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▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Artist.......: Ustad Fateh Ali Khan ░▓ ▌
▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Album.Title..: Magic Of The Day ░▓░▐▓
▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: Opus III ░▓░ █▓▌
▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Genre........: Ethnic ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓
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░▓▓░ ▐█▓▓ ░ ░▓▓░ rip.date....: 01/18/2004 ░▓▓ ▐███████▓▓▌ ░
░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ str.date....: 11/16/1999 ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░
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░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ▓░ size........: 104,9 MB ▓▓ ▀░ ░ ░ ░▓░ ░▀
▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░░▓ playtime....: 74:21 min ░▓▓░▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓░
░ ▐███████▓▓▌░▓▓▓░ Catnr.......: B000034D5O ░▓▓▓▓▓ ▓░▓▓░░ ░
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▓████▓▌ 01. Rag Jaunpuri 20:26 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 02. Rag Bhim Plasi 15:57 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 03. Rag Bhopali 16:23 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 04. Rag Darbari 21:35 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Possessing a large collection of North Indian ▓▌
▓████▓▌ classical music on CDs produced by the two main ▓▌
▓████▓▌ labels Nimbus and Navras, I was intrigued to sample ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the Opus 111 series Treasures without frontiers. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Ustad Fateh Ali Khan is a foremost master of Muslim ▓▌
▓████▓▌ classical music. From the admirably informative ▓▌
▓████▓▌ liner notes (a feature of this series) I learn that ▓▌
▓████▓▌ to qualify as a 'Ustad' one has to study for at ▓▌
▓████▓▌ least 30 years, practising thirteen hours a day or ▓▌
▓████▓▌ more, and studying each raga at its proper time of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ day! Moreover, the sarangi is so difficult that ▓▌
▓████▓▌ mastery requires forty years to earn the same ▓▌
▓████▓▌ accolade, therefore there are few players of this ▓▌
▓████▓▌ calibre. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ This generous programme takes four ragas for ▓▌
▓████▓▌ different times of day, morning, afternoon, night ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and midnight and recorded accordingly, so I must ▓▌
▓████▓▌ presume. The distinctions may elude most of us, but ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the music iself speaks easily and directly. At 63, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Ustad Fateh Ali Khan is at his professional peak, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ offering creative improvisations with a voice ▓▌
▓████▓▌ smooth and flexible over three octaves. The liner ▓▌
▓████▓▌ notes give a great deal of information about kyal ▓▌
▓████▓▌ performance and the rag system, with the notes in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the different scales used, and details of the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ rhythms, also transcriptions of the poems set upon ▓▌
▓████▓▌ which the singer builds his fancies. He is echoed ▓▌
▓████▓▌ closely throughout by the sarangi and harmonium ▓▌
▓████▓▌ which, together with the tanpura drone, helps to ▓▌
▓████▓▌ maintain correct pitch. We are ven provided with a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ brief introduction to Pakistani culture and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ politics! ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ In striking contrast with the Indian classical CDs ▓▌
▓████▓▌ I have reviewed for MotW, this one has an informal ▓▌
▓████▓▌ feeling as if one is eavesdropping, the singer not ▓▌
▓████▓▌ close-miked but absorbed into the continuous and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ quite dense instrumental texture which surrounds ▓▌
▓████▓▌ him. The venue is a resonant Friary in Lahore, the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 'cultural capital' of Pakistan. It is very ▓▌
▓████▓▌ atmospheric, even though detail is at times ▓▌
▓████▓▌ blurred, and it is best heard, not played loudly, ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ may be worth adjusting the balance accordingly. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ A very worthwhile introduction to a series which ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ranges as far and wide as Iceland, Russia and Peru, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ seeking out performances by the greatest masters ▓▌
▓████▓▌ reflecting rigorous ethnomusicological research. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ But approached purely for pleasure, this window ▓▌
▓████▓▌ into the ancient artistry still preserved in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Pakistan satisfies well. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Reviewer ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Peter Grahame Woolf ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Special greeting to OM: Enjoy this one Organique, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Dub^Wiser bring those tablas! ▓▌
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