Raga marwa: Vilambit & Drut gat in teentaal

Ragas Marwa & Bhairavi: Live at the Kufa Gallery, London, June, 1993 is a live album by sitarist Rais Khan. Navras Records released the recording on compact disc in an unspecified year following the 1993 performance. The album captures a solo recital held at the Kufa Gallery in London, featuring two raga interpretations in the Hindustani classical tradition.

The opening track presents Raga Marwa in a 56-minute-59-second performance. Khan renders the raga in vilambit (slow tempo) and drut (fast tempo) gat compositions set to teentaal, a 16-beat rhythmic cycle. The recording emphasizes the raga’s characteristic shuddha dhaivat (natural sixth) and komal re (flattened second), hallmarks of the Marwa scale. Accompaniment details remain undocumented in available sources.

The album title indicates a second raga, Bhairavi, though the tracklist, duration, and performance structure for this piece are not specified in the provided context. Navras Records produced the release, but additional session musicians, recording engineers, or liner note contributors are not confirmed. The Kufa Gallery performance marked one of Khan’s international concerts during the 1990s, a period in which he frequently toured Europe and North America.

Rais Khan (1939–2017) belonged to the Indore-Mewati gharana and trained under sitarist Vilayat Khan. His style blended the gayaki ang (vocal-like phrasing) of the gharana with technical precision. This album exemplifies his approach to alaap-jor-jhala development and tantrakari (string technique) in live settings. Further production details, including mastering or reissue history, are not available.