Anourag

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Studio album by Anoushka Shankar
Released 15 August 2000
Recorded November - December 1999
Genre Indian classical music
Label Angel Records
Producer Stephen Ferrera
Anoushka Shankar chronology
Anoushka
(1998)
Anourag
(2000)
Live at Carnegie Hall
(2001)
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Anourag is an album of Indian classical music performed by Anoushka Shankar, released in 2000. Anoushka Shankar's father, sitar master Ravi Shankar, adapted six ragas for her to play on this album. [2]

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Contents

Track listing

All songs by Ravi Shankar.

  1. "Shuddha Sarang" – 12:38
  2. "Puriya Dhanashri" – 11:23
  3. "Hamsadhwani Tabla Duet" – 3:54
  4. "Yaman Kalyan" – 7:46
  5. "Swarna Jayanti" – 5:53
  6. "Pancham Se Gara" – 11:48

Personnel

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Ravi Shankar, born Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury, his name often preceded by the title Pandit (Master) and "Sitar maestro", was an Indian musician and a composer of Hindustani classical music. He was the best-known proponent of the sitar in the second half of the 20th century and influenced many other musicians throughout the world. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna in 1999.

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