Sarod Samrat Vasant Rai : Raga Kirwani: Ustad Zakir Hussain Tabla: Live in Long Island NY in 1972.

Recorded in Long Island, this is a rare high fidelity recording of the performance by the Legendary Master of Sarod who is being given the title of Sarod Samrat by countless lovers of Sarod all over the world. Here the Raga Kirwani in its entire spectrum, is being shared at a bit rate of 256 kbps (VBR). . The Tabla player is the legendary Ustad Zakir Hussain. The positioning in the recording is reversed with the tabla player coming in the right ear for the listener, even though in the performance he sits to the left side of the Sarod player. However this recording is a very rare gift. Kirwani is a musical scale in Hindustani classical music. It is an Indian raga specially suited for instrumental music. The scale is the same as the harmonic minor in western music. There are shades of Pilu in Kirwani. It is a complete 7 notes raga.The swaras used in this raga are: Arohana : S R g m P d N S' Thus: C D E-flat F G A-flat B c Avarohana : S' N d P m g R S Some popular songs in Krwani Kahe Jhum-Jhum Raat Ye Suhaani is a hindi song from the 1959 movie Love Marriage. Singer is Lata Mangeshkar and lyricist or song writer is Shailendra (Shankardas Kesarilal). Kahe Jhum-Jhum Raat Ye Suhaani music director is Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal, Shankar Singh Raghuvanshi and features Dev Anand, Mala Sinha, Abhi Bhattacharya. Kya Karun Sajani (a.k.a. Ka Karoon Sajani) Film - Swami Year - 1977 Rag - Kirwani Tal - Kaherava Music Director(s) - Rajesh Roshan Singer(s) - Yesudas, E Husn-E-Beparvah Tujhe Shabnam Kahun, Shola Kahun Film - (non-film song) Year -   Rag - Kirvani Tal -Kaherava Music Director(s) -   Singer(s) -   Comments -a ghazal by Gulam Ali Mera Dil Yeh Pukare Aaja Film - Nagin (Old) Year - 1954 Rag - Kirvani Tal - Kaherava Music Director(s) - Hemant Kumar Singer(s) - Lata Mangeshkar