| Sandham: Symphony Meets Classical Tamil | |
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| Released | 2020 |
| Recorded | 2019 |
| Genre | World |
| Length | 30:55 |
| Producer | Rajan Somasundaram |
Sandham: Symphony Meets Classical Tamil is a studio album in Tamil by American Composer Rajan Somasundaram that involved various international artists. It is based on Sangam period ancient Tamil poetry and the first ever music album on Sangam poetry. The Hindu music review called the album "A Major Event in the World of Music". [1] As of 15 July 2020, the album got into Amazon's Top#10 best seller list under International Music category.
Contents
The album consists of seven songs, a collection of outstanding ancient Tamil Sangam literature poetry with music composed by Rajan Somasundaram and sung by leading singers Bombay Jayashri, Saindhavi, Karthik, Pragathi Guruprasad among others. The seven songs in the album are, Yathum Oore, written by Kaniyan Pungundranar having two versions (Symphony version and multi-genre version), Veral veli, written by Poet Kapilar, Yayum Nyayum written by Sempulapeyaneerar, Nyayiru Kayathu, written by Poet Kayamanar, Mullai Oorntha written by poet Okkur Masathiar and Kalamsei kove written by an unknown Sangam period poet. [2] North Carolina–based Durham Symphony led by Maestro William Henry Curry played the composition. Recordings happened in multiple locations across the world including Raleigh-Durham, Los Angeles, Chennai, Kyiv- Ukraine, Jerusalem, Beijing, Rome, London and Mumbai. [3]
One of the songs from the album, "Yathum Oore Anthem", was declared the theme song of 10th World Tamil Conference. Composer Rajan mentioned that Yathum Oore being one of the oldest poem that talks about equality, unity and global citizenship, he composed the song to include 14 genres of musical styles including Indian classical, Western classical, rock, country, pop, calypso, Chinese and Japanese, reggae, rap, Middle Eastern, East Asian and Cuban. [4]