
Farhan bhai, a very big thanks from bottom of my heart for sharing this masterpiece. You are doing a great service to Pt. Bhimsen Joshi's devotees like me. Once again " dhanyavad"
Farhan Bhai namaste, ham log Pt. Bhimsenji ( Bhimanna) ke devotees hai. Aapko bahut bahut shukriya ji. Bhimanna hamare liye Devta samaan hai ! Aapkaa hamare Jaise logopar kafee ahesaan hai, Jaise ki aap bahut purane live concerts pesh kar rahe hai, ek bar bahut shukriya
Agree! Is this the oldest recording of Panditji on CZcams? Maybe Farhanji knows. I've heard one from 62 but none from the 50s. His first LP was cut in 42 but I can't find any copies online. (Of course there are his movie songs from the 50s but I'm only looking at classical recordings)
@@FarhanAmin1994 that was excellent, thank you for the tip! I've heard that same bandish many times from later recordings (including the Siddhi album) so it was interesting to contrast the differences
As much I enjoyed Pandit ji's singing which is heavenly, I enjoyed reading the comments from each one of you...it gave me a feeling that I am listening to Pandit ji live.....thanks a ton to all of you 🙏🙏🙏
@@ashirolkar Thank you all for enriching our souls! It is as if I am truly amongst true rasiks. As if I am listening with my eyes closed - surrounded by music thirsty (like me) souls who are just being treated by a divine drenching by the maestro. Replication of feelings when I heard him first at Durgapur Club annual classical soiree. In 1982 perhaps. Was just 13 but the profound effect that Shuddha Kalyan had is just indescribable. Panditji in a way initiated me to music that day - to remain hooked for life. Salutations to Shri Farhan Amin, Shri Raju Asokan and others who are doing this noble service in bringing us close to heaven - for giving us glimpses of divinity.
Shuddha Kalyan is considered the signature Raag of Kirana Gharana of which Abdul Karim Khansaheb, Sawai Gandharvji and Bhimsenji are the best exponents. Thumri selections originally made famous by AK Khansaheb are very appropriate. Thanks Farhan Aminji for preserving and presenting this timeless concert. A musical treasure indeed when young Bhimsenji was at his best.
What an insightful comment. Glad you liked this. :) Also I merely shared this here. The task of preservation was done by people before me, through whom I eventually received this.
Very patient build up of Shuddhakalyan. Excellent control of voice, volume and alapi with eloquent pauses. Notes have a length and aas which leaves a resonant naad during pauses. Simply beautiful renedering.
Bhimsen ji Is performing Raag Sudhha Kalyan . One of the masterpieces and the most favourite raaga of Pandit ji. At that time Bhimsen ji was called as King of “Raag Sudhha Kalyan “ . Raag Suddha kalyan Creates pleasing atmosphere. One can find it bit Devotional as it has shade of Raag Bhoop .
Ranjan ji, do check out the Community Tab of this channel. A while ago, I shared on it a post which has links to three mehfil renditions (9 min each) of Ustad ji! These were shared by Mukesh Narang ji and recorded by his granddad.
Farhanji, thank you so much for sharing these treasures with us 🙏 don't have words to thank you! Panditji's singing in first 4-5 seconds kept me hooked and I couldn't switch to anything else.. such a power of music and great musician🙏
From the photograph as shown against this post it is clearly established that the Tabla accompanist's name is Late Shamal Bose, from Calcutta, an extremely renowned artist in the Hindustani Classical Music World of the yester years. He was one of the most favourites of the Late Ustad Amir Khan Sahib Ji because whenever he used to visit Calcutta he used to call for Shamal Ji for his accompanyment during his renditions.
