Sri. Kadri Gopalnath - Live Saxophone Recital

Kadri Gopalnath born 11 December 1949) is an Indian saxophonist and one of the pioneers of Carnatic music on the saxophone.  Kadri Gopalnath was born in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka. He acquired a taste for music from his father Thaniappa, a nadaswaram vidwan. Young Gopalnath once saw the saxophone being played in the Mysore palace band set. Thrilled on hearing the vibrant tone of the saxophone, Gopalnath decided to master it. It took him nearly 20 years for him to conquer the complex western wind instrument and he was eventually crowned as the "Saxophone Chakravarthy".
Gopalnath had to make certain modifications to the conventional alto saxophone to play Carnatic music. So successful has this adaptation been that the great musician Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, the doyen of Carnatic music, has acknowledged Kadri Gopalnath as a true Carnatic music genius.

Live Saxophone Recital by Sri. Kadri Gopalnath
Smt. A. Kanyakumari (Violin)
Sri. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
Sri. H.P. Ramachar (Ghanchira)
Sri. Rajasekhar (Morsing)


Track Details:-

1. Varnam - Abhogi
2. Vathapi Gana - Hamsadwani
3. Ambha Kamakshi - Bhairavi
4. Paratpara - Vachaspathi
5. Nadaloludai - Kalyana Vasantham
6. Raghuvamsa - Kathanakuthuhalam
7. RTP -Kapi
8. Samajavara - Hindolam
9. Baro Krishna - Ragamalika
10. Brahmamo - Bowli

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