Abdul Karim Khan - Raag Yamani Bilawal (1935)

Bhimsen Joshi's rendition of the same madhyalay bandish (a live recording):
• Raga Yamani Bilawal - ...

[@rajarshihalder466]

সুরের আলো ভুবন ফেলে ছেয়ে সুরের হাওয়া চলে গগন বেয়ে পাষাণ টুটে ব্যাকুল বেগে ধেয়ে বহিয়া যায় সুরের সুরধুনী 🙏

[@sudiptoojha777]

My god the sound quality is so good❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ArchismanMozumder]

Thanks to HMV for re-releasing several recordings of this artist in an LP format.

[@coolfix948]

AKK was court singer in the princely state of Mysore , there he was heavily influenced by Karnatik style singers , ex: elongated melodious alaps in the beginning of raga , which later on became signature character of kirana style singing.

[@ArchismanMozumder]

Indeed. Also the attractive sargam-s were a result of his adaptations from Carnatic music.

[@coolfix948]

@@ArchismanMozumder since I'm from the south , I like

[@urmilaapte9853]

🎵वाह !! विनम्र वंदन !!🎶 Thanks a lot for sharing this video😍🙏🎼

[@tirthankardasgupta3951]

After hearing this it seems my whole life is wasted😢❤

[@skam1968]

Khan sahab ki aawaj reminded me of Bal Gandharv.

[@ArchismanMozumder]

This high-pitched, sureela singing was a feature in the pre-microphone days as the voice had to reach out to the audience in a large mehfil or a theatre hall.

[@bipulbasu279]

Just go on listening.

[@dr.charumitranr9494]

1935...????? OMG..,... STILL SO FRESH

[@ArchismanMozumder]

Thanks to HMV for re-releasing several recordings of this artist in LP formats.

[@shikhaganguly]

Bah...thanks

[@direc8762]

Good to know about Raag Yamani Bilawal Bhutto. Thanks for the upload

[@ArchismanMozumder]

Glad that you liked the recording. The artist is one of the all time greats of our sub continent. The raag Yamani Bilawal has no surname, though. :)

[@direc8762]

@@ArchismanMozumder oh! Sorry. I thought it has a surname

[@ArchismanMozumder]

@@direc8762 You seriously thought that there is a raag named Yamani Bilawal Bhutto? :)

[@ashisbhattacharjee5809]

Gods voice. Any comments are less for this voice. Thanks for sharing.🙏🙏💐💐🙏🙏

[@biswajitgoswami5498]

@@ArchismanMozumder this is funny dada! The person who commented has great sense of humour.

[@anuradhabiswas2383]

Bar bar shunte hoi

[@ayanmukherjee159]

Eta to jantam bilawal raag e

[@ArchismanMozumder]

Thank you for pointing this out. The LP record of Abdul Karim Khan's compilation of 78 rpm-s, mentions the raag as *Bilawal* indeed. However, I have always considered it as Yamani Bilawal for the following reasons: 1. The repeated use of the Ni'-Re-Ga/ Ni'-Re-Ga-ma-Ga which is a discernable trait of Kalyan / Yaman-Kalyan. Also, the mukhda of the raag hovers in the 'purvaang' with Ga being the dominant note... another Yaman-like trait. 2. Assuming that we all consider Bilawal to be Alhaiya Bilawal, the Komal ni is a pivotal note. That note is missing in this rendition (except for a short glimpse in the first bit of that beautiful sargam). Renowned exponents of other Gharana-s like Vilayat Hussain Khan & Narayanrao Vyas have rendered Bilawal (in 78 rpm discs) and they are structured as Alhaiya Bilawal (with Dha as the dominant note *and* a prominant komal nishad). 3. Lastly, Bhimsen Joshi, a student of Abdul Karim Khan's prominent disciple, Sawai Gandharv, has always rendered this bandish as Yamani Bilawal (I have shared a link in the video-description). These are my considerations. Would love to hear other's views. Thanks again for bringing this up.

[@nickvasco2135]

Wow , you are very knowledgeable ! Thanks for sharing .

[@yasirfaridklasson4596]

​@@ArchismanMozumder wow. Wonderful

[@hkjoshi2798]

....in description, artist is mentioned as c.r.vyas 😢

[@ArchismanMozumder]

That is KZbin's algorithm of identification. I have no control over it.

[@archanavaidya1820]

Do u have double LP ?..

[@ArchismanMozumder]

Almost all of Khan-sahab's 78 rpm recordings of the 1930-s have been released as LP-compilations. There are three such LP-s.