Sitar Samrat Nikhil Banerjee: Raga Malkauns: Tabla: Shri Samir Chatterjee

[@saikatdas8472]

Every time whenever there are sleepless nights, this is my companions through out the journey. Whenever World around me crashing, I come to you.

[@ilovemahler8348]

The first note played is so important. No one has thought more about this dimension of raga exposition as NB. Listen to the first meend at the very beginning. Captures the feel of Malkauns immediately. Nothing like NB in the musical universe...

[@VISHUDDHATMA]

Yes, thank you for bringing us to this detail. Appreciate your knowledge of music.

[@dunabogdany]

Sorry, but any note is important.

[@astralcourtmusician]

@@dunabogdany your comic relief is appreciated.

[@devanshphadke]

Nikhilji has opened up an entirely new dimension to Sitar. Malkauns gets the appropriate treatment through the magical fingers of Banerjee. His talent, love, dedication and prowess shimmers in every stroke of the Sitar.

[@Phoebe-cy8xc]

Have heard this particular rag played by NB countless of times. Each time the depth of his art is so mind blowing and beautiful. Takes one to another Loka ( world) of Divine music. NB an artist who brought heaven to our worldly realm via his sitar music. 🙏🏼 Much gratitude to this sitar master. 🙏🏼

[@sudhamuniswamy7518]

Pranams nikhil da in heavens your eternal blessing is flowing here, being greateful is a permanent state.

[@χρηστοςκαγιας-ω8δ]

love from Grecce.exelent sound.Pandit Nikhil Banerjee the best ever!!!

[@bhimpalas]

A most complete Malkauns by the God of Sitar, leaving us in a trance. A reference benchmark of sorts. One only wishes that the younger generation of musicians follow and emulate Nikhilda to keep alive the purity of our music , rather than playing to the gallery for larger following & recognition and in turn loosing the soul of our music.

[@muditaverma4194]

This music is a part of my life

[@castorkat4868]

A recording of major importance...total mastery of the instrument and raga

[@hanumanprasadmeena4020]

वर्णनातीत लाजवाब

[@bhargavoza1989]

said this before but will say it again Music in Nikhil Banerjee's hands becomes a spiritual excercise. And, hope Heaven his enjoying his rendition of Raag Malkaus especially to calm Lord Shiva ........

[@muditaverma4194]

Great artist. 👍 Bharat ki Shaan

[@VISHUDDHATMA]

Aur dooki duniya ka sookoon.

[@GraceComet3417]

“A GRACE of The Infinite☝🏻 - To Have Heard Such a Wondrous Master of Sound… This is Musical PRANA…”

[@hemant1616]

Close ayes and go to other world !!! so amazing ,

[@mantukumardey3650]

Thank you for uploading such a great melody.

[@drashwinimutalik860]

Perfectly divine. One of my favorite ragas.

[@VISHUDDHATMA]

Absolutely agree. He connects us with our true Self.

[@P.kChatterjee-l8o]

Marvellous

[@rcbiswas8496]

extraordinary and very soothing R C Biswas

[@dharmapieces3305]

~the best sitar player....OH YEAH....~...LOVE...~

[@mantukumardey3650]

Slowly unfolding the raga so intricate and beautifully. Cannot express my feelings only imbibe the necter.Hope will be back to us with the melody.

[@florencesurzur2298]

GOOD sound for this post, Thanks !!!...Great discovery on youtube tonight. What Wonderful sitar musician he is. So that, He should be have better care on other youtube post !

[@sitaroutreachministry6289]

Supreme Malkauns!

[@ShahidulIslam-jr7gb]

Malcaus is my favourite raga.It has become more melodious and attractive in the hand of my favourite sitarist Pandit Nikhil Banerjee.

[@kenandigrazia13]

Although I prefer the style and the dynamism of Pandit Ravi Shankar Ji, I cannot be impressed at the greatness of this Musician, a true knower of Brahman in music. His ragas are made to meditate on Supreme Reality

[@anantnamjoshi2283]

Excelling rendition by the supreme master

[@JPonda]

Raag Malkauns fascinates me. It does things to me. It keeps Dr.Hyde in me away. Dr.Jekyll takes over. He in turn is seduced by the initial plaintive notes of Malkauns. The introspective langourous initial Melody becomes a cyclotron as it adroitly moves in drut khayayal. A pastmaster, Nikhil, If ever there was one! May his tribe multiply Jashwant Narsidas Ponda

[@JPonda]

Jashwant Ponda

[@jashwantponda5071]

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[@jashwantponda5071]

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[@evanhudson881]

that is the best youtube comment i have ever read.

[@JPonda]

@@evanhudson881 Dear Mr Hudson: Many sincere thanks for your encouraging comments. Please read my other comments and give me your feed-back:--(1) Ustad Vilayat Khan.... Instrumentos India Raag Hamir (2) Hirabai Barodekar Raag Yaman. (3) Hirabai Barodekar.... Raag Shyam Kalyan (4) Hirabai Barodekar Raag Darbari Kanada (Hirabai Barodekar Raag Jaijaiwantim (5) Shruti Godbole .....Odissi..... Mohan Pallavi (6) Vilayat Khan Raag Pilu. (7) Shahid Parvez......Raag Darbari Kanada ( 8) some Ragas by Sarodist Zarin Daruwala-Sharma .

[@woack]

So pure.....

[@subhadeeplahiri8784]

Pandit Nikhil Banerjee was not quite Keen to record music, he had reveled that in few of his interviews, most of his recitals available in KZbin are in between audiences

[@VISHUDDHATMA]

Thank you. Please feel to inform us more on this greatest of all sitar players, who even surpassed his guru.

