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Buddhadev Das Gupta's first live concert CD, this performance is a tour-de-force by one of India's greatest modern sarod players, who brings out the rich lustre of the tradition of his gharana. The accompanying 16-page booklet includes an extensive interview and several archival photographs of Buddhadev and his masters. Rag Nayak ki Kanra is an old rag of the Kanra family. Rags of this type are related to the Sarang scale types, and have a flat third (komal ga) and seventh (komal ni). Most of them show the common cadential movement ga-ma-re-sa. In Nayak ki Kanra, the note motion re-pa is a further identifiable characteristic, as is the ascending figure, re-ma-pa-ni-pa. The recording begins with a masterfully-measured alap and jor, in which the tonal color and phrases of the rag are individually introduced and developed. The gat in tintal (where the drummer enters) brings in the important phrase re-pa in its approach to the downbeat, and features virtuosic tans (melodic patterns) in the further development of the rag. These are brought to rhythmic life through the use of intricate tight-hand plucking patterns (bols). This performance is a tour-de-force by one of the India's greatest modern sarod players, who brings out the rich lustre of the tradition of his gharana.