Religions of India - rec. Deben Bhattacharya

Religions of India - The Living Traditions

Recordings and sleevenotes by Deben Bhattacharya

Argo - ZFB 55 - P.1971

Side A

A1 Temple Bells and drums 1'43

A2 Vedic Chants - Pandit Durga Prasad 3'13

A3 Raga Asavari - Hori Dhamari-ke-pad - Dhruvadas Maharaj 5'38

A4 Kazhagam 2'53

A5 Mariyamman Padal 2'30

A6 Mira's Bhajan 3'35

Side B

B1 Namo tatsat - Pali prayer - Buddhist 3'42

B2 Tibetan prayer - Buddhist 5'35

B3 Pali prayer - Buddhist 4'35

B4 In praise of Guru Nanak - Sikh 6'36

A1, A6, Recorded 1954, Varanasi (Benares)

A2 Recorded 1968, Amer (Jaipur)

A3 Recorded 1968, Brindavan

A4, A5, Recorded 1962, Dehli

B1, B2 Recorded 1968, Sarnath

B3 Recorded 1954, Calcutta

B4 Recorded 1955, Amritsar

Some more of the earlier field recordings by Deben Bhattacharya that not only are valuable historical documents but also makes good listening. Again some of these recordings are very moving and makes for good time travels. I especially enjoy the Sikhs praising Guru Nanak.

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Cambodia - A Musical Anthology of the Orient 2

A Musical Anthology of the Orient - Unesco Collection 2

The Music of Cambodia: Ceremonial, Folk and Court Music

Bärenreiter - Musicaphon - BM 30 L 2002 - P.1961

(Click here to go to to the disocgraphy listing of all the publications in this series)

Side A

A01 Invitation to the Genies

A02 Solo for Cha-pai

A03 Prelude (Karnai)

A04 Counting the flowers (Rop Koh)

A05 Music for banquets and in honour of distinguished personalities (Sam suon savan)

A06 To drive away Demons (Wan bain priyai)

A07 Distribution of Gifts at Marriage Festivities

A08 Funeral Music

Side B

B09 March of the Songs

B10 The King of Angkor (Prah Thao)

B11 Prayer in Pali

B12 Wedding Music

B13 Mystery a cappella track.

The following pictures of old instruments from the Phnom Penh Museum

in the 1960's, makes one wonder how they have fared over the years,

since the people there have met so hard times.

Skor Tom (Rumonea)

Tro Khmers

Cha pei

Shaing shra lei

Tro U

Tro I

The last track is not listed nor mentioned either in the liner notes to accompany the LP nor is it mentioned in the reviews. It is doubly sad becuse the anonymous singer has such good voiceculture that it would be interesting to read more about the tradition it was a manifestation of. If anyone has more information to shed some light on this track I would be most delighted. Maybe it was added on the second pressing but no mention is made to that effect.

12th century carved stone relief of musicians

from the ruins of the ancient capital of Angkor

If someone can point me to other releases of early recordings of Cambodian music, i.e. more specifically from the pre CD era I would be overjoyed! It seems that there were very few made!

I will soon post one more from a french label, with some recordings that I also find rather interesting, made by Jaques Brunet and published in 1971.

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