What a gem of an upload dear Farhan, don't know how to thank you. This has taken me straight back to the era of 1968/69 & those innumerable mehfils of Bhimsen ji. Yes, Shuddha kalyan was a favourite of the Kirana stalwarts, Vidushi Gangubai & Bhimsen ji, twas sort of a Siddhi Raga for him. Such a complete mastery over the sur, taal, taan, absolutely spellbinding & mesmerizing. This particular program, rightly as someone else's commented, there was something special about this Shuddha Kalyan, right from the word go. .. And what about " Ugicha Ka Kanta" ! This was another Khayal in itself ! I haven't heard anyone ( even from the great Ustad Abdul Karim) singing this Natya geet in such virtuosity. This is nothing but divine ! Saadar Pranaam to the Maestro, Bhimsen ji ! 🙏
@@maheshdesai493 Yes I think same It might be Pt. Shashikant Muley... Or Ustad Gulam Rasool not very sure remember one more name Eknath Solkar acompanished him on Tabla...
These are unparalleled renditions by Pandit Ji🙏 I had the Shuddh Kalyan as well as the Darbari of this concert, but as two separate files. Thanks Farhan Amin ji for uploading the entire concert and creating a sense of continuity as well as closure.
Very nice upload. This is pure gem. What an amazing Darbari and the chota khyal taans simply take the listener to a different world. These seem to be from 1950s or very early 60s
There are three unrelated photographs in the video. The first of these has Joshi along with Shyamal Bose on the tabla at Rabindra Sadan, Calcutta at the 1977 Haafiz Ali Khan Memorial Music Festival. The second shows Joshi with a couple of other people, at least some of whom are musicians; I cannot identify all of them, but one can find Madhav Gudi, Eknath Thakurdas and Chandrakant Kamat among them. The third photo again has Bhimsen Joshi, his second wife Vatsalabai Joshi, his guru-behen Gangubai Hangal and his guru-bhai Firoz Dastur, among others, in front of a photograph of their guru, Sawai Gandharva.
The people between Vatsalabai and Gangubai are Sawai Gandharva's daughter (I forget her name) and son-in-law, Dr Nanasaheb Deshpande. ( He was Vasantrao too, but is rarely referred to by that name to avoid confusion with the other Dr Vasantrao Deshpande.)
What a superb Darbari too. Interestingly enough, Bhimanna has kept the Sam on the Komal Gandhar instead of the lower Komal Dhaivat as heard in his later recordings of Darbari. I also have heard another Darbari from Bhimsenji's early years with Purshottam Kapila on the vocal support and there too, the Sam was on Komal Gandhar.
What an amazing upload, Farhan bhai! I am pretty sure, I can hear Pt. Ramkrishna Patwardhan providing able vocal support here. The tabla sounds so much like that of Pt. Chandrakant Kamat. Also, the man in the group photo standing second from the right seems to have been a disciple of Bhimanna's. He is seen in the New York State Department documentary on Bhimanna's music as seen here: czcams.com/video/V6F2cdRrlqU/video.html This photo was apparently taken post-concert in Belgaum. Anyone with a greater insight is most welcome to comment on this.
I had an impression that the photo is taken at Dr. Gokhale's resi. after the concert and looked for my grandfather in it but couldn't find him. My grandfather - Pt. Vitthalrao Sardeshmukh. This was because, in those days they were quite close and he used to accompany often on Samvaadini. The tone and style of samvaadini accompaniment in this recording seems very similar to my grandfather's samvaadini playing. Also the scale...E3. and here is another link : czcams.com/video/vF96Yf0mnTo/video.html This link has 2 docu's made by the same person - Canadian film maker James Beveridge. 2nd part, which features Bhimsenji might be a tad bit better quality version of the docu mentioned by Pankaj. At 34.49 in this version of the video, we see the face of Thakurdas ji. Same as in the photograph (2nd image in this video) besides Kamat ji. Once again...Many Many thanks for this gem of a concert!
@@swaroopsardeshmukh5046 Thanks for your information. I understand that Vitthalrao Sardeshmukh ji was a disciple of Sureshbabu Mane ji of Kirana Gharana. Also, he was the father of Vijay Sardeshmukh ji who was Kumarji's disciple. What a blessed association! Could you please share a picture of Vitthalrao ji and direct us to some of his recordings on CZcams?
