Composer: Elway Bevin, John Dowland, Tobias Hume
Performer: Uday Bhawalkar, Romina Lischka, Anne Freitag, Hathor Consort
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Fuga Libera
Catalogue: FUG783
Release: 2022
Size: 1.5 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Raga Bhairavi: Alap
02. A Meditation / Captaine Humes Lamentation
03. Raga Bhairavi: Jod
04. In Nomine
05. Passion of Musicke
06. Raga Bhairavi: Jhala
07. When Daphne from fair Pheobus did fly
08. King of Denmark’s Galliard
09. Raga Bhairavi: Bandish ‘Gyan mad mate‘
10. Browning / Raga Bhimpalasi
11. Browning à 3
12. Pakhawaj Solo in Tal Chautal / Raga Bhimpalasi
13. Go nightly cares / Raga Bhairavi
14. Raga Kirvani / Greensleeves
15. Raga Maru / Now, o now
16. Nutmegs & Ginger / Raga Gaud Sarang
17. Raga Bihag: Bandish ‘Madho Man Bhayo’ / When May is in her prime
Dhrupad is the oldest and purest genre within the North Indian classical music and can trace its origins to the recitation of Sanskrit texts in Hindu temples more than two thousand years ago. Dhrupad reached the Mughal courts in Rajasthan in the 16th century, where it developed into a classical art form. “Dhrupad Fantasia” is a meeting of the court music of Queen Elizabeth I of England with that of the Mughal emperor Akbar the Great; both monarchs reigned from about 1550 until 1600.
Romina Lischka has created a wondrous fantasy in which the modality of Indian ragas is interwoven with the polyphony of Elizabeth I’s England. She, the Hathor Consort and dhrupad vocalist Uday Bhawalkar have created an imaginary world by combining improvisations based on modal ragas and polyphonic instrumental music, both of which originated in the art music of the aforementioned courts