Ramakrishnan Murthy - Classical Arts Society, Houston, Aug 2021

Vidvan L Ramakrishnan - violin
Vidvan Delhi S Sairam - mrdangam
Vidvan G Chandrasekara Sharma - ghatam
Vidvan Abhishek Ravishankar - tambura
Audio & Video - Offbeat Studios, Chennai
List of Compositions
1) SivakAmasundari - jaganmohini - tiSra Eka - gOpAlakrSNa bhArati
2) pAhimAm Sri rAjarAjESvari - janaranjani - Adi - mahA vaidyanAtha Sivan
3) mari vEre gati evaramma - Anandabhairavi - miSra cApu - SyAma SAstri
4) amma rAvamma - kalyANi - khaNDa cApu - tyAgarAja
5) vInAbhEri - AbhEri - Adi - muttusvAmi dIkshitar
6) dEvi pAvanE - sAveri - Adi (2) - mahArAja svAti tirunAL
7) vaddani nE (jAvaLi) - kApi - tiSra Eka - rAmanAthapuram pUci SrInivAsa ayyangAr
8) mAyai enum iravil (viruttam) - yamunakalyANi, brndAvanasAranga, punnAgavarALi, sindhubhairavi
9) rAgam by L Ramakrishnan - sindhubhairavi, punnAgavarALi, brndAvanasAranga, yamunakalyANi
10) vandE mAtaram - yamunakalyANi, brndAvanasAranga, punnAgavarALi, sindhubhairavi - Adi - mahAkavi subrahmaNya bhArati
11) hari citta satya (devarnAma) - jOnpuri - miSra cApu - purandaradAsa
12) dhIm tananana (tillAna) - kAnada - tiSra Eka - ariyakuDi rAmanuja ayyangAr
13) vEzham uNDa (tiruppugazh) - nilAmbari - miSra cApu - aruNagirinAthar (tune: r k shrirAmkumar)
14) mangaLam vara rSya Srnganagara vAsini - suraTi - miSra cApu - SankarAcaryA candraSEkara bhArati svAmiji (tune: r k shrirAmkumar)

[@neelakanthamkashojjula5248]

रामकृष्णन् मूर्ति महाशय! अमृततुल्यानि देवीस्तुतिपराणि कीर्तनानि श्रावयित्वा अस्मान् धन्यान् कृतवान् भवान्। भवतां रागालापनम् अतुल्यं सुमधुरम्।

[@vignesh413]

Soul stirring especially when the acoustics and audio quality is so good. Personal favourite - dEvi pAvanE

[@pushpasrinivasan2949]

One of the best concerts.RKM'sfullof bhavam&melody .coartists were eqvally good.thanks for loding.

[@whatsrm]

Speechless! Small request: it would be really helpful if the songs were added with a timestamp in the description, so we can revisit at a later point! Opening credits - 00:00 1) SivakAmasundari - jaganmohini - tiSra Eka - gOpAlakrSNa bhArati - 0:20 2) pAhimAm Sri rAjarAjESvari - janaranjani - Adi - mahA vaidyanAtha Sivan - 4:33 3) mari vEre gati evaramma - Anandabhairavi - miSra cApu - SyAma SAstri - 11:13 4) amma rAvamma - kalyANi - khaNDa cApu - tyAgarAja - 26:40 5) vInAbhEri - AbhEri - Adi - muttusvAmi dIkshitar - 42:30 6) dEvi pAvanE - sAveri - Adi (2) - mahArAja svAti tirunAL - 45:56 7) vaddani nE (jAvaLi) - kApi - tiSra Eka - dharmapuri subbarAyar - 1:18:12 8) mAyai enum iravil (viruttam) - yamunakalyANi, brndAvanasAranga, punnAgavarALi, sindhubhairavi - 1:24:33 9) rAgam by L Ramakrishnan - sindhubhairavi, punnAgavarALi, brndAvanasAranga, yamunakalyANi - 1:32:36 10) vandE mAtaram - yamunakalyANi, brndAvanasAranga, punnAgavarALi, sindhubhairavi - Adi - mahAkavi subrahmaNya bhArati - 1:35:26 11) hari citta satya (devarnAma) - jOnpuri - miSra cApu - purandaradAsa - 1:39:23 12) dhIm tananana (tillAna) - kAnada - tiSra Eka - ariyakuDi rAmanuja ayyangAr - 1:43:14 13) vEzham uNDa (tiruppugazh) - nilAmbari - miSra cApu - aruNagirinAthar (tune: r k shrirAmkumar) - 1:46:58 14) mangaLam vara rSya Srnganagara vAsini - suraTi - miSra cApu - SankarAcaryA candraSEkara bhArati svAmiji (tune: r k shrirAmkumar) - 1:49:17

