He is one musician who (even after decades of death) makes me stop whatever i do and enjoy the music only. All others are still great bcause they let me do my work with music in the back ground.
Whenever I listen to MDR,l recall memory of my late father RAMARAO, whose voice and slow tempo had been just as divine., celestial, charged with vast experience of profound emotions...l fail to find words to the flow coupled with abundance control it it's best
sAgara shayana vibhO prabhO sAmagAna lOla sArasa lOcana kSIra anupallavi bhAgavata priya bAga brOvumayyA bAgA shrI bhUmi sahituDai velayu kSIra (ciTTasvara) M P G, M r s, - d , n S M , - G M |D , - P D N D - G , M D - G M D N S S D N S M , - G , , M R S D , , - N | S D G , , M R S , G M , G M D D N caraNam 1 tApashamanakarA! tAmasAdi dUrA pApa vimOcana pAvana nAmA shrI padmanAbhA dEvaka shrita jana shrIkara shubhakara varadadAsanutapAdA caraNam 2 shrAvaNamAsa shrAvaNa dwAdashI yuta shrEshTamaina dinamandu bhaktajana shrEshtAdi pUjita shrI padmanAbhA shrIramaNI priya shrutajana pAlA caraNam 3 vEda sArA ! (nIvu) vEvEgamE vacci vedadIrparAdA? nAtO vAdA ? sadaramu ninnu sAyinhamandu sEvincinAkhila sEvakOddhAraka caraNam 4 pAdamE gatI gadA ? pAmara dUrA ! pAlimparAdA pApashamana pAda! nI daya kOriyunna nannu brOva nI manasu karagadEmO ? nItyarUpA caraNam 5 pApa rahita nAma (dEva) pAmara vidUra pAtaka haraNa pAvana nAma shrI padmanAbha shrtajana pOSaka shrIkara shubhakara varada dAsanuta (ciTTasvara sAhitya) sArasa lOcana sAdhu janapAla sAdhu janAvana bhAgavatA priya nAgarAja shayanA
The lines “galamuna shobhillu..” The only way this rendition could be even more perfect is if he had chosen this line for the neraval. The way he lingers on “shobillu” is simply mesmerising.
I had the opportunity of hearing his Concerts in Krishna Gana Sabha in Chennai . He always gave a soulful rendtion of the kritis he took and the nuances of the raga would always be there. Vidwans used to say that he sang for them.
What a musician he is!!!!! I'm actually one from todays generation ....but I understand that the old masters are really unsurpassable ...today people watch more of voice than music That long silence after 11.30 and then at 12.11 he starts the charana....out of the world
Can anyone explain to a westerner what is happening when the vocalist is making a rough sound like coughing/growling/throat-clearing? Is this intentional? I don’t think I’ve ever heard it in any kind of music before.
Sir, I agree that it is a bit difficult to explain this. Normally, the vocalist uses these effects to get through to micro-manage the desired scale and pitch. It is not intentional, though.
The voice of MDR is like that, he proved those days rough voice is not detrimental to prove to be a good singer. He had high depth and knowledge in carnatic concerts.
