How The River Ganges Flows: Sublime Masterpieces Of Indian Violin (1933-1952) (LP)
Various Artists
Amoeba Review
Hats off to the good folks at Third Man Records for bringing How The River Ganges Flows: Sublime Masterpieces Of Indian Violin (1933 – 1952) to modern, musicology-obsessed audiences. Remastered from long unheard South Indian violin ‘78s, the collection is atmospheric and affecting, the melodies flowing from joy to despair. The recordings crackle with that old time electricity, the violin sounds as rich and soaring and immediate as it must have 70+ years ago. A thoroughly lovely listen that will surprise and delight those looking for a stirring, spellbinding voyage into the past.