This CD has been recorded with great fidelity in a royal chamber perhaps, with no accompaniments. Sri Ramavarma plays a bit of aalaapana and thaanam in four ragas one after the other: Behag, Kapi, Kamavardhini and Valaji. The pace is very leisurely and there are no gut-wrenching moments.
I feel the music is enjoyable and should be heard for its meditative quality and sound quality. The veena seems to be musing about its musical potential here!
I have taken the liberty of extracting and uploading some short samples for your listening pleasure.
http://j.mp/Thaanam
I found this CD at home, I don't know how/where it can be bought.
You can get more information on the CD and the artiste at his website:
http://ramavarma.yolasite.com