Raga Basant Mukhari

Raga Basant Mukhari is a recording of North Indian classical music featured on the 1970 album Raga-Musik Aus Indien • Music From India. The track runs for 17 minutes and 12 seconds and occupies side A of the original 12\" vinyl release. Deutsche Grammophon produced and distributed the album.

The performance centers on Raga Basant Mukhari, a raga traditionally associated with the late evening or early night. The artists include Kartick Kumar on sitar, S.V. Patwardhan on tabla, and an accompanying tanpura player identified only as Rajaram. The recording captures an alap-jor-jhala structure followed by a gat in vilambit and drut laya, though specific compositional details or taals remain undocumented in available sources.

The album Raga-Musik Aus Indien • Music From India formed part of Deutsche Grammophon’s series introducing Western audiences to Indian classical traditions during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The liner notes, where present, provided contextual essays on raga theory and instrument roles, but the original release did not include detailed session metadata such as recording location or date. The vinyl format preserved the unedited continuity of the performance, adhering to the improvisational nature of the genre.

No reissues or digital remasters of this specific recording have been officially confirmed. The track remains a representative example of the Dhrupad- and Khayal-influenced sitar recitals from the period, though its reception history and commercial performance are not widely documented.