Baithak literally means intimate house concert. This album presents master of swara or note and laya or rhythm, Kumar Gandharva in one mood. In this recording the artiste has chosen a Sandhi Prakash or pre-dawn and dusk raga, Shree. Based on the Poorvi thaat or scale, raga Shree is among the most sober, yet melodious raga of the dusk hour when the sun sets. Kumar Gandharva after the vilambit composition has sung a drut composition and tarana, which underline rhythm or layakari, one of the features of the artiste's style found in all his drut compositions. |