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Title: A Powerful Tribute to Disciple and Guru
Review: Towards the end of his life Pandit Nikhil Banerjee had decided that he wished to spend the rest of his life following and learning from his beloved teacher, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan -- hailed by Yehudi Menuin as the greatest living musician on earth. Revealed by the beauty and spontenaeity of this CD's ragas -- where quite clearly Khansahib's sarode leads Banerjee's sitar without impinging on any of the student's own creative genius -- is the true depth of Banerjee's and Khansahib's spiritual and musical connection. The emotion evident in both exquisite tracks is even more poignant given Banerjee's untimely death in 1986 at the age of 55. His loss has left a void in Hindustani classical music that has yet to be filled. Khansahib, thankfully, continues to this day to create the same magic he did on that blessed day in the 1960s when this recording was made.
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