By the time I'd joined RU-vid, almost 99% of the archival recordings were already uploaded. So my part is to upload rest of the 1% recordings and do justice to the already uploaded recordings by sharing them with wider audience.
My name is Gandhar Rao and I'm a profound listener of Pt. Bhimsen Joshi. I aim to bring to you the very best of Indian Classical Music. I've not recorded any of these recordings. These are the gems preserved by various genuine collectors who wish to open their treasures for us.
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"Bhimmanna" is a tribute to Panditji, this channel will never be monetized. Any copyright infringement is unintentional. For business related enquiry contact me at raogandhar013@gmail.com
I too don’t know Marati, but am a GRT lover of marati Abhangs, Sudhir Padke, Ramdas Kamath, Asha Kaadilker, Kumar Gandharva, Bheemsen Joshi , Usha MANGESHKER nd many more… put a GRT imprint in my heart in this regard….nd I should thanx my Dad fr gifting me such a taste in th world of Music, Paintings, Drawings, sculpture, Philosophy, photography, nd of course Nature
This is from a performance during the Rama Navami celebrations at Kote High School, Bangalore. I think it was 1994. Panditji arrived very late to the program and tried to lighten the air with some jokes (one liners) before starting.
Each of his interpretations of this raga is different. My earliest recollection is from 1983-84 December music festival in Madras. During a concert at the Krishna Gana Sabha he sang Bhimpalas in the first half. Shri Lalgudi Jayaraman (the violin maestro) was in the front row. Panditji sang a brief alap and i think some of nuances were quite unique that prompted Shri Jayaraman to query what ragam it was. Panditji announced that it was Bhimpalas and then proceeded to do an alap for nearly 15 minutes! and there was thunder and ferocious rain outside. and grandeur of this raga was quite remarkable. Very different from the Lakshmi Vilas palace interpretation. I wish someone could post that concert (he sang 2 days or so later in music academy. It was a disaster. Showed up 1 and half hours late and sang barely for 60 minutes.). Has Yaman in the first half and Darbari Kanada in the second. Audience made requests in the second half and concert ended around 12.30 at night. Hari
पद असो चिज असो किंवा भजन.. मराठी मध्ये असो, हिंदी मध्ये असो किंवा कानडी मध्ये .. स्वरभास्कर पंडित भीमसेन जोशी यांच्या स्वर्गीय स्वरांनी अज्ञात भाषा देखील ज्ञात असल्यासारखीच ऐकणाऱ्या प्रत्येकाच्या समोर प्रकट होते..😊🙏
देवाला आपण कसं एकेरीवर येऊन बोलतो ना, तसंच. धारवाड, हुब्बल्ली परिसरात अगदी आजोबांना देखील एकेरीच बोलावतात. त्या एकेरी उच्चारात तसूभरही अनादर नसतो. भीमण्णाबद्दल देखील तसंच. तो आपल्या सर्वांच्या घरातला आजोबा. आणि देवही. जसा गणपतीच. माझं आजोळ हुबळ्ळी आणि कुंदगोळ. पुढं जास्त काही सांगत नाही. तर, देव... भीमण्णा जे काही उच्चारुन गेले ते देव-वचन. मोजकंच बोलायचे (एक तर गालात तंबाखूची गोळी). पण टोला नेमक्या जागी बसे. एकंदरच आयुष्याकडे त्रयस्थपणे पहायची वृत्ती. ती पिढीच तशी आणि त्यात हे अण्णा गदग हुब्बळ्ळीचे... सोने पे सुहागा. पुलंही हेच म्हणायचे. अलंकारिक शब्दांत. तात्पर्य, भीमण्णा एकमेवाद्वितीय. छे छे... देवच. तू गाणं ऐकवून गेलास... आम्ही मरेपर्यंत धन्य आहोत.
Kindly let us know, who was the composer of this beautiful Thumri.Till now several times I have been listening this. Endlessly thirst.Of course Bade Ghulam Ali Khan’s rendition is a bit unique.
