Raga Malkauns Antara, Pal Pal Ghadi Ghadi, Drut Teentaal Piya Sang Lar Pachatani Re

Raga Malkauns (Antara, Pal Pal Ghadi Ghadi, Drut Teentaal – Piya Sang Lar Pachatani Re) is a khayal composition performed by vocalist Sanjeev Abhyankar in the raga Malkauns framework. The track appears as the second piece on the album Classical Vocal, released in March 1999 under the Fountain Music Company label. The recording adopts the drut teentaal (16-beat cycle) in its faster sections and spans a duration of 11 minutes and 13 seconds.

The composition follows the khayal tradition of Hindustani classical music, with Abhyankar rendering the antara (second stanza) of the bandish Pal Pal Ghadi Ghadi before transitioning into the drut (fast-tempo) exposition. The lyrical theme revolves around the text Piya Sang Lar Pachatani Re, a poetic expression in Braj Bhasha. The album format is CD, and no additional session artists or accompanying instrumentalists are documented in the available context.

The release date and label align with Abhyankar’s early commercial recordings, though specific production details such as recording location, producers, or accompanying tanpura/sarangi artists remain unverified in the provided data. The track exemplifies the raga Malkauns structure, characterized by its pentatonic audav-audav scale (omitting the second and sixth notes in ascent and descent) and its association with late-night or early-morning performances in the classical repertoire.