Ali Akbar Khan Raga Shree

Raga Shree ( 40.00 ) Alap in two parts & Gat ( beginning ) ( 20.17 ) Gat ( conclusion ) ( 19.34 ) Ali Akbar Khan - Sarod Shankar Ghosh - Tablas Recorded in St. Paul´s Chapel at Columbia University. Connoisseur Society - New York - 1969 Late afternoon Raga, intended to be played in the brief, fragile time between sunset and the end of twilight ... It is a time of fear or wonder, or of a tenderness trascending the need to measure. Above all, and beneath all, it is a time of reflection, of exploration ... Mood of devotion, peace and heroism. ( Taken from the notes of the record )