May I know the source of group photo at 52 mts, it is not connected with this photo. It is a group of music lovers of Mangalore. Person sitting on left in Mr. Madhava Kini and next is Ramanna. If you have any more photos with these gentlemen kindly upload.
I forget the source now. But similar photographs of musicians of yesteryear are scattered throughout this short biographical film on Chandrakant Kamat: czcams.com/video/L_aPD8vKsg0/video.html.
Yes, I usually do that. Here, however, since I uploaded the entire concert as a single 'video', putting all the name would have made the title rather verbose. The piece names and their time stamps would be mentioned in the description and in the pinned comment. Perhaps it'd be easier to locate if it were remembered as 'Evening concert at Dr Gokhale's Residence, 1960'.
Could Farhanji or other experts shed some light on the possible Carnatic music influences heard in Panditji's extended rendition of the Natya Geet (right after the Shuddha Kalyan) in this particular recording?
Ekdum sahi! There does seem to be some Carnatic influence (although in the limited exposure i have had to Carnatic musicians, they never seem to think that Hindustani renditions of Carnatic ragas are ever Carnatic enough :p). This Carnatic influence can be heard in a few select pieces of BSJ, such as his 'Chandrika hi janu', 'Sursukhkhani tu vimla', 'Ugich ka kanta', 'Sriniketana palayamam' (perhaps also the two Jogiya pieces he sings) and this can perhaps be traced to Abdul Karim Khan.
The influence seems to mainly manifest itself in the form of the Carnatic style prefatory alap and also sargams à la Abdul Karim Khan in the middle of the piece. You can check out a 1978 video of his 'Sursukhkhani tu vimla' on Milind Chittal's channel.
It appears that we have Vitthalrao Sardeshmukh on the harmonium and S V Patwardhan on the tabla. Thanks to Bharat Kamat and Swaroop Sardeshmukh for their observations.
Shuddha Kalyan: 0:00
'Ugich ka kanta': 49:11
Darbari: 1:12:24
'Jadu bhareli': 2:09:09
'Karin yadumani sadana': 2:24:08
I received the audio in a digitized form from a friend and generous source. All thanks goes to them and their associates for their efforts.
Hey Farhan, I confirmed my guess from another senior connoisseur/disciple of Pt. Bhimsen Ji.
Farhanji your efforts lead towards lot of ple
Your efforts lead to give us emmence pleasure. God bless you and wishing you happy and healthy new year.
A devastating and the best Shudh Kalyan of his life. Surpasses Ustad AK, Pt Kasalkar and Ustad RK. I have not heard anything better in past 50 years. And that rendition of Ugich ka kanta, the jewel of Kirana!
Kudos/salaam/naman to the uploader for unearthing something phenomenal.
@Farhan .. do you have by any chance the recording of bhairav by pt. bhimsen ji at the end of which the uploader added some beautiful bhajans sang by him in 1950s or early 60s? I had that recording but seems to be missing now on youtube. I will be greatful if you can find that for us.
There has not been such a talented & accomplished classical singer in the past 100 years and there won't be another one for the next 100 years. I heard him in the late 1950s when I was 12 years old. I was completely blown away although I did not know anything about classical music. It shows the power of this music and the singer. A true Bharat Ratna if there ever was one.
Your comment is very precious, ma’am. Thank you 🙏🏻
🙏🙏👏👏👏👍Yes True
Bhai Farhan is a music sleuth. Nothing escapes him.
यु ट्यूब एकविसाव्या शतकाला लाभलेला खूप मोठा आशीर्वाद आहे....
वरील संपूर्ण कार्यक्रम म्हणजे चांदीच्या ताटात वाढलेले पंचपक्वान्नाचे जेवण आहे.....
