The face of a raga is most expressively portrayed through its alap. In this leisured, opening part of his exposition, the musician traces the melodic contours of a raga. In this album Hindustani exponent C R Vyas has chosen six ragas of various times and moods for his recital. He begins with raga Lalit of the dawn and moves onto raga Vibhas, the joyful and energetic raga of the morning, the night ragas Chhayaanat, Kedar, Bihag and finally ends the recital with Abhogi, also a night raga. |