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March 27, 2005
Intense Ilayaraja Inspiration
Ilayaraja, a South Indian composer, has produced some excellent musical works. Some of his musical training was in London and it shows in the way he seamlessly blends the best of Indian and Western classical music. His two instrumental albums, How To Name It and Nothing But Wind belong in every fan's CD collection. The man's raw talent shines forth in these albums.
My favorite few are "Study for Violin" and "...And we had a talk" from HTNI and "Mozart, I love you" from NBW. The first one is an excellent rendition of an already haunting keerthanam from Thyagaraja, "Thulasi Dhala Mulache Santhosha Mukha". The second one is a Carnatic counterpoint to one of Bach's famous violin concertos. The third track is plain ol' Ilayaraja -- excellent music to pop into the CD player after a long day of work.
Right now, both these albums are playing in the background and I am trying to get some work done. There's little that beats the awesomeness of coding to this music. Music to haunt your soul.
By the way, I have MP3s of all the tracks on both the above albums if you want to sample them. Get in touch with me if you want in. If you need to get a hold of these albums, they are available on Amazon.
Oh, and by the way, I recently bought myself this pretty gadget to pop CDs and tapes into. I am truly in audio heaven. It even plays DVDs, which might fit in with some other evil plan of mine. Watch this space for more on that.
Posted by Vishy at March 27, 2005 08:02 PM