Anthology of Indian Classical Music - A Tribute to Alain Daniélou
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The Anthology of Indian Classical Music - A Tribute to Alain Daniélou is a new edition of Alain Danielou
's Anthology of Indian Classical Music. The series received the "Diapason d'Or" award and the "Grand Prix du Disque" in 1998.
This collection was originally recorded by Alain Danielou for the International Music Council (Unesco) between 1950-1955. The introductory text is by Serge Moreux. The compilation also includes recordings of Ravi Shankar
and Ali Akbar Khan
(the first ones made in Europe).
Alain Daniélou
Alain Daniélou was a French historian, intellectual, musicologist, Indologist, and a noted Western convert to and expert on Shaivite Hinduism.-Life:...
's Anthology of Indian Classical Music. The series received the "Diapason d'Or" award and the "Grand Prix du Disque" in 1998.
This collection was originally recorded by Alain Danielou for the International Music Council (Unesco) between 1950-1955. The introductory text is by Serge Moreux. The compilation also includes recordings of Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar , often referred to by the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent...
and Ali Akbar Khan
Ali Akbar Khan
Ali Akbar Khan , often referred to as Khansahib or by the title Ustad , was a Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod...
(the first ones made in Europe).