Raag Bageshri Grut Gat Treetal

Raag Bageshri Grut Gat Treetal is a Hindustani classical instrumental composition performed by Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt on the mohan veena and Tarun Bhattacharya on the santoor. The track appears as the second piece on the album Icons Of Indian Music – Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Tarun Bhattacharya (Hindustani Classical), released on April 13, 1991 under the TIPS label. The recording spans 28 minutes and 22 seconds and adheres to the treetal rhythmic cycle, a 16-beat structure common in North Indian classical music.

The album presents a jugalbandi-style collaboration between Bhatt and Bhattacharya, blending the resonant tones of the mohan veena and the percussive clarity of the santoor. The composition explores Raag Bageshri, a late-night raga associated with the Kafi thaat and characterized by its use of komal ni (flattened seventh) and shuddha ma (natural fourth). The performance follows the grat gat format, emphasizing intricate melodic development within the fixed rhythmic framework of treetal.

The album was originally issued in physical formats and later made available as digital media. No additional details about the recording sessions, production personnel, or alternate versions exist in the provided context. The track exemplifies the improvisational and technical virtuosity central to Hindustani instrumental traditions, with both artists contributing extended alaaps and taans within the raga’s structural constraints.