धन्यवाद धन्यवाद धन्यवाद......
👏👏👏
The Voice of God! Pranam, Pandit-ji. Thank you very much Farhan-ji.
HE IS ONE AND EXCEPTIONAL. GIFT OF GOD FOR THE MUSIC WORLD. 👌👌👌👌❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏
The series of Taans beginning around 1:46:40 are beyond anything I've ever heard.
आदरणीय फरहानजी, भीमसेनजींचे आजपर्यंत शुद्ध कल्याण आणि दरबारी कानडा हे दोन्ही राग बरेच ऐकलेत पण हा शुद्ध कल्याण व दरबारी कानडा अहाहा.....लाजवाब...
काय तानाईत आहे दोन्ही रागातली.....विद्युल्लतेसारखी.....
तुमचे शतश: आभार.....
Aaplyasarkhya rasikanna dhanyavaad :D
@@FarhanAmin1994 तुम्हाला मराठी येते....
Not much. I usually take help from a friend or google! :p
Fully agree
1:55 ते 1:56:30 तार सप्तकातली काय तान आहे....
न भूतो न भविष्यति
Bestestttt Darbari Ever Heard ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
That intune baritone voice... heals the soul.
It is one of the best performances of pt Bhim sen joshi
He is Super Human Being .God sent.Artist
Faranbhai, tons of thanks ! Dr.Gokhale used to stay very close to my place in Poona. I with my uncle - Baburao Vaidya- used to attend Bhimsenji's prog. at Dr's place. Very sweet memories !❤❤❤
Simply superb. Bhimanna is great. You can't forget him. His singing, his voice, simply Divine.
Shat shat Naman.
This is unhuman. He could sing for hours, and that too equally well.
Its God like
This is practice.
we have heard his music continuesly singing for three to four hours.That is the capacity of Bhimann's singing..13.3.2023Shirhatti.Gadag.
Indeed!
@@mvvanpal.mangsuli5626🙏🙏❤
This is the pinnacle. As great as it can get. As pure as it can get.
Thank you so much Farhan ji
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Lilting tans. Pierces the soul. And uplifts the spirit. What a rendition. Of Panditji’s several renditions of Shudh Kalyan this is probably the best. Blessed are we and the one who shared. Pranaam 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
This is the ultimate Shuddh Kalyan. I have loved all of them sung by Bhimanna, but this one is the best coz of the vilambit bandish. Just listen to the spontaneity at 20:00. That is something special. This singing has always brought a scene in front of me that Bhimanna is sitting outside in the saravlele Aangan in a small village and people are sitting on there on ground with yellow lamps on the side. And all of them drenched in the swar of Bhimanna..
I had also listened all the Suddha kalyan Available on the CZcams and I just love Bhimsen jis Sudhha kalyan. This one is also One of his masterpiece 🙏🏻.
This is hands down my favorite Shudh Kalyan of Bhimsen as well.
We should all thank Farhan Bhai. He's a godsend for us Bhimsen and Classical lovers.
:) Hehe. Glad you like it so much! I received most of these recordings from a very kind College professor who never sought any credit for his niceness to me.
we means myfather and Shri DattopantDesai of Hubli who was mentor and guide to Gan Vidushi Padmsri Gangubai Hangal ;l attended Ganda programme of Pt. Bhimasen in1943-44at..Rly Institute Hubli at. Pt.Rambhau Kundgolkar. (Sawai Gandharva )presence.I was10 -11year's old.After that I along with my Sangeeta loving friends have attended not less than100 -125 live programmes within distance of 200 milesSuch was our crave for Bhimannas music.Thank U all people for Ur patience reading.Now l am 90 year's old.Even today l enjoy classical music for 2to 3hours daily.Shirhatti.dt Gadag. Karnatak.13.3.23.
Wow! What a fantastic Shuddha Kalyan. Maybe the best I have heard. A complete ecstatic experience
:)
Tum bin kon khabariya lewe.......
