Henry Kaiser on Nikhil Banerjee's Purabi Kalyan
Bay Area EXPRESS
Holiday Records: December 1991
HENRY KAISER
INFRARED RAGAS AND
ELFIN BAGATELLES
NIKHIL BANERJEE: The Hundred Minute Raga: Purabi Kalyan (Raga-207).
This is a recording of a 1982 Berkeley concert by one of this century's greatest masters of the Indian sitar, as fine an extended performance of classical Indian instrumental music as you will find on CD. The two CDs are accompanied by a 32-page booklet that provides a lot of useful information about Banerjee, his music, his personality, and the musical and cultural contexts of the classical Indian raga in the 20th century. As a public service, I'd like to mention that the absolute best and most economical place to purchase this and virtually all other current releases of Indian music is at Shrimati's Ltd., 2011 University Avenue, Berkeley, 510-548-6220.
