RAGA KHEM KALYAN

SEN, PURNIMA
INDIA ARCHIVES

Item Information Artists Name: SEN, PURNIMA Title: RAGA KHEM KALYAN Format: CD Label: INDIA ARCHIVES City Hall Catalog Number:  1068 UPC Product Code: 731838106823 List Price: 14.98 Musical Category:  INTERNATIONAL Release Date:  1/2/2004 Additional Musical Category Notes: North Indian classical music  Purnima Sen's music is meticulously crafted, having an esthetic coherence and maturity, with all the elements - poetic, melodic, and rhythmic - in balance. Its vintage quality has a freshness and allure, as Purnima presents Agra vocalism, shorn of its ruggedness. "Khem Kalyan" is a rare and "precious" Kalyan variant. "Megh Malhar" is a mature raga associated with the rainy season. "Khamaj" is romantic and playful, one of the pillars of the thumri genre.