Ali Akbar Khan - The 80-Minute Raga
This out of print gem comes from the magical Magic of Juju blog, where you will find many, many more gems as well! The rip from this offering (part-1 | part-2) is actually just over 80 minutes, so if you want to burn a CD you will have to use an audio editor to shave off a few seconds of silence from the beginning of a few tracks to get the 4-sides to fit on one CD. I did this without any trouble and created a single mp3 file of the 80-minute Raga. You can also listen to the Raga below in 32kHz mono at 80-kbps:
Liner Notes:
Audiences in India sit motionless for hours, hypnotized and exalted by the limitless imagination and virtuosity of the unbelievable Ali Akbar Khan as he plays monumental performances of the great traditional ragas. Now, after the outstanding success of the Forty Minute Raga (CS-2008), another uniquely Indian performance, in the original uncut version, is available. In this two-record set of Rag Kanara Prakaar, India’s greatest living musician, Ali Akbar Khan, evokes a musical intensity that transcends the normal concert experience.
Rag Kanara Prakaar is a late evening raga, usually performed between 9 pm and midnight. The raga was composed by the legendary Indian genius,Tansen, in honor of and for, performances at the Court of Emperor Akbar.