No one can say these 5 words better than Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.
Class tabla sangat
!! Jai Hari !! Pt. Bhimsen ji Joshi is great vocal aratist in the warld no any ather simillar ,my fevoret artist ,rag sudha klyan is sigining on age of 45/50 as my knowledge ,very lietly sharply voice pt. Ji shat shat Naman
Thanks for uploading this. This is a treasure. Must compliment and thank the people who kept this recording and made it available for everyone to hear
We r blessed….Farhan ji….lot of thanx.
This is music for generations!!
ভগবানের কণ্ঠামৃত পান করলাম।
Shudha kalyan & Darbari is excellent. Listen so many mahfils of Panditji but this is at par. Really a great maestro.
S V Ptawardhan on Tabla 👆
Thank you, sir
Namaskar Bharat ji! Thank you for your observation on this thread. We are grateful for your beautiful music and long association with Bhimanna!
🙏
भिमसेनजींचा आवाज तलम हाेता तेव्हाची मजा. लाख घन्यवाद फरहानजी.
Glad you liked this
Farhan Amin sahib- words can't express Gratitude of we seniors for these your uploads- down the memory lane! Many Many Thanks.
What a pleasure to listen to his voice in those days reminiscent of our youth and his approach to his music. Confident but not yet audacious.
Darbari never heard before. Grand performance. Panditji is always great. Thanks for uploading a superb mehfil.
Can anyone on earth try to replicate pandit ji range. Matchless. Perhaps another God gifted singer with great range is ustad Salamat Ali khan sahib 🙏
Many thanks to Farhan Sahib for this priceless upload
Range? There are many... Abdul Karim Khan, Amir Khan, BGAK and many other Patiala and Kirana Gharana singers have very good range.
Salamat Ali Khan is known for his taankari rather than range.
@@DC-zi6se thank you for your valuable inputs
Bharatrana Panditji is next to GOD to me. SHIR SASTANG NAMASKAR TO HIM.
Farhan bhai, a very big thanks from bottom of my heart for sharing this masterpiece. You are doing a great service to Pt. Bhimsen Joshi's devotees like me. Once again " dhanyavad"
बिलकुल सच है !
Kyaa baaat hai farhan ji! Bhimsen ji in 60's is love ❤️
Sweet
Thank u Farrhanji,this is one of the treasure you have uploaded
Very True Pandit ji
I love your uploads (which are great) as well the descriptions
Farhan Bhai namaste, ham log Pt. Bhimsenji ( Bhimanna) ke devotees hai. Aapko bahut bahut shukriya ji. Bhimanna hamare liye Devta samaan hai ! Aapkaa hamare Jaise logopar kafee ahesaan hai, Jaise ki aap bahut purane live concerts pesh kar rahe hai, ek bar bahut shukriya
Thanks Darshan sir for the beautiful treat .What a wonderful voice
Thank you for this gem. Pre-1970 concerts of Bhimsen-ji are extra special.
Agree! Is this the oldest recording of Panditji on CZcams? Maybe Farhanji knows. I've heard one from 62 but none from the 50s. His first LP was cut in 42 but I can't find any copies online. (Of course there are his movie songs from the 50s but I'm only looking at classical recordings)
There is a 1955 Yaman on Deodhar School's YT channel
@@FarhanAmin1994 that was excellent, thank you for the tip! I've heard that same bandish many times from later recordings (including the Siddhi album) so it was interesting to contrast the differences
As much I enjoyed Pandit ji's singing which is heavenly, I enjoyed reading the comments from each one of you...it gave me a feeling that I am listening to Pandit ji live.....thanks a ton to all of you 🙏🙏🙏
That's such a beautiful observation! :) Glad technology has enabled such virtual interactions amongst shrota-rasiks.
I second that. Farhan Amin - Thank you brother for this masterpiece 🙏 you are touching a lot of hearts with this.
