USTAD NISHAT KHAN
Ustad Nishat Khan is one of the greatest living sitar players, son of the famous Imrat Khan and nephew of the mythical Vilayat Khan, he appears regularly in the most renowned theatres worldwide and is an international concert musician of immense charm and fame.
He has attracted dazzling critical acclaim the world over and has recorded for Amiata Records, as well as for EMI, Polygram, Nimbus Records and JVC.
Upholder of an age-old family musical tradition (the Khans are among the most established families of musicians throughout Northern India), Nishat Khan is nevertheless an extremely inquisitive explorer of other worlds, explorations that have led him to play recently with western musicians of varied extractions, such as John McLaughlin and Evelyn Glennie, as well as on the sound tracks of numerous films, the latest of which is The Little Buddha by Bernardo Bertolucci.
Nishat Khan composed and played a sitar concerto for symphony orchestra to mark the Commonwealth Games 1994 in Canada.
He lives in Calcutta as well as London and performs regularly throughout Europe, the USA, Japan and India.
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Ustad Nishat Khan, Ensemble Gilles Binchois
ARNR 0603
Format: Digipack with 24-page booklet
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East and West meet and converse through their classical musical traditions of greatest purity and spirituality, namely Gregorian Chant and the classical music of northern India.
Some of the most beautiful and impressive passages of the Gregorian repertory are skillfully interpreted by the Ensemble Gilles Binchois under the direction of Dominique Vellard, one of the most renowned experts in Gregorian vocalism and ancient vocal music, and by Ustad Nishat Khan, widely respected master of the Sitar.
The idea of combining aspects of the Gregorian mode with an Indian raga, while maintaining a musical and mystic meaning also has a historical significance.
This ecumenical recording, unique in its genre, aroused great expectations before its completion.
Concerts of "Meeting of Angels" enjoy great popularity worldwide and are regularly sold out.
An important recording for the intellectually curious, lovers of Gregorian chant, of classical Indian music and of sacred music in general.
A truly fresh and unpredictable spiritual experience.
TRACKLISTING:
Alleluia-Pascha nostrum (5:36)
Introit-Dominus illuminatio mea (6:45)
Introit-Statuit ei Dominus (4:17)
Introit-Reminiscere miserationum (3:38)
Graduel- Bonum est confiteri Domino (3:03)
Solo Sitar-Raag Bhairavi (6:48)
Alleluia-Excita Domine, potentiam tuam (3:37)
Introit-Tibi dixit cor meum (6:27)
Offertorium- Domine, in auxilium meum (5:19)