Voleti Venkateswarulu

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coolkarni

Post by coolkarni »

http://download.yousendit.com/236AB2BD7E58B5CE

and now... PLEASE DONT GO BONKERS !!

This is again a trailer.since file sizes are large , we may have to wait for padren to upload -if only i can intercept him in chennai in the next two days- otherwise we will go about with my
snail-uploads.

and yes these are very old dd clips.one can notice it from the setting of the stage..

One of my friends here used to say
"the first time I went to a Voleti concert , I had to walk up to stage to see if it was he who was really singing , or if the music came from some other tape-player by his side.His face and body used to be so still !!
I can see his problem , after watching the video.
Mesmerising- Such angelic emotions on his face.
May his Soul rest in Peace !

padren68
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Post by padren68 »

This is from DD-Chennai. With MSG and PR
Anadhabhairavi. Janaranjini, Varali and Behag

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Post by padren68 »

Rec in 1989

coolkarni

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videos received from padren in 2006 !!!
:)

gsn
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Post by gsn »

Coolji--

the second vid is not PR; is it Sankaran sir??? A very different appearance, almost Qawwal-like! Who is playing the violin and ghatam?

Mesmerising "Pattividuvaraadhu" - he sings with such ease!

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Post by padren68 »

Pattiveeduvaradu
That is with Yella Venkateswara Rao (Mri), Somayajulu (Ghatam) and I think Komanduri Krishnamchari (Violin) - DD National Prog
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ohh ok..:)

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Post by padren68 »

Here is the Sankarabaranam and Anadhabhairavi continuation to Pattividuvaraadu...
http://www.rogepost.com/n/2561878561
http://www.rogepost.com/n/1473842353
But only audio, will try u/l the video sometime...
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hsuvarna
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Post by hsuvarna »

I still cannot believe it. PattiViduva is a great song. No words to thank them. Let me add double sri to them.
Sri Sri Padren and Sri sri Coolkarni, you are ultimate.

How about the tambura playing girl? Can anyone identify? Whenever Sri Voleti sings in Madras. tambura usually comes from Sri Lalgudi's house.

coolkarni

Post by coolkarni »

Sri sri Coolkarni
I am trying hard to downsize my ego to zero , and here you are,
working at cross purpose.
now let me get rid of this 4 day stubble fast , before a crowd gathers in front of my house...
for an ART OF LISTENING course.
:P

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Post by murthyhmg »

Dear nhmenon

pl refer to:
http://www.karnatik.com/c1571.shtml

akati velala is listed as chakravakam. i have also seen the kriti listed as revati

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Post by thathwamasi »

is it just me or do u people also feel that the guy who is sitting behind and listening to voleti in the prev. page pictures resembles T.M.Krishna? could it be him?

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Post by thathwamasi »

particularly the last foto....

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Post by nhmenon »

murthyhmg wrote:Dear nhmenon

pl refer to:
http://www.karnatik.com/c1571.shtml

akati velala is listed as chakravakam. i have also seen the kriti listed as revati
Dear Murthy

I had this doubt too and checked with Sh thiruvengadu Jayaraman who confirmed it is sung in revati

Regards

Narendran

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Post by Lakshman »

In T.S.Parthasarathi's book Tallapakkam Annamacharya kitanangal the ragas given are mukhari/revati.
In Chimagurti Chanriah Reddy's book Annamacharya Kirtanaigal the raga given is kamavardhani.

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Post by mahesh_narayan »

Many thanks to Shri. HMG Murthy for uploading Shri. Voleti's AIR program to sangeethapriya.org. What a melliflous, weighty, and sublime kambhoji alapana, followed by Sri Raghuvaraprameya !!!.

When I was talking to my dad last night about Voleti Garu, he told me that his guru Shri. Pinakapani used to call him 'gomukham' because of his motionless, statue-like posture while singing:).

Does anybody have a recording of Voleti Garu's 'Kadale Vadu' in Narayanagowla?
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Post by MaheshS »

You can download Kadale vadu from the following link.

http://www.yousendit.com/download/mYAnTsCPp3l5TA%3D%3D

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Post by hsuvarna »

Lakshman wrote:In T.S.Parthasarathi's book Tallapakkam Annamacharya kitanangal the ragas given are mukhari/revati.
In Chimagurti Chanriah Reddy's book Annamacharya Kirtanaigal the raga given is kamavardhani.
There are mistakes in books as well as different artists rendering the kirtanas in different ways too.
AkatiVelala, tuned by Sri Voleti is in Revathy.