@@ashirolkar Thank you all for enriching our souls! It is as if I am truly amongst true rasiks. As if I am listening with my eyes closed - surrounded by music thirsty (like me) souls who are just being treated by a divine drenching by the maestro. Replication of feelings when I heard him first at Durgapur Club annual classical soiree. In 1982 perhaps. Was just 13 but the profound effect that Shuddha Kalyan had is just indescribable. Panditji in a way initiated me to music that day - to remain hooked for life. Salutations to Shri Farhan Amin, Shri Raju Asokan and others who are doing this noble service in bringing us close to heaven - for giving us glimpses of divinity.
I agree
Shuddha Kalyan is considered the signature Raag of Kirana Gharana of which Abdul Karim Khansaheb, Sawai Gandharvji and Bhimsenji are the best exponents. Thumri selections originally made famous by AK Khansaheb are very appropriate. Thanks Farhan Aminji for preserving and presenting this timeless concert. A musical treasure indeed when young Bhimsenji was at his best.
What an insightful comment. Glad you liked this. :)
Also I merely shared this here. The task of preservation was done by people before me, through whom I eventually received this.
Thank you Amin ji
Pleasure
Very patient build up of Shuddhakalyan. Excellent control of voice, volume and alapi with eloquent pauses. Notes have a length and aas which leaves a resonant naad during pauses.
Simply beautiful renedering.
शुक्रिया फलरान आमिनजी .
Waaah Bhai....
Musical god Bhimsen joshi
Bhimsen ji Is performing Raag Sudhha Kalyan .
One of the masterpieces and the most favourite raaga of Pandit ji.
At that time Bhimsen ji was called as King of “Raag Sudhha Kalyan “ .
Raag Suddha kalyan Creates pleasing atmosphere. One can find it bit Devotional as it has shade of Raag Bhoop .
Probably such was Ustad Abdul Karim, once upon a time. I missed hearing the greatest of greats.
Ranjan ji, do check out the Community Tab of this channel. A while ago, I shared on it a post which has links to three mehfil renditions (9 min each) of Ustad ji! These were shared by Mukesh Narang ji and recorded by his granddad.
Here is the link to that post: czcams.com/users/postUgzkGX_uJp2_sZFIuRF4AaABCQ.
@@FarhanAmin1994 can you please share these again?
Farhan bhai , thank you from the bottom of my hearts. Commendable job on making these priceless recordings available to all !
Farhanji, thank you so much for sharing these treasures with us 🙏 don't have words to thank you!
Panditji's singing in first 4-5 seconds kept me hooked and I couldn't switch to anything else.. such a power of music and great musician🙏
Thank you Farhan. This is priceless!
Aminji..thanks tons for the uploads.
You took me to 1960s.
Thanks Farhangi for this outstanding gem
Thank you and your friend so much for this clear recording. And thanks, too, for the log you created.
Wah! Speechless!
Faransahib, thanks a lot for this priceless collection.
Pleasure.
Waah Amin bhai...Thank you for these priceless recordings
Unusual and divine
Wow what a gem
From the photograph as shown against this post it is clearly established that the Tabla accompanist's name is Late Shamal Bose, from Calcutta, an extremely renowned artist in the Hindustani Classical Music World of the yester years. He was one of the most favourites of the Late Ustad Amir Khan Sahib Ji because whenever he used to visit Calcutta he used to call for Shamal Ji for his accompanyment during his renditions.
Thank you; the photo is unrelated to the audio and is from 1977.
What a gem of an upload dear Farhan, don't know how to thank you. This has taken me straight back to the era of 1968/69 & those innumerable mehfils of Bhimsen ji. Yes, Shuddha kalyan was a favourite of the Kirana stalwarts, Vidushi Gangubai & Bhimsen ji, twas sort of a Siddhi Raga for him. Such a complete mastery over the sur, taal, taan, absolutely spellbinding & mesmerizing. This particular program, rightly as someone else's commented, there was something special about this Shuddha Kalyan, right from the word go. .. And what about " Ugicha Ka Kanta" ! This was another Khayal in itself ! I haven't heard anyone ( even from the great Ustad Abdul Karim) singing this Natya geet in such virtuosity. This is nothing but divine ! Saadar Pranaam to the Maestro, Bhimsen ji ! 🙏
This patient unfolding of the raag is so restful and caressing to the listener's mind that it slowly washes away any stress he may have.