[@iamRKM]

Duly noted sir. Will keep this in mind for future uploads. Thank you for your feedback! RKM

[@purushothamagowda1742]

@@iamRKM one of the precious singing jwels of karnatic music with a his own special style.👌👌👍✌️

[@ShrianandhBharathan]

Pure bliss. Listening to Shri RKM, makes one appreciate the music even more. He brings out the bhavam so beautifully. I must have listened to this concert several times. 🙏

[@omsaimantra]

Heard on 31-5-2024 an assured classical entertainment. Stalwart accompaniments. Memorable concert.

[@krishnamanian]

“Sri RamakrishNan Murthy avarGaLin Isai eppOthum pramaathamE aagum. Enjoy the full program and be blessed. Warm greetings to him in abundance.” - “M.K.Subramanian.”

[@thyagarajanpadmanabhan3987]

superb concert. Blessed we are to listen to these young team performing excellently well

[@vedagirishankar59]

Sounded so magical, Carnatic music at it's best.

[@sethumadhavanvenkatapathy9404]

One of the best concerts I have listened to, particularly of a Vidwan who gives great emphasis to the Sahithyam. Saveri is outstanding. The concert of Devi Krithis is a melody of total divine bliss. Perhaps, as a homage to his late mother, who reached the heavenly abode recently in the prime of her life, RKM has offered homage to his mother by way of these Devi Krithis. Ohm Shanthi. God bless you Ram.

[@vijayalakshmisridharan1065]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@drharitam5613]

The crystal-clear manner in which he sings is very commendable. Be it the raga/ swara/sahitya…… we can literally write down the notation precisely. There are only a few artistes who sing with so much emphasis on the Sahitya of the kritis. This adds a whole new dimension to the rendering. Many congratulations and best wishes for your efforts in this regard.

[@subaarun886]

+1

[@lakshmiswaminathan4816]

👌 very

[@namakkalpsrinivasan7419]

Similar to KVN Bhani

[@gerryc165]

Are you deaf? This man cannot sing. The so called musicians are in urgent need of lessons.

[@krishnamanian]

“Vidwan Sri Ramakrishnan Murthy’s selection of songs are grand. It tempts all to look forward to hear more and more of his Karnatic Music concerts. VaazhththukkaL avarukkum, avar anaiththu kuzhuvinarukkum. - “M.K.Subramanian.”

[@gopirampalli]

Mind blowing murthy ji, tears falling when im listening ananda bhairavi, im felt godess kamakshi in front of me.

[@Perikamana1985]

Rkm....great...considering all sides of all ragas n keerthanas...words clearity . pronunciation.laya.bhava.thaka.bakthi...my all time second favourite

[@latha9002]

Such purity, divinity and simple perfection in his presentation!🙏 superb concert! Mariveregathi was sheer excellence. Thank you Ram and accompanying artistes🙏

[@anupamakrishnan6690]

Everything comes together perfectly in this concert. One wishes the Marivere would just go on; didnt know the composition had so many charanams. The other compositions are equally good. Thank you so much and look forward to many more 🥰 Rahul and the accompanists are in perfect harmony.

[@GG-fd31]

Shri RKM is probably the only vidvan I've heard (albeit, a subset) who sings ALL the charanam-s of Shri Shyama Shastri's krti-s. For instance, the Chintamani krti "Devi Brova samayamide", he renders the charanam in which one gets to see a different facet of Shri Shyama Shastri! In this charanam, He changes strategy from pleading with the Mother to throwing a bit of a tantrum (in a loving way) asking the Mother to come now, not tomorrow and that He will not listen to HER excuses tomorrow ! Thank you, Shri RKM for your lovely renditions of Shri Shyama Shastri's krti-s.

