Ravi Shankar: In Celebration

Description: Ravi Shankar – In Celebration / Angel Records 4x Audio CD, Box Set 1995 / CDCD 7243 5 55577 2 8 UPC 72435-55577-28 /// Ravi Shankar: In Celebration is a compilation box set by Indian classical musician and composer Ravi Shankar, released in 1996 on Angel Records in conjunction with Dark Horse Records. The four discs cover Shankar's international career, from the 1950s to the mid 1990s, and include recordings originally released on the World Pacific, HMV, Angel, Apple, Dark Horse and Private Music record labels. Shankar's friend George Harrison compiled and co-produced the set, which was issued as part of year-long celebrations for Shankar's 75th birthday. Each disc of In Celebration adopts a musical theme covering a facet of Shankar's varied career – specifically, traditional ragas; orchestral works; collaborations with Western classical musicians; and vocal and experimental pieces, particularly in the jazz genre. Although Indian classical music receives relatively little coverage, the compilation includes examples of Shankar's work with artists such as Yehudi Menuhin, Bud Shank, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Philip Glass, André Previn, Harrison and the Music Festival from India. Among the previously unreleased selections, "Adarini" marks the recording debut of sitarist Anoushka Shankar, the youngest daughter of Ravi Shankar. The box set has received critical acclaim for providing an effective retrospective of Shankar's musical career. It was followed by In Celebration – Highlights, an abbreviated, single-disc version of the full compilation, and led to further joint projects by Shankar and Harrison, including the 1997 studio album Chants of India. In America, Angel Records, in conjunction with Dark Horse, issued Ravi Shankar: In Celebration during February 1996. In a December 1995 article announcing the release, Billboard magazine noted the "fortuitous bit of timing" provided by the Beatles' Anthology series, and the resulting "reviv[ed] interest in the '60s", a decade when Shankar's audience had grown to include Western rock fans through his association with Harrison. Shankar's career-spanning project also closely followed his reuniting with Yehudi Menuhin for a television broadcast, From the Sitar to the Guitar, detailing the birth of the gypsy and flamenco traditions from their roots in Indian music. The UK release of In Celebration took place in July 1996. In the same Billboard article, Kozlowski stated his regret that it was not possible to represent Shankar's celebrated performance from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, while Shankar suggested that "We could have made 12 CDs, or 16, with all the material there was" but expressed particular pleasure at the inclusion of tracks such as "V 7½", "Adarini" and "Sanwaréy, Sanwaréy". The packaging for the four discs featured a 64-page colour booklet with liner notes provided by music journalist Timothy White and recollections from Shankar on each of the compilation's 31 selections. The booklet credits Harihar Rao, a former student of Shankar's and a contributor to many of his musical projects from the 1960s onwards, as having provided "project research". In June 1996, Angel released the single-disc In Celebration – Highlights, which condensed the full compilation into what AllMusic's Thom Owens terms "the most essential items", totalling around an hour's worth of music. // Label: Angel Records – CDCD 7243 5 55577 2 8 Format: 4 x CD, Compilation, Box Set, Compilation Country: Released: 1995 Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style: Indian Classical, Hindustani // Tracklist: All selections written Ravi Shankar. Disc one: "Classical Sitar" No. Title Original release; producer and date of recording (if applicable) Length 1. "Charu Keshi" India's Master Musician (1963); Richard Bock, 1957 13:27 2. "Bhatiyar" Unique Ravi Shankar (1991); Shefali Nag, 