It is not S.V.patwardhan on tabla. Do not know who he is.
@@maheshdesai493 Yes I think same It might be Pt. Shashikant Muley... Or Ustad Gulam Rasool not very sure remember one more name Eknath Solkar acompanished him on Tabla...
Farhan bhai thanks a lot. God given recording unit is used by you Bhai correctly &your good heart felt it to share . Great
Waiting daily for your uploads...
Please, Make us enable to thank you.
These are unparalleled renditions by Pandit Ji🙏
I had the Shuddh Kalyan as well as the Darbari of this concert, but as two separate files.
Thanks Farhan Amin ji for uploading the entire concert and creating a sense of continuity as well as closure.
Out of this world . Thx for uploading
My pleasure!
Very nice upload. This is pure gem. What an amazing Darbari and the chota khyal taans simply take the listener to a different world. These seem to be from 1950s or very early 60s
ULTIMATE!
Wah Subhan Allah
There are three unrelated photographs in the video. The first of these has Joshi along with Shyamal Bose on the tabla at Rabindra Sadan, Calcutta at the 1977 Haafiz Ali Khan Memorial Music Festival. The second shows Joshi with a couple of other people, at least some of whom are musicians; I cannot identify all of them, but one can find Madhav Gudi, Eknath Thakurdas and Chandrakant Kamat among them. The third photo again has Bhimsen Joshi, his second wife Vatsalabai Joshi, his guru-behen Gangubai Hangal and his guru-bhai Firoz Dastur, among others, in front of a photograph of their guru, Sawai Gandharva.
The people between Vatsalabai and Gangubai are Sawai Gandharva's daughter (I forget her name) and son-in-law, Dr Nanasaheb Deshpande. ( He was Vasantrao too, but is rarely referred to by that name to avoid confusion with the other Dr Vasantrao Deshpande.)
Aha! Thank you. I believe her name was Pramila.
@@FarhanAmin1994, yes Pramilabai Deshpande
What a superb Darbari too. Interestingly enough, Bhimanna has kept the Sam on the Komal Gandhar instead of the lower Komal Dhaivat as heard in his later recordings of Darbari. I also have heard another Darbari from Bhimsenji's early years with Purshottam Kapila on the vocal support and there too, the Sam was on Komal Gandhar.
Wow! Is that rec available?
Yes, I think it is this one,
czcams.com/video/nbmIfFC04ww/video.html
🙏🙏🙏🙏 top notch, as usual. Both the singing and the audio quality. Heaven.....
निखळ स्वर्गानुभूति! 😇
thankyou Farhan - what a gem
खुप छान ...फरहानजी...
Thank you Farhan bhai. What a treasure!!
Many thanks for uploading Farhan Amin jee
Thanks a lot
A gem
Thankyou dear Farhan for uploading such a priceless recordings.🙏🙌
awesome... Thanks for uploading
Lifetime Oceanfull Treasures ....
Sir yet another ton from u. Hearing in headphones. Seems better recorded than his other SKs in u t.
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Superb
Love your uploads...
What a great mehfil.Thanks Farhan for uploading.
खूप लहान आवाज
Lovely, thank you for the share
Thank you for sharing this ultimate treasure.
सुंदर
Vocal support -- Sri Ramkrishna Patawardhan
The Tabaliya is Kumar Bose a very well known face!
