Raga Desh, Mishra Pahadi

Abhijit Banerjee released the Hindustani classical album Raga Desh, Mishra Pahadi in 2000. The solo sitar album features four tracks blending dhrupad and khayal traditions with ragas Desh and folk-inf

Raga Desh, Mishra Pahadi is a Hindustani classical music album by sitarist Abhijit Banerjee. The album was released on January 1, 2000. It features instrumental performances in the dhrupad and khayal traditions, presented in a solo sitar format.

Abhijit Banerjee performs two ragas on this album: Raga Desh and Mishra Pahadi. The album contains four tracks. The first three tracks explore Raga Desh through its traditional stages. The opening track, Raga Desh: Alap, Jor, Jhala, presents the alap, jor, and jhala sections, establishing the raga’s melodic framework without rhythmic accompaniment. The second track, Raga Desh: Gat in Slow Teental, introduces a slow composition in teental, a 16-beat rhythmic cycle. The third track, Raga Desh: Gat in Fast Teental, accelerates the tempo while maintaining the same rhythmic structure.

The fourth track, Raga Mishra Pahadi: Alap, Gat in Keharwa, shifts to Mishra Pahadi, a light classical raga with folk influences. This track combines an alap section with a gat set to keharwa, an 8-beat rhythmic cycle. The album does not list a record label.

The context does not provide details about the recording venue, production credits, or additional personnel involved in the album’s creation.