Anoushka is the debut album of Indian sitar

Sitar

The 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...

 player Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is a British Indian sitar player and composer who lives between the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. She is the daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and Sukanya Shankar...

, released in 1998. The pieces begin with a slow introduction of fluid rhythms (alap or aochar) and build in a crescendo to a spirited display of virtuosity with tabla

Tabla

The tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...

 accompaniment. Four of the album's five themes are based on raga

Raga

A raga is one of the melodic modes used in Indian classical music.It is a series of five or more musical notes upon which a melody is made...

s adapted by Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar , often referred to by the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent...

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Track listing

All songs by Ravi Shankar, except where noted.

1. "Bairagi
   Bairagi
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   " – 20:15
2. "Tilak Shyam" – 10:35
3. "Kirwani
   Kirwani
   Kirwani is an Indian raga specially suited for instrumental music. The scale is the same as the harmonic minor in western music.There are shades of Pilu in Kirwani.-Arohana & Avarohana :ArohanaS R g M P d N S'Thus: C D E-flat F G A-flat B c...
   
   " – 8:46
4. "Charukeshi" – 7:30
5. "Pratham Prem" (by Anoushka Shankar) – 12:43

Personnel

1. Anoushka Shankar
   Anoushka Shankar
   Anoushka Shankar is a British Indian sitar player and composer who lives between the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. She is the daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and Sukanya Shankar...
   
   : Sitar
   Sitar
   The 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...
   
   , tamboura, vocals
2. Sukanya Shankar: Tamboura
3. Bikram Ghosh: Tabla
   Tabla
   The tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...
   
   
4. Arup Chattapadhyay: Tabla