Artist.......: VA
Album........: Devotion Religious Chants From India
Label........: Arc Music
Genre........: Ethnic
Catnr........: EUCD 1986
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Jan-05-2007
str.date.....: Feb-14-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Rattan Mohan Sharma - Ram Dhun 03:50
02. Sadhana Sargam - Navkar Mahamantra 03:24
03. Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan - Aao Sayyo 07:26
04. Vijay prakash - Buddham Sharanam Chants 04:47
05. Ashit bDesai And Chorus - Amane Aapo 05:51
06. Narottam Fakir - Nona Gange Namaio Na 04:30
07. Rattan Mohan Sharma - Shree Ram Chandra 05:07
Kripalu Bhajmana
08. The Singh Bandhu - Sadho Man Ka Maan Tiago 08:21
09. Unknown - Krishna Moorthi 04:14
10. Abida Parveen - Meri Bukkal de Vich Chorni 11:27
Runtime 58:57 min
Size 84,2 MB
Release Notes:
An intriguing concept, this album contains a
devotional chant or two from each of six or so
religious sects within India. Hinduism is
represented with a pair of chants from Rattan Mohan
Sharma, Jainism is represented by its holiest
chant, and Sikhism with a nice khyal from the Singh
brothers. Islam, and more specifically Sufism, is
represented by works in the qawwal vein from Abida
Parveen and Shafqat Ali Khan. Buddhism has a chant,
and even the rarer Bauls are represented with a
work. Many of the chants include what seems like
some unnecessary instrumentation, and even what
might be a stray synthesizer. Some of the tracks
benefit from the instrumentation, others are
detracted from. Overall, the album isn't bad, and
its approach is a valiant one. Musically, there is
perhaps not the traditional sounds that one might
be looking for in an album of Indian music, but
that isn't really the point anyway.