SrI:
Dear BhakthAs and Sangeetha RasikAs :
This week we will be releasing number
of
CDs and audio tapes from Sankeerthanams
of
Saint Annamayya , Saint Thyagaraja under the
general
title of NaadhOpAsana
Musical Archives :
The MP3 Version houses Saint
Thyagaraja SwamigaL's
Krithis sung by prominent VidhvAns and
commentaries
in Tamil or English for each of the 39
Krithis of
one of the greatest Raama
BhakthAs. I will give
more
details in a separate mail on this
CD about the krithis by
Thyaaga Brahmam .
Future Releases
:
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We
are planning Future releases of sung
versions of
Sri Mutthuswamy
Dikshithar's RaamAshtaka Krithis ,
Purandara
Daasar's Krithis on Lord Venkatesa
and BhadrAchala
Raama Das sankeethanams ,
NaarAyaNa TheerthAs' KrishNa
LeelA TarangiNi
with
appropriate English commentaries for
each song
of these NaadhOpAsakAs.
Today's Release
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Today's release is about
Saint Annamayyaa
Sankeerthanams on Ahobila
Narasimhan ,
His dhivya Desam and His
favorite Yathi ,
whom he initated into
SanyAsAsramam
directly .
Here are
some details on the first release
that is ready for distribution ( You
can order
your copies of the CD ROM by sending a
note
to me ) :
1. With the most appreciated help of a
young
scholar on AnnamAchArya
Sankeerthanams
( Dr.Advitheeya Dixit)
, we have recorded
8 krithis in a
Professional Studio at Bangalore .
Dr. Dixit comments in
English on these rare
krithis sung for the
first time by a Ninteen Year
old
Musician (Sriman Amrut) in a most enoyable
manner .He is
accompanied by very competent
Pakkaa Vaadhyam artists
( Violin , Mrudhangam
and
Ghatam) .
2. The play time of
this disc is 72 Minutes .
This includes
18 Tracks containing 9
krithis
of Annamayyaa and their
corresponding
commentaries
.
3.
The CD starts with the first Paasuram of
Thirumangai AzhwAr on
Ahobila Dhivya dEsam
( Nallai NenjE) in the
MangaLa Raagam of
Surutti
.
Rest of the CD cover
the following Krithis:
3.1: AnisamutalacharO
AhOBalam ,anantha
Phaladham AhObalam :
ShaNmukha Priyaa.
Here Annamayya eulogizes Ahobila
KshEthram
and identifies with it as the true abode
of Hari .
3.2: Soodudinthariki
sulabhudu Hari: Bhairavi
Raagam , Aathi
TaaLam .Here Annamayya
eulogizes his Acharyan , the
Founding Jeeyar of
Ahobila Matam , who was initiated
into Sanyaasa
Aasramam by the Lord of AhObilam Himself
.
3.3: Krithi on Mahaa
Lakshmi as the One responsible
for the prosperity of
Ahobilam and Thirumala.
This sankeerthanam< "
GarudhAdhri VedAdhri
is sung in Reethi GouLai
Raagam and is set in
Roopaka TaaLam
.
3.4: Krithi on Nava
Narasimhaas :Nava Naarasimha NamO NamO .
This majestic krithi is set in
Naattai , Aathi TaaLam .
3.5: AhObalEswarudu :
ThOdi Raagam. This is the center
piece of the CD with AalApanam ,
svara PrasthAram and
niraval.
3.6: NagumOkumu
nakaroopa GarudhAdhri :
AtaaNaa Raagam , KaNDa Chaapu
TaaLam .
3.7: NamAmyaham Maanava
Simham in KedAra GouLai
Raagam . This Krithi is by
Peddha ThirumalAcchAr ,
the scholar/composer son
of AnnamAchArya .While
Annamayya was the disciple of the
First Jeeyar of
Ahobila Matam , Peddha ThirumalAcchAr was
the sishyaa
of the second , Third and the Fourth
Jeeyars of
SrI Matam .
3.8 : Concluding
commentary is in the words of TaaLapAkkam
ThiruvEnkata NaathA ,
the grandson of Annamayya and
deals with the
sambhandham between the Lord of
Ahobilam ,
Bhagavath RaamAnuja , Swamy Desikan ,
Adhi VaNN
SaThakOpa Jeeyar and his direct sishyaa ,
TaaLapaakam
AnnamAchArya .
I will brief you next
on the CD relating to Thyaga Brahmam's
NaadhOpaasana
.
V.Sadagopan
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