Tags: brijbhushan  Call  chaurasia  classical  hariprasad  Instrumental  kabra  Kaharwa  kumar  of  Pahadi  Raag  sharma  Shiv  the  Valley  
Channel: Music
Uploaded: May 12, 2008 at 6:38 am
Author: panchamam
Length: 06:17
Rating: 5.00
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CALL OF THE VALLEY is a symphony in Indian Classical music. The genius of three brilliant artists and a collaboration of their music that is exquisitely sweet and bewitchingly pleasing to the ear. It paints for us a tonal picture of gorgeous valleys, laden with tall green pine and chinar trees and sun-kissed, snow-clad peaks of the mighty Himalayas.The three instruments that come together to present this euphorious drama are the santoor, the flute and the guitar.The three instruments are used cleverly for describing vividly a story. The guitar and the santoor also play distinct roles in the drama depicted in the music. There are two main characters- a handsome, sturdy, young lad and charming lass, a peerless beauty that blossoms only in the Kashmir valley- head over heels in love with each other. The guitar and the santoor play the roles of the hero and heroin, respectively. The guitar with its deep tone, beautiful glides and slurs, and santoor, with its sonorously rich, silvery and tantalizing sound are ideally suited to play the main leads. The flute, with an amazing range of nearly three octaves, is effectively used to depict the divinely beautiful nature in its multi-splendour.The credit for conceiving the idea goes to Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma. It was developed in the present elaborate musical form with the help and genius of Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia and Pt. Brij Bhushan Kabra.Call of the Valley has the distinct record of being the Highest Selling Easy Listening Album of all time.