Tracklist 

1 Prarambh 	 	
2 Shanti-Mantra 		
3 Three Ragas In "D" Minor  	
4 Tarana 	
5 Sandhya Raga 	
6 Bahu-Rang 
7 Shanti-Mantra (Reprise) 

Album description from
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Not merely a great sitar player, Ravi Shankar is also a superb composer. Here Shankar performs inside the Kremlin, in a 1988 concert that was the culmination of a year-long Indian festival in the former Soviet Union. For the closing event Shankar was asked to compose original music for a concert that would be performed by over 140 musicians and singers. It's a spectacular collaboration between the Russian Folk Ensemble, the Chamber Orchestra of Moscow Philharmonic, the Government Chorus of Ministry and Culture, and an Indian ensemble comprising many of Shankar's disciples.

Shankar composed seven pieces for this event, mostly ragas, all of which are heard here. The wonderful synergy between these disparate cultures creates inspirational music. The concert's highlight is the grand finale, "Bahu-Rang," beginning with drumbeats followed by a mix of classical Indian and Russian instruments. Towards the end of the piece, a folk motif leads into the spellbinding "Unity of Friendship."

Recorded at The Kremlin, Moscow, U.S.S.R. between July 5 & 7, 1988.

Composer: Suresh Lalwani.

Personnel: Ravi Shankar (sitar); Harihar Rao (vocals, tanpura); Hemangini Desai, Ratna Mala, Ravindra Sathe, Ashit Desai (vocals); Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (guitar); Parthasarthy Chowdhury (sarod); Parimal Sadaphal, Shubhendra Rao (sitar); Suresh Lalwani (violin); Kailash Sharma, Ronu Mazumdar (flute); T.R. Sundaresan (ghatam, mradangam); Kumar Bose (tabla); Balachandra Joshi, Vikram Patil (percussion).

Audio Remixers: Miles Green; Ashit Desai.

Recording information: Palace Of Culture, Moscow, Russia (07/05/1988-07/??/1988).

Unknown Contributor Roles: Daya Shankar; Dipak Bawaskar; Harihar Rao; Moscow Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra; Tarun Bhattacharya.

Arrangers: Suresh Lalwani; Ashit Desai.

Personnel: Pandit Ravi Shankar (sitar); Harihar Rao (vocals, tanpura); Ashit Desai, Ravindra Sathe, Ratna Mala, Hemangini Desai (vocals); Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (guitar); Shubhendra Rao, Parimal Sadaphal (sitar); Parthasarthy Chowdhury (sarod); Tarun Bhattacharya (santoor); Ramesh Mishra (sarangi); Suresh Lalwani (violin); Ronu Mazumdar, Kailash Sharma (flute); Daya Shankar (shahnai); T.R. Sundaresan (mridangam, ghatam); Kumar Bose (tabla); Balachandra Joshi, Vikram Patil (percussion).
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