Rāg Chandra Kānhṛā

Rāg Darbārī / Rāg Chandra Kānhṛā is a studio album by sitarist Imrat Khan released in 1988 under Nimbus Records. The recording features two extended raga performances in the Hindustani classical tradition. The album appeared on compact disc as part of Nimbus Records’ series on North Indian classical music.

The second track, Rāg Chandra Kānhṛā, spans 27 minutes and 50 seconds. Imrat Khan performs the raga in the vilambit (slow) and drut (fast) sections, accompanied by tanpura and tabla. The composition adheres to the structural conventions of the Imdadkhani gharana, the stylistic school founded by Khan’s forefathers. The recording captures the alap, jor, and jhala phases followed by a gat in teental, a 16-beat rhythmic cycle. The album sleeve notes do not specify the accompanying artists or the exact recording location.

Nimbus Records produced the album with an emphasis on high-fidelity audio capture. The liner notes provide brief contextual details on the raga forms but omit technical descriptions of the recording process. The release date of 1988 aligns with Khan’s period of international performances and recordings, though the album’s commercial reception remains undocumented in available sources. No reissues or alternate formats of this specific recording have been confirmed.