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Ravi Shankar – In Celebration / Angel Records 4x Audio CD, Box Set 1995 / CDCD 7243 5 55577 2 8

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Ravi Shankar – In Celebration / Angel Records 4x Audio CD, Box Set 1995 / CDCD 7243 5 55577 2 8

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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.TitleOriginal 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.TitleOriginal 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.TitleOriginal 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.TitleOriginal 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

 

 

2-3   Sandhya Raga
Conductor – Ashit Desai
Flute – Ronu Majumdar
Guitar – Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Mridangam – T.R. Sundaresan
Percussion – Balachandra Joshi
Santoor – Tarun Bhattacharya
Sarangi – Ramesh Mishra
Sarod – Partho Sarathy
Shanai – Daya Shankar
Sitar – Parimal Sadaphal, Shubhendra Rao
Tabla – Kumar Bose, Vikram Patil
Tambura [Tanpura] – Harihar Rao
Violin, Arranged By – Suresh Lalwani

11:19

 

 

2-4   Ghanashyam
Conductor – Ashit Desai
Dholak, Tabla – Vikram Patil
Engineer – Prashanta Bagchi
Flute – Aloke Nath Dey, Kailash Sharma
Guitar – Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Mridangam – Kannan*
Producer – Sukanya Shankar
Sarangi – Ramesh Misra*
Sarod – Partho Sarathy
Shenai – Daya Shankar
Sitar – Shubhendra Rao
Synthesizer, Keyboards – Prashanta Bagchi
Tabla – Fateh Singh Gangani

5:06

 

 

2-5   Tilak Shyam
Sitar – Deepak Choudhury, Kartick Kumar, Ravi Shankar, Shubhendra Rao, Sumil Kumar Das
Tabla – Ishwar Lal, Kumar Bose

23:21

 

 

    East-West Collaboration  
3-1   Sitar And Violin Duet
Sitar – Ravi Shankar
Tabla – Alla Rakha
Tambura [Tanpura] – Kamala Chakravarty
Violin – Yehudi Menuhin

14:32

 

 

3-2   2nd Movement Sitar Concerto No. 1
Conductor – André Previn
Engineer – Christopher Parker
Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra
Producer – Christopher Bishop
Sitar – Ravi Shankar

6:13

 

 

3-3   3rd Movement Sitar Concerto No. 1
Conductor – André Previn
Engineer – Christopher Parker
Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra
Producer – Christopher Bishop
Sitar – Ravi Shankar

3:28

 

 

3-4   Morning Love
Engineer – Jean Claude Lefevre
Flute – Jean Pierre Rampal
Producer – John Mordler
Sitar – Ravi Shankar
Tabla – Alla Rakha
Tambura [Tanpura] – Kamala Chakravarty

12:05

 

 

3-5   Indo-Japan Finale
Koto – June Kuramoto
Percussion – Harihar Rao
Sarangi – Ramesh Mishra
Sarod – Ashish Khan
Shakuhachi – Kazu Matsui
Shanai – Daya Shankar
Sitar – Shubho Shankar
Sitar, Vocals – Ravi Shankar
Slide Guitar – Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Tabla – Ishwar Lal
Tabla, Vocals – Swapan Chowdhury
Taiko [Taiko Drum] – Johnny Mori
Vocals – Lakshmi Shankar

12:55

 

 

3-6   Enchanted Dawn
Engineer – Jean Claude Lefevre
Flute – Jean Pierre Rampal
Harp – Martine Géliot
Producer – John Mordler

11:45

 

 

3-7   4th Movement Raga Mala (Sitar Concerto No. 2)
Conductor – Zubin Mehta
Engineer – Christopher Parker
Orchestra – The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Producer – John Fraser
Sitar – Ravi Shankar

12:45

 

 

    Vocal And Experimental  
4-1   Vandana
Conductor – Ravi Shankar
Engineer – Kumar Shankar, Phil MacDonald
Flute – Hariprasad Chaurasia
Lead Vocals, Swarmandel [Swaramandal] – Lakshmi Shankar
Pakhavaj [Pakhawaj] – Rijram Desad
Percussion [Manjira], Vocals – Harihar Rao
Producer – George Harrison
Santoor, Vocals – Shivkumar Sharma
Sarangi – Sultan Khan
Sarod, Tabla [Tabla Tarang, Duggi Tarang], Ektare [Ek Tara] – Kamalesh Maitra
Shenai [Shanai] – Anantlal
Sitar – Kartick Kumar
Tabla – Alla Rakha
Tambura [Tanpura], Vocals – Kamala Chakravarty, Viji Shankar
Violin – L. Subramaniam, Satyadev Pawar
Vocals – Gopal Kishan, T.V. Gopalkrishnan

2:37

 

 

4-2   Hey Nath
Conductor, Orchestrated By, Arranged By – Suresh Lalwani
Flute – Ronu Mazumdar
Mridangam, Drum [Drum Speech] – T. Srinivasan
Sarod – Partho Sarathy
Sitar – Shubho Shankar
Tabla – Abhiman Kaushal
Veena – Parthasarathy
Vocals – Madras Choir, Ravi Shankar, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam

6:07

 

 

4-3   Pather Panchali
Dholak – Harihar Rao
Flute – Bud Shank
Producer – Richard Bock
Sitar – Ravi Shankar
Tabla – Kanai Dutt

7:00

 

 

