Raga Sanjh Saravali: Alap / Vilambit Gat In Teentaal / Drut Gat In Teentaal
About Raga Sanjh Saravali: Alap / Vilambit Gat In Teentaal / Drut Gat In Teentaal
A Night to Remember is a studio album featuring a live-style recording of North Indian classical music. Vilayat Khan performed on the sitar, accompanied by Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri on the tabla. Navras Records released the album on CD in 2013.
The album consists of a single extended track titled Raga Sanjh Saravali: Alap / Vilambit Gat In Teentaal / Drut Gat In Teentaal. The composition follows the traditional khayal structure of Hindustani classical music, beginning with an alap that explores the raga’s melodic contours. The performance transitions into a vilambit gat set in teentaal, a 16-beat rhythmic cycle, before accelerating into a drut gat in the same taal. The recording captures the improvisational interplay between Khan’s sitar and Chaudhuri’s tabla, adhering to the conventions of the Imdadkhani gharana.
The album title references a specific concert or session, though the exact performance date and location remain undocumented in available sources. Navras Records produced the release as part of its catalog dedicated to archival and contemporary Indian classical music. No additional tracks, alternate takes, or supplementary material accompany the primary recording.