It is very difficult to pin down the Raga. Raja creates a song of great grandeur, as grand as Siva himself. And observe the orchestration: veena, flute, mridangam, pakhway and voices. The tune is filled with vocal harmonies and is majestic, doing full justice to the verses. It is as if this is the only way you can orchestrate this song. Infact too much happens rhythmically in this and yet it doesn't sound forced. (Technically a sankeernam + mishram) It changes a bit later. Romance (Pradeeptha) Shareth and group: There is too much happening in the rhythm front that I am not able to follow but Rajendra writing in his blog says this is the 9+7 beat that Raja uses in the beginning. Poornima Satish and Vasudha Ravi do a terrific job. The tune is something to die for and combined with the rhythm makes you dance involuntarily. There is a bit of tension between the tune and the rhythm which I am unable to articulate. The sarvalagu accompaniment for most part and the few twists once in a while keep the interest alive. You will miss it easily and as is Raja's wont he does it very naturally, as if the violin is showing us one facet of Jog. As with Tiruvasagam here too Raja gives us the feel of the 'bee' with violin imitating a 'bee' at 'vandin kuzham aada'. At the same time, the rhythmic variations offer a lot for the dancers.Īdoration (Kathar Kuzhalada - Tiruvempavai) Poornima Satish and Vasudha Ravi: (Surprisingly the cover says it is Tiruvasagam.) This Jog based melody is a knockout melody right from the pallavi. The tune hugs to Kambhoji and when the piece finishes it is almost as if you have heard a standard concert piece. The rhythm instruments, mridangam, kanjira, ghatam and morsing get their share of attention, playing a sort of mini thaniavarthanam. It is here that you start hearing the rhythmic variation and this would be a constant feature of this album but I am running ahead. It is Kambhoji of the concert variety that he starts singing, with the veena and venu providing him support. The violinist does a great job.Ībhishek Raghuram is in familiar territory. Towards the end of the symphonic music, you start hearing Kambhoji clearly, atleast clear enough to know that Kambhoji would follow. Not the strong Carnatic variety, which would come later, but a more flatter Kambhoji. Slowly the main violin starts playing strains of Kambhoji. The opening though has a swell of violins in the western classical mode and other instruments join in to provide the harmony.

The song which opens the album is Ezhisaiyai. First I will write about each piece and in the end give my opinion on what Raja tried doing in this album.ĭreams of the Young (Ezhisaiyai) - Abhishek Raghuram: For some reason all songs are given an English title. Hence there was an excitement amongst fans about this album. Illayaraja has composed for a dance ballet for the first time.

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