[@kknambudiri]

Exceptional perfection of pronouncing Shahithya. You are great Sri. RKM ! Excellent accompaniments both in violin and percussion.

[@sathyanarayanpadmashali4039]

NS, USHASATHYANARAYAN PADMASHALI KUMARAKSHAY PADMASHALI BANGALORE 🙏🙏❤️🌹👌👌 VERY VERY SUPER VOICE

[@dmuralid2021]

ad menace

[@arunsri15]

Anna, vadani nE says dharmapuri subbarAya in the list above, while the slide before the song rightly identifies it as a pUchi iyEngAr's composition. Kindly correct the same. Very nice to hear all the charaNas for marivErEgati.

[@iamRKM]

Oops! Oversight. Thanks for pointing out and will correct.

[@anilkumarbalakrishnan1893]

Excellent accompaniments 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@mayuraparameswar9458]

What an amazing concert! I am playing this over and over again and enjoying every moment. Somebody has mentioned that everything comes perfectly together in this concert. Complete harmony. Total harmony with the accompaniments. "Karnamrutha"!!!!

[@anupamakrishnan6690]

As I was going through the comments, I saw a few mentioning high Tambura volume as overpowering. I thought that enhanced the experience with all instruments and your voice in perfect alignment with the tambura. What is your candid opinion on this, sir? Rahul

[@GSAMBASIVAN]

Wonderful concert. Would like to listen to it once again!

[@bsparthasarathy5998]

Purandadasa, kanakadaaa kritis More please, wat a crystal clean vice Ayya, Superb rendering , 🙏🙏 ,please any body can send the literature of Velamunda vilakani Adirpol please on this Reply

[@sudhaon8143]

Sudha - Aananda Baivi Ragam

[@vedavyasacharc.k6103]

very good concert ananda byravi kalyani ragam tanam palliVi renderdverywell dasara pada heRt warming..

[@ranganathannarayan2478]

What a wonderful performance and particularly Saveri RTP

[@janakikodand]

Very nice Ramakrishnan, beautifully sund. A commendable program. Thank you and may the Almighty bless you to enthral the audience for many many more years. 🙏😀

[@sakuntalaramaswamy8230]

Most Brilliant and Blissful concert. Super accompaniments complimented his singing to very great extent. !! Enjoyed listening to the entire concert so very much. !!

[@nefersoup]

Amazed by the wonderful chemistry on stage by talented artists such as yourselves. My compliments to you. It was a pleasure and a beautiful treat. Thank you.

[@akshaybalaji6602]

Brilliant concert!

[@jagannathrao6689]

Superb. Melodious. शुभकामनाएँ.

[@henavn9120]

Very cute &sweet perfomence pranamam

[@ramamurthy1695]

Excellent. Performance 👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹

[@balaksundaram3938]

what an enjoyable concert...end2end, it was exhilarating, transporting one to absolute peace..RKM is full of grace and sublime body language that is free of excesses...Ananda Bhairavi was the stand out

[@trchandrautube]

super concert with very well balanced pakka vaadya enjoyed it

[@mgsanthoshkumar9742]

A gifted artist 🙏🙏

[@ravishanker6925]

Great concert! entertaining as the past masters!

[@ushakrishnamoorthi879]

Total bliss! Super Ram accompanied by super artists took us to heaven!

[@krishnabalanpaliath7813]

Superb concert Sri Ramakrishnan is at his peak .I Wil cnnvey this to his Guru , Padma Kutty Krishnabalan Paliath

[@anilkumarbalakrishnan1893]

Fantastic 👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏼

[@9899D4]

very nice concert excellent - enjoyed every Ragam and Swaram - thanks

[@gopalakrishna2508]

Fabulous rendition of Thyagaraja s Kalyani kthy Amma ravamma by R K murthy and L Ramakrishnans violin is also superb

[@srinivasanshivakumar6616]

I will say it one more time - Find of this century. Azhutham and kachchidam - not perfunctory and well done. Every concert is sumptuous. Wish him the bestest.

