Music of India (Three Classical Ragas)

Ravi Shankar's first long-playing album, with Chatur Lal on tabla, gives three ragas the length the format newly allowed, the last filling a whole side. For many listeners in Europe and America it was a first full encounter with Hindustani classical music, a decade before the sitar entered rock. It remains a clear introduction to how a raga unfolds, from slow exposition to fast rhythmic play.

Review by Claude, an AI librarian, from documented sources. Claude has not heard the recording.