About Sunset
Sunset is a collaborative studio album by Indian classical sitarist Anjan Chattopadhyay and Bangladeshi tabla player Enayet Hossain. The album released on April 20, 2010, under the Aimrec label in CD format. The recording captures a live-to-studio performance centered on Raga Yaman, a prominent raga in the Hindustani classical tradition.
The album comprises three tracks that explore Raga Yaman through its structural components. The opening track features the alaap, jor, and jhala sections, establishing the raga’s melodic framework without rhythmic accompaniment. The second track introduces a gat (composition) in vilambit teental, a slow 16-beat cycle where Chattopadhyay performs the sitar melody with Hossain providing tabla support. The final track accelerates into a drut teental, a faster rendition of the same 16-beat cycle, showcasing intricate interplay between the instruments.
The release event coincided with the album’s public availability on April 20, 2010. Aimrec distributed the recording as an official commercial product, though specific details about its production location, session musicians (if any), or engineering team remain undocumented. The album’s focus on a single raga aligns with traditional Hindustani classical conventions, emphasizing depth of exploration over thematic variety.
No additional editions, reissues, or alternate formats of Sunset have been verified. The tracklist confirms the work as a concise presentation of Raga Yaman, with no supplementary compositions or improvisations outside the stated structure.