[@radhakrishnanc1613]

So nice

[@kalyaneswarChakraborty]

❤🙏🙏

[@jayavanthaldankar2573]

SO Amazing

[@bobaldo2339]

Wonderful!

[@souravbanerjee2425]

Tabla-Samir Chatterjee.It is LIVE Concert Vol-1 by CHHANDADHARA.It was already on youtube.........!!!!!!

[@VISHUDDHATMA]

The raga was recorded in various versions. In one the tabla player was Samir Chaterjee, and in another version, the tabla player was Kanai Dutt. This one is not a formal studio recording.

[@souravbanerjee2425]

Please first you know properly then post !!!! It is not Pandit Anindo Chatterjee ,surely Samir Chatterjee...who said this is normal studio recording ? Don't bypass actual quarries VISUDDHAATMA JI

[@VISHUDDHATMA]

Thank you. I will look up my original CD from Chhand Dhara and correct this, Sourav ji. Thank you and best wishes.

[@LeftyandFriends]

Beautiful beyond words. Thanks for sharing. Would you like to elaborate on the different komal Ni in Bhimpalasi?

[@VISHUDDHATMA]

I would like for you to do so.

[@samirtabla]

In this recording the tabla is played by Samir Chatterjee. Please correct the information.

[@VISHUDDHATMA]

Are you the tabla player in this recording? Please tell us more about this recording Samirhi, and about Nikhil Da. Thank you. I will change it, soon.

[@samirtabla]

@@VISHUDDHATMA Yes, I was the tabla player in this concert recording. It is Bath festival during the Autumn of 1982. It has already been published by Chandradhara, a recording label from Stuttgart, Germany. Unfortunate, the key person, probably the CEO, of Chandradhara, Mr. Gopi Nag is no more. This was a very special performance by Nikhil Banerjee. We drove from Wembley to Bath in the afternoon. On arrival at the venue, the organizers delivered to us that they had already sold out all seats in the auditorium and more people, traveling from quite far, were waiting to be accommodated. They needed permission from Nikhil ji to remove some of the chairs and make arrangements for everyone, including those waiting outside, to sit on the floor. Nikhil ji was apparently very enthused to hear this and happily gave permission. With people sitting around us on the floor, eager to soak up every nuance of his artistry, Nikhil ji played an inspired concert of five hours. This Malkaunsh was the cream of it. He was evidently in a sustained state of trance during it, taken over and guided by some divine energy. I was fortunate to be the closest to him to witness and experience all it. And, thanks to Mr. Ratan Mukherjee for carrying and setting up his Grundik spool recorder, so that we are able to hear it now and in the future.

[@gautamdeusa]

@@samirtabla Many thanks Mr. Chatterjee for the account. Glad to read the respect he used to command everywhere, though it's not a new information. Loved your tabla performance as well. This performance is a prized possession for me. I have the CD from Chhanda dhara. Sorry to note Mr. Nag no more.

[@BlancMasque]

If you are the tabla player in this recording, I must say I am immensely grateful to have heard a masterful rendering. Thank you.

[@samirtabla]

@@BlancMasque Thank you, Vikram ji. I was very young at that time, 27 years of age. But, perhaps, not without sensitivity to the music I was accompanying. Seems like I also had some sensibility as to decide on my responses. Of course, if were today, there are many areas, which I would have done differently.

[@astralcourtmusician]

pranam

[@maxratul]

as usual a divine rendition

[@vasantkulkarni5981]

This Raga keep U Fresh.

[@VISHUDDHATMA]

Listening to the 'ahaha and vahvah!' from the listeners in a small room, at 49:33 this is obviously not a formal studio recording and thus a private concert. So the name of the Tabla Player is difficult to find out, unless we get some help here.

[@evanhudson881]

oh to have been a fly on the wall of this concert. thank you for making this available to us. now we can all say 'ahaha' and 'vahvah' and 'wah.' from the comfort of our sitting rooms, all across space and time. wah.

[@niyatipandya6250]

Samir ji

[@niyatipandya6250]

Tabla player is pandit Samir Chatterjee. What was the year for this private Bethak? I believe Pt. Samir Chatterjee must be in his 20s! Wow!

[@VaibhavTipnis]

Tabla player is most probably not Aninido Chatterjee.

[@VISHUDDHATMA]

Noted. Thank you. . I will check again, Vaibhav. Since you are a Tabla Player, you have a more discerning sharper ear. Here is what I have come up with: SNCD 71198 Live Concert Vol 1 Malkauns released 1998 Probably 1982 Malkauns-Alap,Jor,Gats slow-medium teental with Samir Chatterjee live at Bath England AST/D 1318 1967 Malkauns Hem Lalit also Cassette STCS 04B 7426 01 - Malkauns 02 - Hem Lalit with Kanai Dutt also released by Capitol International Series, ST 10502 The Sitar Genius of Nikhil Banerjee 1967 and by EMI (Australia) Ltd. under the HMV label, with the same title OASD 7538. CDNF 150012 Sitar Recital I - CD issued 1989 (compilation - see PSLP 5072) 01 - Megh with Swapan Chowdhury alap and jhaptal 02 - Malkauns with Kanai Dutt (complete) vilambit drut teental So now, can you identify if this is Shri Kanai Dutt on Tabla?

[@mohitsrivastava5197]

I quite agree, this is most probably not Anindo Chatterjee. I think this is Pt. Samir Chatterjee, from among Pt. Kanai Dutt and Pt. Samir Chatterjee. The sound of Kanai Dutt's baaj was very different. I can be sure, even when this is not a studio recording.

[@sashakingcrimson187]

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