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Hindustani Classical Playlist

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  1. Land of Gold — Anoushka Shankar
  2. Raga Jhinjhoti - Raga Jhinjhoti - Matta Taal — Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia
  3. Rag Manj Khammaj — Ustad Ali Akbar Khan / Pandit Nikhil Banerjee
  4. Raga khafi — Lakshmi Shankar
  5. Raga Bhimpalasi — Ravi Shankar
  6. Gat In Drut Teental — Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
  7. Raga Nata Bhairav — Ravi Shankar
  8. Tabla Solo In Ektal — Ravi Shankar
  9. Thumri in Raga Misra Mand 'Morey Saiyan Bedardi' in Keherva (8 beats) — Kaushiki Chakrabarty
  10. Raga Mand Bhairav — Vilayat Khan
  11. Dev Dev Sat Sang - Khayal Vilambit - Jhap Taal / Maanat Nahin - Raag Sawani - Khayal Drut - Teentaal — Pt. Suresh Talwalkar
  12. Raga Basant Bahar - Raga Basant Bahar - Ektaal - Teentaal — Kishori Amonkar
  13. Raga Tilak Kamod — Shahid Parvez
  14. Raga Madhmad Sarang: Khyal in Madhya Lay Teen Taal (Live) — Traditional
  15. Raga Jog — Bhimsen Joshi
  16. Raga Shuddh Kalyan — Kaushiki Chakrabarty, Yogesh Samsi, Brajeshwar Mukherjee, Yogesh Dutt
  17. Raag Mishra Shirvranjani Taal Deepchandi — Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
  18. Raga Chayya Nat — Kala Ramnath
  19. Raga Mishra Mel Ki Malhar — Bismillah Khan
  20. Romantic Dhun — Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari
  21. Rag Mala in Jogia — Ram Narayan
  22. Rag Miya Ki Todi — Imrat Khan
  23. Dhun Mishra Kafi — Pandit Rajeev Taranath
  24. Jhama Jham - Thumri — Girija Devi, Kishan Maharaj, Ramesh Mishra
  25. Dhun Pahari — Pt. Shivkumar Sharma
  26. Raga Kalavati - Khayal — Parveen Sultana
  27. Jadoo Bharey Torey Nain — Lakshmi Shankar, Aneesh Pradhan
  28. Raga Kirwani - Alap Gat - Teental — Iqubal Huein
  29. Raga Jaijaiwanti - Vilambit - Ek Taal - Durt - Teen Taal — Pandit Rajan Sajan Mishra
  30. Chandrakaush Alap — Nikhil Banerjee
  31. Raga Asavari Todi — Bhimsen Joshi
  32. Raga Bibhas: He Shyam, Shyam — Anindo Chatterjee
  33. Rag Ramkali — Budhaditya Mukerjee
  34. Rag Misra Mand — Ustad Ali Akbar Khan / Pandit Nikhil Banerjee
  35. Raga Sampurna Malkaus — Kishori Amonkar
  36. Rag Gurjari Todi — Ustad Sultan Khan
  37. Raga Shree — Kumar Gandharva
  38. Raga Bhairavi: Baju Band Khul Khul Jan — Anindo Chatterjee
  39. Rag Marwa, Part 2 — Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
  40. Raga Madhmad Sarang: Tarana in Drut Teen Taal & Ek Taal (Live) — Traditional
  41. Boat to Nowhere — Anoushka Shankar
  42. Reunion — Anoushka Shankar
  43. Secret Heart — Anoushka Shankar
  44. Jhalak (The Glimpse) — Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
  45. Peace of Meditation: Alap — Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
  46. Dhun (Dadra And Fast Teental) — Ravi Shankar
  47. Ram, Ram, Ram, Bhajo — Bhimsen Joshi
  48. Raga Durga: Alap in Madhya Tala - 8 Beats — Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
  49. Raga Gujrati Todi — Parveen Sultana
  50. Alap — Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
  51. Raag Bihagada Alap — Kala Ramnath
  52. Raga: Bageshree — Ustad Sultan Khan
  53. Raag Bihagada Teental (16 beats) — Kala Ramnath
  54. Raag Bihagada Roopak Tal (7 beats) — Kala Ramnath
  55. Rag Bhupali — Ustad Sultan Khan
  56. Raga Bhairav - drut gat in teental — Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
  57. Raga Bahar - Aochar — Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
  58. Raga Madhukauns — Lakshmi Shankar
  59. Raga Vasant Mukhari: Alap — Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
  60. Raga Jaunpuri: Gat In Vilambit/ Drut In Teentaal — Nikhil Banerjee
  61. Raga Mand: Gat In Khani Taal — Nikhil Banerjee
  62. Raga Jogia Kalingada: Alap — Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
  63. Raga Gaud Malhar: Khayal In Teentaal "Kou Yako Barajat Nahin Papi Dadarwa Bulaye" — Kishori Amonkar
  64. Raga Nat Malhar: Khayal In Vilambit "Barakha Rut Aai" / Drut In Roopaktaal "Pawan Chalt Meha Barasat" — Kishori Amonkar
  65. Raga Madhuvanti: Alap — Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
  66. Ahir Bhairav — Buddhadev Dasgupta
  67. Raga Mishra Kafi - Wire — Bidyut Khan Band
  68. Guru Bandana (Prayer) — Ali Akbar Khan
  69. Raga Hemant - Alap — Bidyut Khan Band
  70. Raag Behag Alap Jorh Jhala Vilambit — Budhaditya Mukherjee
  71. Prema Chakor — Debashish Bhattacharya
  72. Rag Nat Bhairav: Alap — Sabir Khan
  73. Tarana in Bhimpalasri — Ali Akbar Khan
  74. Sadra in Sankara Karan — Ali Akbar Khan
  75. Raga Darbari - Drut Gat, Teentaal — Amjad Ali Khan
  76. Vasundhara (Mother Earth) — Debashish Bhattacharya
  77. Bhatiyali — Bidyut Khan Band
  78. Calcutta City — Amjad Ali Khan
  79. Maa Durga — Amjad Ali Khan
  80. Dhrupad Compostion In Chautaal — Bahauddin Dagar
  81. Dhrupad in Sankara Bharan — Ali Akbar Khan
  82. Three Ragas - Bhupali — Amjad Ali Khan and Vineet Vyas
  83. Indospaniola — Debashish Bhattacharya
  84. Raga Hamir — Padma Talwalkar with Omkar Gulvady, Govind Patwardhan
  85. Raga: Kaushi Kanada — Kushal Das & Kumar Bose
  86. Symphony: III. Scherzo - DoGa Kalyan — David Murphy
  87. Symphony: II. Lento - Ahir Bhairav — David Murphy

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