Shyamal Bose, I suppose, in the photo
45:15 19:33
Grate
What an amazing upload, Farhan bhai! I am pretty sure, I can hear Pt. Ramkrishna Patwardhan providing able vocal support here. The tabla sounds so much like that of Pt. Chandrakant Kamat. Also, the man in the group photo standing second from the right seems to have been a disciple of Bhimanna's. He is seen in the New York State Department documentary on Bhimanna's music as seen here: czcams.com/video/V6F2cdRrlqU/video.html This photo was apparently taken post-concert in Belgaum. Anyone with a greater insight is most welcome to comment on this.
Thank you, Pankaj ji.
I had an impression that the photo is taken at Dr. Gokhale's resi. after the concert and looked for my grandfather in it but couldn't find him. My grandfather - Pt. Vitthalrao Sardeshmukh. This was because, in those days they were quite close and he used to accompany often on Samvaadini. The tone and style of samvaadini accompaniment in this recording seems very similar to my grandfather's samvaadini playing. Also the scale...E3.
and here is another link : czcams.com/video/vF96Yf0mnTo/video.html
This link has 2 docu's made by the same person - Canadian film maker James Beveridge. 2nd part, which features Bhimsenji might be a tad bit better quality version of the docu mentioned by Pankaj.
At 34.49 in this version of the video, we see the face of Thakurdas ji. Same as in the photograph (2nd image in this video) besides Kamat ji.
Once again...Many Many thanks for this gem of a concert!
@@swaroopsardeshmukh5046 Thanks for your information. I understand that Vitthalrao Sardeshmukh ji was a disciple of Sureshbabu Mane ji of Kirana Gharana. Also, he was the father of Vijay Sardeshmukh ji who was Kumarji's disciple. What a blessed association! Could you please share a picture of Vitthalrao ji and direct us to some of his recordings on CZcams?
Pankaj Desai yes! Your are right!
May I know the source of group photo at 52 mts, it is not connected with this photo. It is a group of music lovers of Mangalore.
Person sitting on left in Mr. Madhava Kini and next is Ramanna. If you have any more photos with these gentlemen kindly upload.
I forget the source now. But similar photographs of musicians of yesteryear are scattered throughout this short biographical film on Chandrakant Kamat: czcams.com/video/L_aPD8vKsg0/video.html.
On Toblaa, Shyamal Bose.
And also Ras bhini bhini ya tero.....
@Farhan Amin... Please mention the raagas when you upload a video. It helps a lot.
Yes, I usually do that. Here, however, since I uploaded the entire concert as a single 'video', putting all the name would have made the title rather verbose. The piece names and their time stamps would be mentioned in the description and in the pinned comment. Perhaps it'd be easier to locate if it were remembered as 'Evening concert at Dr Gokhale's Residence, 1960'.
@@FarhanAmin1994 sorry I am unable to get your email address. If u can give me here, it will be a great help.
@@FarhanAmin1994 hi
I have mailed you..
Could Farhanji or other experts shed some light on the possible Carnatic music influences heard in Panditji's extended rendition of the Natya Geet (right after the Shuddha Kalyan) in this particular recording?
Ekdum sahi! There does seem to be some Carnatic influence (although in the limited exposure i have had to Carnatic musicians, they never seem to think that Hindustani renditions of Carnatic ragas are ever Carnatic enough :p). This Carnatic influence can be heard in a few select pieces of BSJ, such as his 'Chandrika hi janu', 'Sursukhkhani tu vimla', 'Ugich ka kanta', 'Sriniketana palayamam' (perhaps also the two Jogiya pieces he sings) and this can perhaps be traced to Abdul Karim Khan.
The influence seems to mainly manifest itself in the form of the Carnatic style prefatory alap and also sargams à la Abdul Karim Khan in the middle of the piece. You can check out a 1978 video of his 'Sursukhkhani tu vimla' on Milind Chittal's channel.
@@FarhanAmin1994 Thank you!
किरवाणी (कर्नाटक संगीतातून आलेला राग ) रागाची सुरावट!
Wonderful where was this hiding