Recommended Listening

Stage 1 (Semi classical music: Light instrumental, Thumri/Daadra and Ghazals)

• Call of the Valley: Pandits Shivkumar Sharma (santoor) and Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute)

• Ghazals: Jagjit Singh

• Ghazals: Ghulam Ali

• Ghazals, Thumris, Daadras: Begum Akhtar

• Ghazals: Hariharan

• Thumri: The Music of Love: Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan

• Golden Milestones: Nazakat Ali Khan and Salamat Khan

• Yaad Piya Ki: Wadali Brothers

Stage 2 (Instrumental Classical) Khayal-based recitals:

• Vilayat Khan (sitar)

• Nikhil Banerjee (sitar)

• Hari Prasad Chaurasia (flute)

• Shivkumar Sharma (santoor)

• Bismillah Khan (shehnai)

• Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan (shehnai)

• Ram Narayan (sarangi)

• Sabri Khan (sarangi)

• Sultan Khan (sarangi)

• Ali Akbar Khan (sarod)

• Amjad Ali Khan (sarod)

• Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Hawaiian guitar/mohan veena)

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