1988 18:38 3. "Adarini" previously unreleased; Ravi Shankar, September 1995 8:48 4. "Marwa" Ravi Shankar in New York (1967); Richard Bock, 1967 17:40 5. "Dhun Kafi" India's Master Musician/Recorded in London (1964); Richard Bock, 1963 12:31 Disc two: "Orchestral and Ensembles" No. Title Original release; producer and date of recording (if applicable) Length 1. "V 7½" previously unreleased; Richard Bock, 1968 18:09 2. "Jait" Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India (1976); George Harrison, 1974 9:42 3. "Sandhya Raga" Inside the Kremlin (1989); Peter Baumann and Kurt Munkacsi, 1988 11:19 4. "Ghanashyam" The Musical Genius of Ravi Shankar (1992); Sukanya Shankar, 1991 5:06 5. "Tilak Shyam" New Offerings (1984); Ravi Shankar, 1983 23:21 Disc three: "East–West Collaboration" No. Title Original release; producer and date of recording (if applicable) Length 1. "Sitar and Violin Duet" West Meets East, Volume 2 (1968) 14:32 2. "2nd Movement Sitar Concerto No. 1" Concerto for Sitar & Orchestra (1971); Christopher Bishop, 1971 6:13 3. "3rd Movement Sitar Concerto No. 1" Concerto for Sitar & Orchestra (1971); Christopher Bishop, 1971 3:28 4. "Morning Love" West Meets East, Volume 3 (1977); John Mordler, 1976 12:05 5. "Indo-Japan Finale" previously unreleased; Alan Kozlowski, 1985 12:55 6. "Enchanted Dawn" West Meets East, Volume 3 (1977); John Mordler, 1976 11:45 7. "4th Movement Raga Mala (Sitar Concerto No. 2)" Raga-Mala (Sitar Concerto No. 2) (1982); John Fraser, 1982 12:45 Disc four: "Vocal and Experimental" No. Title Original release; producer and date of recording (if applicable) Length 1. "Vandana" Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India (1976); George Harrison, 1974 2:37 2. "Hey Nath" Passages (1990); Ravi Shankar, 1989 6:07 3. "Pather Panchali" Improvisations (1962); Richard Bock, 1962 7:00 4. "Supaney Mein Aye" Shankar Family & Friends (1974); George Harrison, 1973 4:11 5. "West Eats Meat" Tana Mana (1987); Peter Baumann, 1986 6:08 6. "Oh Bhagawan" Joi Bangla EP (1971); George Harrison, 1971 3:35 7. "Friar Park" Tana Mana (1987); George Harrison, 1986 5:50 8. "Tana Mana" Tana Mana (1987); Frank Serafine, 1983 3:40 9. "I Am Missing You" Shankar Family & Friends (1974); George Harrison, 1973 3:40 10. "Ta Na Nom" previously unreleased; George Harrison, 1974 6:42 11. "Fire Night" Improvisations (1962); Richard Bock, 1962 4:30 12. "Sanwaréy, Sanwaréy" Anuradha soundtrack (1960) 3:12 13. "Dispute & Violence" Shankar Family & Friends (1974); George Harrison, 1973 2:29 14. "Shanti Mantra" Inside the Kremlin (1989); Peter Baumann and Kurt Munkacsi, 1988 6:49 Classical Sitar 1-1 Charu Keshi Producer – Richard Bock Sitar – Ravi Shankar Tabla – Chatur Lal 13:27 1-2 Bhatiyar Producer – Shefali Nag Sitar – Ravi Shankar Tabla – Kumar Bose 18:38 1-3 Adarini Engineer – Richard Del Maestro Producer – Ravi Shankar Sitar – Anoushka Shankar Tabla – Zakir Hussain 8:48 1-4 Marwa Producer – Richard Bock Sitar – Ravi Shankar Tabla – Alla Rakha 17:40 1-5 Dhun Kafi Producer – Richard Bock Sitar – Ravi Shankar Tabla – Kanai Dutt 12:31 Orchestral And Ensembles 2-1 V 7 1/2 Flute – Bud Shank, Sharad Kumar Marimba, Percussion – Emil Richards Mridangam – Palghat Raghu Producer – Richard Bock Rabab – Mishkin Khan Santoor – Shivkumar Sharma Sarangi – Sabri Khan Sarod – Ashish Khan Sitar – Ravi Shankar, Shamim Ahmad Tabla – Alla Rakha 18:09 2-2 Jait Conductor – Ravi Shankar Cymbal [Manjira] – Harihar Rao Drum [Madal Tarang] – Rijram Desad Engineer – Kumar Shankar, Phil MacDonald Flute – Hariprasad Chaurasia Mridangam – T.V. Gopalkrishnan Producer – George Harrison Santoor – Shivkumar Sharma Sarangi – Sultan Khan Sarod, Tabla [Tabla Tarang] – Kamalesh Maitra Shanai – Anantlal Sitar – Kartick Kumar Tabla – Alla Rakha Tambura [Tanpura] – Kamala Chakravarty, Viji Shankar Veena [Vichitra Veena] – Gopal Kishan Violin – L. Subramaniam, Satyadev Pawar 9:42

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