Sunday, 11 May 2014

Mohammad Shareef Khan Poonchwale (1926-1980) - Some Vichitra Veena Recordings


As the great Sitar and Vichitra Veena master Ustad Mohammad Shareef Khan Poonchwale (1926-1980) has still not got the attention by music lovers he deserves and especially his mastery over the difficult and rare Vichitra Veena is very little known, we post here some recordings, orginally posted by Dr. Ashfaq Ali Khan (Holistic Khan) in his wonderful treasure troves on esnips and mediafire. The original folders don't seem to be available anymore in the internet. Earlier we posted the only Vichitra Veena LP by the artist here. 

1. Raga Aimen (31:23)
2. Raga Darbari (18:16)
3. Pilu Thumri (13:05)


On the artist see  our earlier posts:
and also:
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6 comments:

  1. Bhowani30 July 2014 at 08:49

    Thousands thanks !

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  2. Unknown27 July 2015 at 14:08

    Thanks again !!!

    But again, recorded too load:

    foobar2000 1.0.3 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
    log date: 2015-07-27 13:45:19

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Analyzed: Mohammed Sharif Khan Poonch Wala / Vichitra Veena Recordings
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    DR Peak RMS Duration Track
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    DR8 0.00 dB -11.50 dB 31:25 01-Raga Aimen
    DR6 0.00 dB -11.03 dB 18:17 02-Raga Darbari
    DR7 0.00 dB -11.04 dB 13:06 03-Pilu Thumri
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Number of tracks: 3
    Official DR value: DR7

    Samplerate: 44100 Hz
    Channels: 2
    Bitrate: 320 kbps
    Codec: MP3
    ================================================================================

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  3. Unknown27 July 2015 at 14:38

    Really amazing !!!

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  4. Tawfiq27 July 2015 at 16:54

    These are not my rips. In effect they never have been published commercially. They must be from private tapes, probaly recorded from radio broadcasts. I found these files somewhere in the internet years ago and put them together in a post devoted to Vichitra Veena by this great musician. As the source so the result. You don't seem to understand that all depends on the source material. If the source is for example an Indian LP which by nature has already when it was brandnew a lot of surface noise (I guess that is what you call clipping) the rip will have this too. I never clean recordings. I leave it the needs of every individual to clean the recordings if they feel the need. I myself prefer them as they are.

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  5. Tawfiq27 July 2015 at 16:54

    Besides anlyzing them do you appreciate at all the music itself?!?

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  6. Unknown6 February 2016 at 21:52

    The most amazing and wonderful collection of music and (annotations to it) that one cannot
    find anywhere else! Thank you for sharing the music, your knowledge and your love of this music.

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