Uday Bhawalkar, Hathor Consort, Romina Lischka – Dhrupad Fantasia (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Uday Bhawalkar, Hathor Consort, Romina Lischka - Dhrupad Fantasia (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Uday Bhawalkar, Hathor Consort, Romina Lischka – Dhrupad Fantasia (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:18:15 minutes | 1,47 GB | Genre: Classical
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Dhrupad is the oldest and purest genre within the North Indian classical music and can trace its origins to the recitation of Sanskrit texts in Hindu temples more than two thousand years ago. Dhrupad reached the Mughal courts in Rajasthan in the 16th century, where it developed into a classical art form. Dhrupad Fantasia is a meeting of the court music of Queen Elizabeth I of England with that of the Mughal emperor Akbar the Great; both monarchs reigned from about 1550 until 1600. Romina Lischka has created a wondrous fantasy in which the modality of Indian ragas is interwoven with the polyphony of Elizabeth I’s England. She, the Hathor Consort and dhrupad vocalist Uday Bhawalkar have created an imaginary world by combining improvisations based on modal ragas and polyphonic instrumental music, both of which originated in the art music of the aforementioned courts.
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