Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass - Ragas In Minor Scale!

Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass from the Album "Passages" (1990). The collaboration between Philip Glass, one of the greatest composer of the 20th century, and Ravi Shankar, THE greatest Indian musician of the 20th century, has produced a stunning masterpiece with genius. An intuitive combination of styles and one of the best examples of what one deems music to be. Listen & Enjoy it.

Personnel includes:
Philip Glass
Ravi Shankar (vocals, sitar)
S.P. Balasubramanyam
Madras Choir
Jeannie Gagne (vocals)
Shubho Shankar (sitar)
Partha Sarady (sarod)
Barry Finclair (violin, viola)
Tim Baker, Mayuki Fukuhara (violin)
Al Brown (viola)
Seymour Barab (cello)
Theresa Norris, Ronus Mazumdar (flute)
Jon Gibson (soprano saxophone)
Richard Peck, Lenny Pickett (alto & tenor saxophones)
Peter Gordon (French horn)
Keith O'Quinn (trombone)
Joe Carver (bass)
Abhiman Kaushal (tabla)

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[tiad]

@15waq1e3w2 : Please no insult! Thanks. - ** TIAD **

[satyu131089]

So Indian yet so western!! 

[xodarap]

@xodarap oops, that should be 'Lakshminarayana' Shankar, often just referred to as 'L Shankar' for some reason. :-)

[xodarap]

This is lovely! I think that a lot of PG's music has a seriousness and darkness which, while beautiful, makes it hard to take for too long. The Indian side of this music here gives it lift and buoyancy, which is really refreshing.

I wonder what a collaboration between PG and Ravi Shankar's nephew Lakminarayna Shankar would sound like. The latter's Celestial Body album is one of the most uplifting musical works I have ever come across.

[TrejosEd]

Universal. Music of the Spheres. Cosmic and telluric.

[eddabed2]

@altareggo you miss the point

this music is about the rhythm, not the harmony

that is Glass's fundamental and most original contribution to Western music a rethinking of phrase length, timing, rhythm and melody

[tiad]

Thanks for your comment.

@altareggo: "..Both Glass and Shankar have produced much wonderful music.".

Yes!

@altareggo: "..but this isn't part of it"".

You can't be serious. Why must we categorize those music? No matter how a "raga" should be in "traditional sense", this track IS simply wonderful. At least for me ;-)

Regards. ** TIAD **

[altareggo]

@sitarel I agree.. this certainly isn't anywhere CLOSE to being a "raga" in the traditional sense (and not all ragas are "dorian" in character - they use a variety of scales). I'm not very impressed at all: the piece goes nowhere: its almost completely static from start to finish, whereas a raga builds to a climax, in an often completely fantastic and electrifying manner. Both Glass and Shankar have produced much wonderful music - but this isn't part of it.

[soeffingwhat]

@lexsite George Harrisson from the Beatles. He and Ravi Shankar were very good Friends.

[lexsite]

@hardlawd Who's harison?

[sitarel]

please, would someone tell me how is this RAGA,similar to the Dorian mode called?

Thank you!!