4-4   Supaney Mein Aye
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Norman Kinney
Flute – Hariprasad Chaurasia
Mandolin – Al Kasey
Producer – George Harrison
Remix, Engineer – Gary Kellgran
Santoor – Shivkumar Sharma
Sarangi – Ronald Cohen
Sarod – Ashish Khan
Sitar – Shubho Shankar
Tabla – Alla Rakha
Violin – L. Subramaniam
Vocals – Lakshmi Shankar

4:11

 

 

4-5   West Eats Meat
Bass – Patrick O'Hearn
Engineer – Rick Schwartz
Percussion – Harihar Rao
Producer – Peter Baumann
Sarod – Ashish Khan
Sitar – Shubho Shankar
Sitar, Vocals – Ravi Shankar
Tabla – Kumar Bose
Vocals – Lakshmi Shankar

6:08

 

 

4-6   Oh Bhagawan
Ektare [Ek Tara] – Harihar Rao
Flute – G. Sachdev
Producer – George Harrison
Sitar, Vocals – Ravi Shankar
Vocals – Sanjukta Ghosh, Shubho Shankar

3:35

 

 

4-7   Friar Park
Autoharp, Producer – George Harrison
Engineer – Phil MacDonald
Marimba – Ray Cooper
Sitar – Ravi Shankar
Tabla – Markandeya Mishra

5:50

 

 

4-8   Tana Mana
Backing Vocals – Lakshmi Shankar
Effects [Musical Efx], Producer – Frank Serafine
Keyboards, Vocals – Ravi Shankar
Sarod – Ashish Khan
Sitar – Shubho Shankar

3:40

 

 

4-9   I Am Missing You
Acoustic Guitar, Autoharp – George Harrison
Bass – Klaus Voormann
Drums – Jim Keltner, Ringo Starr
Keyboards – Billy Preston
Lead Vocals – Lakshmi Shankar
Marimba, Percussion – Emil Richards
Producer – George Harrison
Soprano Saxophone – Tom Scott
Vocals – Kamala Chakravarty, Viji Shankar

3:40

 

 

4-10   Ta Na Tom
Engineer – Kumar Shankar, Phil MacDonald
Flute – Hariprasad Chaurasia
Pakhavaj [Pakawaj] – Alla Rakha
Producer – George Harrison
Violin – L. Subramaniam, Satyadev Pawar
Vocals – Kamala Chakravarty, Lakshmi Shankar, Rijram Desad, T.V. Gopalkrishnan, Viji Shankar
Vocals, Conductor – Ravi Shankar

6:42

 

 

4-11   Fire Night
Bass – Gary Peacock
Conductor – Ravi Shankar
Dholak – Harihar Rao
Drums – Louis Hayes
Flute – Bud Shank
Guitar – Dennis Budimir
Producer – Richard Bock
Tabla – Kanai Dutt

4:30

 

 

4-12   Sanwaréy, Sanwaréy
Conductor – Ravi Shankar
Ensemble [Bombay Studio Musicians] – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Lata Mangeshkar

3:12

 

 

4-13   Dispute And Violence
Bass – Klaus Voormann
Drums – Ed Shaughnessy
Marimba, Percussion – Emil Richards
Percussion – Jim Keltner
Producer – George Harrison
Saxophone – Tom Scott
Violin – L. Subramaniam
Vocals – Harihar Rao
Vocals, Conductor – Ravi Shankar

2:59

 

 

4-14   Shanti Mantra
Chorus – Government Chorus Of Ministry Of Culture Of USSR
Chorus Master, Conductor [Government Chorus Of Ministry Of Culture Of USSR] – V. Poliansky
Conductor – Ravi Shankar
Conductor [Chamber Orchestra Of Moscow Philharmonic] – Valentin Jhuk
Engineer [Re-mix Engineer] – Ashit Desai
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Robert Bielecki
Flute – Ronu Majumdar
Guitar – Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Mridangam, Ghatam – T.R. Sundaresan
Orchestra – Chamber Orchestra Of Moscow Philharmonic
Percussion – Balachandra Joshi
Producer – Kurt Munkacsi, Peter Baumann
Santoor – Tarun Bhattacharya
Sarangi – Ramesh Mishra
Sarod – Partho Sarathy
Shanai – Daya Shankar
Sitar – Parimal Sadaphal, Shubhendra Rao
Tabla – Kumar Bose
Tambura, Cymbal [Manjira] – Harihar Rao
Violin, Arranged By – Suresh Lalwani
Vocals – Ashit Desai, Hemangini Desai, Ratna Mala, Ravindra Sathe
6:49
 

 

 

  • Compilation ProducerAlan Kozlowski, George Harrison
  • Compilation Producer [in Association With]Ravi Shankar
  • Composed By, Written-ByRavi Shankar
  • Coordinator [Project Coordinator]Jayne Dundes
  • Cover [Art And Cover Design], Design [Art And Cover Design]Rick Ward
  • Engineer [Assistant Mastering Engineer], Mastered By [Assistant Mastering Engineer]Brian Ehrlich, Kumar Shankar
  • Engineer [CD Mastering Engineer], Mastered ByBruce Botnick, Larry Walsh
  • Liner NotesTimothy White (2)
  • Liner Notes [Preface Booklet]George Harrison
  • Photography By [Back Cover Photo]Eric Hayes
  • Photography By [Cover Photo And Sampler CD]Marilyn Silverstone
  • Research [Project Research]Harihar Rao

 

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