About Raga Miyan Ki Malhar / Raga Dhansri
Raga Miyan Ki Malhar / Raga Dhansri is a studio album by sitarist Nishat Khan, released in 1996. The recording features two North Indian classical ragas performed in the khayal tradition of Hindustani music. India Archive Music issued the album on compact disc as part of its catalog of traditional and classical Indian recordings.
The album contains three tracks divided between two ragas. The first two tracks present Raga Miyan Ki Malhar, a monsoon-associated raga in the Malhar family. The opening piece, Raga Miyan Ki Malhar: Alap & Jor, showcases the slow, meditative alap section followed by the rhythmic jor. The second track, Raga Miyan Ki Malhar: Madhya Gat in Tintal, introduces a composed melody (gat) set to the 16-beat tintal cycle. The third and final track, Raga Dhanasri: Alap, explores Raga Dhanasri through an extended alap without accompanying percussion.
Nishat Khan performs on sitar with accompaniment details unspecified in available sources. The recording captures the improvisational and structural elements characteristic of Hindustani instrumental music. The 1996 release date aligns with Khan’s period of international recognition as a seventh-generation musician from the Etawah gharana, a lineage associated with sitarists Vilayat Khan and Imrat Khan.
The album’s production credits and additional session musicians remain undocumented in public records. India Archive Music, the releasing label, specialized in archival and contemporary recordings of Indian classical music during the 1990s. No reissues or alternate editions of this specific recording have been confirmed.