[@payasumprakashreddi7733]

Wow ji 🙏🙏🙏 namaste..!!

[@lalitakumariyer9315]

No words to describe the experience. God bless you all.

[@srinidhisharma5021]

Truly an enchanting and inspiring concert with superlative support by accomplished artists . 🙏🙏🙏

[@srinivasanp4930]

🌹👌👍👏🙏🏆 Thanks for this enjoyable treat Sir 👏🙏🏆

[@dang_972]

Wow

[@koodalattupuram3326]

I found the Thamburu volume drown out the sound of violin and even the main artist's voice. I was hoping to enjoy the concert, but couldn't because of the Thamburu sound.

[@santhoshks6936]

One of the best concerts

[@ganeshubaradka3709]

Wow! Another excellent performance! Enjoyed every bit of it! Thank you for sharing it

[@govindang.r.1231]

Beautiful voice in perfect harmony with the Tambura! Excellent sound system!

[@sury39]

wonderful

[@sarojinimunjuluri6851]

An extraordinary concert, sadly marred by poor balancing of accompaniments. I wonder why tambura had to be amplified...

[@saraswatis9805]

Awesome rendition

[@ganeshsadasivam1317]

Very nice rendering sir 🙏 You should also be a little bit awareness to maintain Sruthi when you sing Manthra SthaayiSangathis please.

[@ramaramaramahari866]

Ram complete feast 🙏

[@nandhinikeerthi2822]

😌🎉

[@niraakara]

Lovely ragamalika. So melodious!

[@amulyayeduguri3309]

Ananda bhairavi was super!

[@ajaykrishna4900]

🙏

[@bharathnarayan370]

❤

[@needamangalasanthanasurend3076]

very nice concert with old andnew songs.

[@umashankari554]

Excellent performance sir

[@rikky0078]

What a great concert 👍 👌 👏 🙏

[@jaikumarjaikumar5724]

Awesome🙏

[@rinanv]

Excellent, Divine & a feast for the ears.

[@rameshkumarraju9864]

I would like to listen RTPs in Vakulabharanam, Surya, Vishnupriya ragas from your mellifluous voice.

[@ksnair47]

👏👏👏🕉🕉🕉

[@somureddy7227]

👍🙏

[@devakibhagavan6217]

athi madĥuram

[@rayaprolubaladinakar]

Excellent

[@ajticlt4697]

Excellent

[@agudam]

I will never get bored of his renditions of amma ravamma. I just hope he corrects his pronunciation in a few places.

[@avmadankumar330]

Very nice 👍👍👍

[@thirithipbabu7265]

GREAT

[@adityarajeev9379]

Nilambari was out of this world ❤

[@laavanyaaganesan6415]

Classic ,as usual ! 🤩

[@vedulasrikiran9364]

Very I nice all team made murackele

[@prasadbangalore5045]

now a days ramakrishna murthy singing is very plesant with fine support artists

[@henavn9120]

Anandabhiravi

[@susilarajeswaran9599]

Hari chitta satya was beautiful and new

[@rvsalem]

Great concert! Thanks to the organizers for making it available online. Fantastic Recording. Love RK’s voice and style. Accompaniments really enhanced the concert. Thukada’s in this concert are excellent! Thanks again!

[@honnenahallibhaskar5904]

Several of great concerts of yours are lost either because of loud tambura or an unbalanced noisy violin, Sir . It's really a tragedy for the rasikas. I request you to kindly pay due attention to this aspect . You are an amazing artist. Your concert with Mrs Charumati, or Mr Citral Rangan are too precious treasures to be lost. Thanks. May good Lord Venkateshwara bless all

[@iamRKM]

thank you sir for your comment. I shall try to rectify this.

[@vijayalakshmisridharan1065]

@@iamRKM 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@janakikodand]

Sung

[@jayakumartnair6020]

Wonderful performance, thank you Ramakrishnan

[@itsmeshanthi5564]

Soonice

[@babum.s8858]

Very good concert ever heard

[@gerryc165]

Awful noise.