Artist	Song
Ravi Shankar	Raga Bairagi Todi: Alap
from Spirit of India (1988)
Nikhil Banerjee	Raga Nat Bhairav: Gat In Fast Teen Taal
from Lyrical Sitar (1991)
Ali Akbar Khan & Swapan Chaudhuri	Raga Basant Mukhari: Gat In Fast Teen Taal
from Artistic Sound of Sarod (2008)
Amjad Ali Khan	Raga Jogia
from Portrait of a Legend Vol. 1 (2005)
Vilayat Khan & Zakir Hussain	Raga Bhairav Bahar: Gat In Fast Teen Taal (Excerpt)
from Dawn to Dusk: Aftaab-E-Sitar Vilayat Khan Live (2008)
Kala Ramnath	Raga Bilaskhani Todi: Tarana In Fast Teen Taal
from Singing Violin (2007)
Hariprasad Chaurasia	Raga Shuddh Sarang: Gat In Fast Teen Taal
from Daylight Ragas (2003)
Bhimsen Joshi	Raga Shuddh Sarang - Drut Teen Taal "Ab Mori Baat"
from Unsung - Vol. 3 (2006)
Jasraj, Zakir Hussain & Sultan Khan	Raga Bhimpalasi: Khayal In Medium Teen Taal "Sab Se Oonchi Prem"
from Ornamental Voice (2008)
Shivkumar Sharma	Raga Hameer, Gat In Teentaal
from The Flow Of Time (2006)
Rajan & Sajan Mishra	Raga Yaman: Khayal In Medium Teen Taal "Ae Ri Aali Piya Bina"
from Live In New Delhi: Raga Yaman (2007)
Jasraj	Niranjani Narayani
from Jasrang - His Essential Classical & Devotional Collection (2007)
Ram Narayan	Mishra Khamal Thumri
from Pt. Ram Narayan (Sarangee Wadan) (1995)
Tarun Bhattacharya	Raag Hament (Teentaal)
from The Art of the Indian Santoor (2002)
G. S. Sachdev	Madhuvanti
from Golden Sun (2010)
Kishori Amonkar	Raga Shuddh Kalyan - Khyal In Drut Teental
from Ragas: Shuddh Kalyan & Suha (2006)
Shivkumar Sharma	Raga Gorakh Kalyan: Composition In Medium and Fast Teen Taal (16 Beat Rhythmic Cycle)
from Hypnotic Santoor - EP (1988)
Ravi Shankar	Raga Charukauns: Gat In Fast Ek Taal
from Incredible Ravi Shankar (2007)
Shankar	Tanam Kiravani
from Eternal Light (2000)
Shahid Parvez & Zakir Hussain	Raga Rageshree: Gat In Fast Teen Taal
from Excellent Sound of Sitar: Shahid Parvez At His Best (2008)
Ajoy Chakrabarty	Raga Kedar: Khayal In Fast Teen Taal "Ab Aa Milo"
from Ajoy Chakraborty: Live in Philadelphia (2007)
Nikhil Banerjee	Raga Malkauns: Gat In Medium Teen Taal (excerpt)
from India's Maestro of Melody: Live Concert Vol. 1 (2008)
Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan	Raga Pahadi: Gat In Fast Teen Taal
from Ethereal Bliss - EP (2007)
Bismillah Khan	Raga Bhairavi: Dhun In Medium Teen Taal (Excerpt)
from The Shehnai Legend: Bismillah Khan & His Ensemble (2008)
Sayeeduddin Dagar	Raga Bhairav - Dhrupad In Sadara (10 Beats)
from Lineage of Dhrupad (2005)

Comment:

While northern Indian classical music is something of an acquired taste, the joys of approaching it as you would a chant and allowing it to flow around and through you are manifold. For openers, it's worth listening to Ravi Shankar's spoken "An Introduction to Indian Music." Ali Akbar Khan, whose "Raag Khamaj" is featured here, is considered a "National Living Treasure" in India. He was cited by the late violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin as being "the greatest musician in the world." India has also seen many world-renowned maestros who have pioneered new instruments - like [i]shehnai[/i] wizard Bismillah Khan, [i]santoor[/i] magician Shivkumar Sharma, flute masters Pannalal Ghosh and Hariprasad Chaurasia, guitar guru Brijbhushan Kabra, etc.

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