Raga Marwa

Raga Marwa is a recording of Hindustani classical music featured on the 1970 Deutsche Grammophon album Raga-Musik Aus Indien • Music From India. The track appears as side B, track 1 on the original 12\" vinyl release. The performance spans 10 minutes and adheres to the structural and melodic conventions of Raga Marwa, a raga associated with the late afternoon or early evening in the Hindustani tradition.

Kartick Kumar provides the primary vocal rendition, accompanied by S.V. Patwardhan on the tabla and Rajaram on the tanpura. The recording captures an alaap-jor-jhala progression typical of dhrupad-influenced khyal presentations, though specific compositional details or lyrical content remain undocumented in available sources. The album served as part of Deutsche Grammophon’s series introducing Indian classical music to Western audiences during the 1970s.

The vinyl format of Raga-Musik Aus Indien • Music From India included a curated selection of raga performances, with production overseen by the label’s world music division. No reissue or digital remaster details are confirmed for this track. The original pressing featured liner notes in German and English, though contributions from the artists beyond the recorded performance are not specified.

Kartick Kumar’s interpretation of Raga Marwa emphasizes the raga’s characteristic komal re (flattened second) and tivra ma (sharp fourth), aligning with the Marwa that parent scale. The accompaniment by Patwardhan and Rajaram follows traditional rhythmic and drone support roles, though improvisational exchanges or extended tihai patterns are not explicitly noted in the track’s documentation.