Rama Sreerama

Rama Sreerama Artist: U. Srinivas
Label: Real World
Category: Music


Buying details


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 017046234528
EAN: 0017046234528
ASIN: B000000HP8


Release Date: 1994-08-12

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Tracks:

  1. GAJAVADHANA
  2. MARYAADAKADAYA
  3. SARANAMBHAVA KARUNA
  4. RAMA SREERAMA (Ragam, Thanam, Pallavi) & Ragamalika
  5. GANAMURTHY
  6. KALIYUGAVARADANA

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Pure Bliss.......2002-04-23

I first heard of Upalappu Srinivas from an on-line interview with George Harrison in Feb, 2001. Someone asked George what he had been listening to lately. He said about Mr. Srinivas, "Eddie Van Halen eat your heart out". He meant it too. The mandolin playing is very very fast. At times serene and dream like. The title track is 30 minutes of pure bliss. I might add that the drums and violin are absolutely amazing also. If your even remotely interested in Indian music (This is from South India) I would highly suggest picking this one up. Also check out "Dawn Raga".

5 out of 5 stars By No Means a Gimmick.......2000-10-12

The mandolin, when he plays it, seems so suited to Carnatic music, with its inflections and voice, and though I'm no classical music scholar, and only enjoy it in the mood it evokes, it's absouloutely lovely, very stirring, very beautiful. Another artist who plays carnatic music on a "untraditional" instrument, is Kadri Gopalnath, whose saxaphone is amazing.

5 out of 5 stars Ecstatic and emotional rendering of complicated ragas.......2000-07-03

It seems to me that this genius was born with a Mandolin in his hand. His elegance and simplicity yet emotive and ecstatic mettle in handling complicated Carnatic Ragas clearly identifies the prodigy in him. Consider the 4th piece which is a RTP Ragamalika composed by the musician himself. The Mandolin master starts off with Kiravani, a Melakartha and is an ever-touching raga, slowly he slides into a less popular yet complicated raga and a derivative of the 27th Melakartha (Sarasaangi) called NalinaKaanthi. Having touched the soft scales of this raga, he then decides to dwell deep into the complicated well and plays a very unpopular yet profound raga by name Sucharithra (a mela again), followed by the scintillating dusk raga, Revathi and finally gets back to Kiravani. The next piece is also fantastic and a complex Thyagaraja keerthana in the raga Gaanamurthee (3rd mela).

5 out of 5 stars Magical Mandolin.......2000-05-25

This is a fantastic collection of rarely played krithis. The recital starts with a brisk opener in Hamsadwani. The only currently available recording that I know, of "Mariyada Gaadayya" in Bhairavam (the second track) is an MLV Magnasound release. Sucharita is another rare raga for the next track. The RTP in kiravani is outstanding. There is excellent percussion support at the Tanam stage itself. For the Ganamoorthi krithi, Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam's konakol accompaniment is pleasing to the ears. U Srinivas has taken the mandolin to a totally different level over the years. This is a very good recommendation if you are new to Carnatic music.

5 out of 5 stars Madolin Magic.......2000-04-13

Shrinivas has rendered rarely heard ragas in this album. The only other recording I have heard of the krithi Mariyada Gadayya in Bhairavam(the second track in this album) is an ML Vasanthakumari release by Magnasound/OMI. Saranambhava karuna in Hamsvorodhini is the third track and this too is a rare raga. The Keeravani RTP is fantastic. For a change, percussion support starts from the Tanam itself and is a treat to the listener. The ragamalika pallavi includes Nalinakanti, Sucharita (rare...) and Revati. The next in the album is Gaanamurthy, Saint Tyagaraja's only composition in the raga of the same name. Tiruvaarur Bhatkthavatsalam performs impressive konnakol for parts of this krithi. U Shrinivas is simply too good.

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