December 12, 2017

Niaz Ahmed Khan and Fayyaz Ahmed Khan: Raga Yaman [Odeon MOCE 1058] an LP recorded in 1963 and reissued in 1967 in India

Here we have a really lovely and heartfelt example of singing from the Kirana Gharana. These two brothers were born in Jaipur. Fayyaz ji died in 1987; I can find little or no information on his younger brother Niaz Ahmed.

This is a beautifully sung and tastefully recorded LP, recorded in glorious monophonic sound in 1963. I'm beginning to prefer mono recordings of Hindustani Classical music, as it avoids the hard right/left stereo balance common in the 1970s-80s in India.







Niaz Ahmed Khan: vocal
Fayyaz Ahmed Khan: vocal
Mohammad Ahmed: tabla

side 1:
Raga Yaman
a) alap
b) composition in slow Jhumra taal
c) composition in fast teentaal

Side 2:
Raga Bairagi-Bhairav
a) Alap
b) composition in slow Jhaptaal
c) composition in fast teentaal


Equipment used in transfer: 
Preparation: Ultrasonic cleaning for 20 minutes in pure clean water
Turntable:  Audio-technica AT-LP-1240
Cartridge: Audio-technica AT440 mlb
Pre-amplification: Vintage refurbished Pioneer SX-780.
Recorder: Sony PCM-M10 at 24bit/96kHz resolution
Software: AudacityClickRepairand xAct


(the highest resolution I am capable of recording)

(after decoding into wav, can be burned to a CD)

(highest quality compressed audio file)


2 comments:

  1. Absolutely wonderful share Richard! Thank you so much... Any recording by these two brothers is super amazing. They have another LP ECSD 2448
    in which they sing their own creation - Raga Chandraprabha, and an LP ECSD 2732 in which they sing Raag Bageshwari and Todi. All are amazing.....Theres also a CD called 'Invocation' by them in which they sing Raag Lalit, for almost 56 mins. I have this CD, happy to share in case you dont have it.

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  2. Wonderful. Thank you very much, Richard. The CD Kiran mentions is from Navras.

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