Balahamsa ragam

[HarishankarK]

Hi
This is a rare raga but very beautiful one. Am learning Dandamu Pettenura song currently so i want to know more about this raga.
Anybody who has any recording for Balahamsa where it has been expanded and sung as a submain or main or RTP etc, request you to please share that with me.

Basically am looking for a good aalapana for the raga and some swaras etc to understand how it moves. I tried in internet but could not find much.
Anyone who has some recording please oblige me by uploading it in Sangeetapriya or 4shared.

Thanks
harish

[RaviSri]

Here is Parulanu Vedanu of Thyagaraja sung by Brinda and Muktha.

http://tinypic.com/r/2428ot1/5]

[arasi]

RaviSri,
Thank you.
Love the pallavi's powerful take off!

[Ramasubramanian M.K]

Ravi Sri: What a chaste rendering--I recall Ramnad Krishnan singing a krithi in Balahamsa--I believe he learnt from Brindamma. Any clues?
This is what I love about this forum--the vast treasurehouse of knowledge about Music,composers--being followed not only by musical neanderthals like me but by several younger folks.

[varsha]

http://saidvk.blogspot.in/2013/05/selec ... hamsa.html

https://archive.org/details/balahamsa

[sureshvv]

There is a great kriti by Gopalakrishna Bharathi in Balahamsa. Can't remember it at the moment.

[Pratyaksham Bala]

vandAlum varaTTum, gOpAlakrSNa bhArati

[RaviSri]

MKR, It is the same 'parulanu vEDanu' that Ramnad Krishnan used to sing.

[varsha]

Anybody who has any recording for Balahamsa where it has been expanded
Basically am looking for a good aalapana for the raga and some swaras etc to understand how it moves

https://archive.org/details/balahamsaa

hope this helps

[HarishankarK]

Dear Varsha,
very useful, thank you very much. I simply love this ragam.

Best
Harish

[SrinathK]

balahamsa has been explored mostly by Thyagaraja. Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavatar has also composed in it. Dikshitar also has a kriti to his name in it. There is also an Oothukadu Venkatakavi's Navavarnam in this raga.

So here's T Brinda singing parulanu vEDanu (the Sangeethapriya Tribute collection has a lot of rare recordings, do download it if you can) :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRHgPupLkko

[RSR]

ninnuvinA gati – balahamsA – Adi – tyAgarAja (1928) by M.S.Subbulakshmi... Can I get a link ?
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When I googled for 'balahamsa' ragam, , there were quite a few threads.
Liked the posts in
viewtopic.php?t=1232

"unnaiyallAl gatiyAr
of papanasam Sivan
seems to be a faithful facsimile of
sadASivarAya's "ninu vinA gati"
The composer is Thyagaraja or Sadasivaraya?
Or a different song? Not likely>? Any clarification please?