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Post by vijay »

Thathvasami - I think it was mentioned that the young man was a student of Karakkudi Mani. TMK would have been about 8 years old in 1982 - but there does seem to be some resemblance....

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Post by thathwamasi »

Vijay!! If the recording was 1982 then there is no chance of TMK as he would have been 6 yrs old. However, just to clarify, am not talking about the one who is sitting behind Karaikudi mani. In the third foto, we can see one man who is listening intently to Voleti. That guy kinda resembles TMK. Thanks

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Post by hsuvarna »

thathwamasi wrote:Vijay!! If the recording was 1982 then there is no chance of TMK as he would have been 6 yrs old. However, just to clarify, am not talking about the one who is sitting behind Karaikudi mani. In the third foto, we can see one man who is listening intently to Voleti. That guy kinda resembles TMK. Thanks
Both the guys are same. The photo is from a different angle. As mentioned by another rasika, he is Mr Vittala Ramaiah of AIR, must have come along with Sri Voleti.

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Post by jayaram »

But only audio, will try u/l the video sometime...
Hope the video clips are on their way...

coolkarni

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jayaram
btw
padren and myself spent a wonderful afternoon, here in guindy ..today.

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Post by jayaram »

...and I can imagine what you guys did! NOT FAIR!
(and what DO you do, Cool-ji?? want to swap lives? :))

coolkarni

Post by coolkarni »

It was a wonderful meeting, indeed.Never miss a chance to meet him, If you happen to be Dubai.
He enjoyed the Blown up photos of PMI , BGAK , Kumar Gandharv , Begum Akhtar, Paluskar that adorn my Humble Drawing Room...
Channulal Misra's Vathapi.. Nand .. Maru Behag...Kalyanraman..Panthula Rama... Hots cups of Tea ...:)
And our usual Import / Export of DVDs...:cool:

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Post by padren68 »

Anyone planning to visit coolkarni, pls allot atleast a couple of days for that:)
Inpeccable indexing and archival. Spent close to couple of hours, time flew listening to top class music, Sply the Channulal Mishra, Still ringing in my ears.
Thanks for the raga compilation. A BIG THANKS from my wife.

coolkarni

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rasikaorgites are always welcome..

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Post by jayaram »

Never miss a chance to meet him, If you happen to be Dubai.
Didn't quite understand this sentence.

coolkarni

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if you happen to be in dubai.

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Post by padren68 »

Today being Maha Shivarathri, here is Siva Stuti rendered by Sri. Voleti and Group, a lovely rendition
http://file.uploadr.com/caef
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Post by humdinger »

dear padren, i get an error saying file is not available...

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Post by padren68 »

Humdinger
Check now, it seems to work. The earlier link was wrong. I have edited it.

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Post by humdinger »

Thanks padrenji...its working now...
And what you shared was not just a file...it brought back a whole set of memories. Those lovely villages and serne mornings....those sacred chants from temple towers resonating on the waves of the temple tank....priceless...thanks a lot...

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Post by hsuvarna »

Padren Saab, Is it one of those bhakti anjani programs of Sri Voleti?

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hsuvarna, yes

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Post by kmrasika »

padren68 wrote:Today being Maha Shivarathri, here is Siva Stuti rendered by Sri. Voleti and Group, a lovely rendition
http://file.uploadr.com/caef
Do you have more clips of stOtrAs (hymns) rendered by him? What a wonderful rendition!

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Post by bala747 »

To complete the Voleti "kutcheri set" uploaded by others, here are my humble little contributions that can precede the Durbar and Varali, a beautiful 'appetiser' if you will, a lovely rendition of Sarasiruhasanapriye (with GJR, KRM who makes his mridangam sing): http://www.sendspace.com/file/14jkrw

and to follow all the superheavy bhairavis, Sankarabharanams, Kharaharapriyas: a mesmerising Ragamalika Viruttam,
http://www.sendspace.com/file/nb5dnw

followed by a Javali in Yamuna Kalyani. Violin accompaniment is something out of this world, by Akella Mallikarjuna Sharma and Mridangam by Kamalakar Rao.
http://rapidshare.com/files/17827310/09 ... alyani.mp3

A nice dessert after such a heavy main course, no?

