SrI:Dear BhakthAs and Sangeetha RasikAs :This week we will be releasing number ofCDs and audio tapes from Sankeerthanams ofSaint Annamayya , Saint Thyagaraja under the generaltitle of NaadhOpAsana Musical Archives :The MP3 Version houses Saint Thyagaraja SwamigaL'sKrithis sung by prominent VidhvAns and commentariesin Tamil or English for each of the 39 Krithis ofone of the greatest Raama BhakthAs. I will give moredetails in a separate mail on this CD about the krithis byThyaaga Brahmam .Future Releases :******************** We are planning Future releases of sung versions ofSri Mutthuswamy Dikshithar's RaamAshtaka Krithis ,Purandara Daasar's Krithis on Lord Venkatesaand BhadrAchala Raama Das sankeethanams ,NaarAyaNa TheerthAs' KrishNa LeelA TarangiNiwith appropriate English commentaries foreach song of these NaadhOpAsakAs.Today's Release******************** Today's release is about Saint AnnamayyaaSankeerthanams on Ahobila Narasimhan ,His dhivya Desam and His favorite Yathi ,whom he initated into SanyAsAsramamdirectly .Here are some details on the first releasethat is ready for distribution ( You can orderyour copies of the CD ROM by sending a noteto me ) :1. With the most appreciated help of a youngscholar on AnnamAchArya Sankeerthanams( Dr.Advitheeya Dixit) , we have recorded8 krithis in a Professional Studio at Bangalore .Dr. Dixit comments in English on these rarekrithis sung for the first time by a Ninteen Yearold Musician (Sriman Amrut) in a most enoyablemanner .He is accompanied by very competentPakkaa Vaadhyam artists ( Violin , Mrudhangamand Ghatam) .2. The play time of this disc is 72 Minutes .This includes 18 Tracks containing 9 krithisof Annamayyaa and their correspondingcommentaries .3. The CD starts with the first Paasuram ofThirumangai AzhwAr on Ahobila Dhivya dEsam( Nallai NenjE) in the MangaLa Raagam ofSurutti .Rest of the CD cover the following Krithis:3.1: AnisamutalacharO AhOBalam ,ananthaPhaladham AhObalam : ShaNmukha Priyaa.Here Annamayya eulogizes Ahobila KshEthramand identifies with it as the true abode of Hari .3.2: Soodudinthariki sulabhudu Hari: BhairaviRaagam , Aathi TaaLam .Here Annamayyaeulogizes his Acharyan , the Founding Jeeyar ofAhobila Matam , who was initiated into SanyaasaAasramam by the Lord of AhObilam Himself .3.3: Krithi on Mahaa Lakshmi as the One responsiblefor the prosperity of Ahobilam and Thirumala.This sankeerthanam< " GarudhAdhri VedAdhriis sung in Reethi GouLai Raagam and is set inRoopaka 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 centerpiece of the CD with AalApanam , svara PrasthAram andniraval.3.6: NagumOkumu nakaroopa GarudhAdhri :AtaaNaa Raagam , KaNDa Chaapu TaaLam .3.7: NamAmyaham Maanava Simham in KedAra GouLaiRaagam . This Krithi is by Peddha ThirumalAcchAr ,the scholar/composer son of AnnamAchArya .WhileAnnamayya was the disciple of the First Jeeyar ofAhobila Matam , Peddha ThirumalAcchAr was the sishyaaof the second , Third and the Fourth Jeeyars ofSrI Matam .3.8 : Concluding commentary is in the words of TaaLapAkkamThiruvEnkata NaathA , the grandson of Annamayya anddeals with the sambhandham between the Lord ofAhobilam , 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'sNaadhOpaasana .V.Sadagopan
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