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Post by humdinger »

bala, good to see u in form again...i still remember xdrive that always used to play up...
thanks for the dessert.

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Post by ravi2006 »

Thanks for those 2 tracks, Bala. The violin accompaniment is indeed out of this world. I especially liked the hamsanandi - full of MSG-like touches.

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Post by kmrasika »

bala747:
I really miss your xdrive with wonderful and mesmerizing music. Thank you for the tracks.

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Post by Sam Swaminathan »

bala747

your link http://www.sendspace.com/file/14jkrw

I get the following response.....

Oops. The page you are looking for is not available. It has either been moved or deleted from our server.


Please help.....regards......Sam

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Post by bala747 »

Hi it works for me. Anyway I have reuploaded it on yousendit but it will only be around for a week, maybe someone can upload it on rapidshare. It's horribly slow from work:
http://download.yousendit.com/4C83B5532E3A7D7C

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Thank you Bala.....regards.........Sam

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Post by nhmenon »

I would like to start a thread on Sh.Thiryuvengadu Jayaraman. In the process of uploading some of his good concerts. Can someone tell me how to start the thread?

Narend

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Post by kalgada78 »

When you open Vidwans & Vidushis,you'll see to your top right,"Post a new topic".It'll open a new topic for you.

Sarma.

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Post by jayaram »

nhmenon - do the following:
1. click on 'Index' at the top of the screen
2. on the next screen, click on 'Vidwans & Vidushis' (you may have to scroll down for this)
3. on the next screen, click on 'Post new topic' at the right of the screen
4. name the topic 'Thiryuvengadu Jayaraman' and enter your text...
rest you know what to do, I'm sure...

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Post by padren68 »

Extracted from an article from the following link (a nice article)

http://sankaran-geeess.blogspot.com/200 ... ughts.html

"The question whether classical music , like pop music, is mass entertainment or basically meant for the reasonably well-informed rasika can be debated till the cows come home. I submit that it is not meant for mass entertainment in the sense, say, fusion music or film music is. If it is, you have to cheapen the profound classicism of Carnatic music. It is like asking whether classic literature is for mass entertainment? The very word ‘entertainment’, I submit, is sacrilegious to the discerning listener in relation to classical music. Not from a religious or spiritual angle but from the generally accepted requirement that it should not only be aesthetically pleasing but elevating and uplifting too. As a matter of fact, the average concert-goer is reasonably well-informed and it should be the endeavour of our musicians to provide the necessary atmosphere and impetus to development of that trait. This implies that the artiste must, as a matter of principle, sing first and foremost for ‘atmathripti , that is, he must be satisfied himself that he is giving of his best; then only he can expect the rasika to be pleased and satisfied. And have a feeling of being elevated. I can quote no better example of an artiste whose music so patently exuded ‘atmatripthi’ than the (late) Voleti Venkateswaralu. It was a treat as much to watch the great man singing with eyes closed meditatively, without allowing intrusion of external objects, as to listen to his profoundly deep, soothing and elevating music. I would like here to quote the great musicologist and Guru Dr. Pinakapani on the

late Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer when he took up Durbar for alapana: “---during this time he is lost—he doesn’t bother about the accompaniments, the platform or the audience. He just closes his eyes and goes on.â€

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Post by hsuvarna »

Tremendous article on ALL the aspects of CM and concert. Must read for all.
I have not seen a complete article like this before which includes raaga, bhava, saahitya, bhakti, listeners, anouncers, HM comparison etc.
Thanks padren saab.

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Post by hsuvarna »

Sri Voleti receiving Sangeeta Choodamani Award from Krishna Gaana Sabha in 1982

http://www.krishnaganasabha.org/images/ ... voleti.jpg

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Post by hsuvarna »

Another from same sabha a bigger picture
http://www.krishnaganasabha.org/images/ ... ons/26.JPG

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