Ram Narayan began to record music when he played on three solo 78 rpm gramophone records for His Master's Voice in 1950 and recorded an early 10 inch LP album in Mumbai in 1951. Over the following decades Narayan had numerous solo recordings published.
Availability Narayan's gramophone records and LP recordings are out of print. Three LPs were rereleased on CD: Volume 1, a partial rerelease of Ram Narayan en Concert, in 1989, and Inde du Nord in 1998 and Raga Puria Kalyan in 1999. Since the 2000s, the releases by Music Today, Nimbus Records, The Gramophone Company, Universal Music India, and Venus Records have become available in online music stores. The content of The Gramophone Company is available as streaming media from its successor Saregama.
List of recordings YearAlbum detailsNotes c. 1950 Ram Narayan – Sarangi Label: The Gramophone Company (His Master's Voice N 92514) Format: 78 rpm gramophone record, digital audio The albums Ram Narayan – Sarangi and Ram Narayan – Sarangi Solo of ca. 1950, and Ramnarain – Sarangi of 1961 and 1962.Track list: "Lalat" "Marva" c. 1950 Ram Narayan – Sarangi Label: The Gramophone Company (His Master's Voice N 92619) Format: 78 rpm gramophone recordTrack list: "Gunkali" "Puria Kalyan" c. 1950 Ram Narayan – Sarangi Solo Label: The Gramophone Company (His Master's Voice N 92520) Format: 78 rpm gramophone record, digital audioTrack list: "Pilu thumri" "Gujari Todi" c. 1957 Ram Narayan Plays Sarangi – The Indian Musical Instrument Label: A Treasure from Solomon's Mines (SME 3/4) Format: LPTrack list: "Asavari" "Des" Recorded 1951 with Abdul Karim on tabla 1961 Ramnarain – Sarangi Label: The Gramophone Company (His Master's Voice 7 EPE 1212) Format: LP, digital audioTrack list: "Gavati" "Chandrakauns" 1962 Ramnarain – Sarangi Label: The Gramophone Company (His Master's Voice 7 EPE 1251) Format: LP, digital audioTrack list: "Bhairavi thumri" "Jog" Chatur Lal on tabla 1964 Inde du Nord – Ragas du Matin et du Soir Label: BAM (LD 094) Format: LPTrack list: "Ragini Shuddh Todi" "Tala Lila Vihan" "Raga Marva" Chatur Lal on tabla 1967 Beat and Bow Label: The Gramophone Company (His Master's Voice EALP 1312) Format: LP, digital audioTrack list: "Tintal" "Patadeep" "Mishra Khamaj thumri" Chatur Lal (track one) and Nizamuddin Khan (tracks two and three) on tabla 1968 Pandit Ram Narayan – Sarangi Label: The Gramophone Company (His Master's Voice EALP 1327) Format: LP, digital audioTrack list: "Saraswati" "Marubihag" "Pilu thumri" Manikrao Popatkar on tabla 1968 Sarangi – The Voice of a Hundred Colors – Instrumental Music of North India Label: Nonesuch (H 72030) Format: LPTrack list: "Nand-Kedar" "Jogia" "Dhun" Mahapurush Misra on tabla 1969 Ram Narain – Sarangi Label: The Gramophone Company (His Master's Voice EASD 1340) Format: LP, digital audio The album Ram Narain – Sarangi of 1969.Track list: "Gujari Todi" "Lalit" "Bhairavi keharwa" Shashi Bellare on tabla 1970 Pandit Ramnarain – Sarangi Recital Label: The Gramophone Company (His Master's Voice EASD 1361) Format: LP, CDTrack list: "Yaman" "Des thumri" "Komal Rishabh Asavari" "Dhun" Shashi Bellare (track one and two) and Suresh Talwalkar (track three and four) on tabla, rereleased on CD in 2004 by Saregama India Limited as Pt. Ram Narain 1971 Inde du Nord – Pandit Ram Narayan – Sarangi Label: Ocora (OCR 69) Format: LP, CD, digital audioTrack list: "Bairagi-Bhairav" "Madhuvanti" "Kirvani" Suresh Talwalkar on tabla, recorded on 17 May 1971 in Paris, France, rereleased in 1998 on CD with a fourth track, "Shankara", recorded in 1979 at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai 1975 Master of the Sarangi – Classical Music of India Label: Nonesuch (H 72062) Format: LPTrack list: "Rag: Sri" "Tabla solo" "Rag: Bhupal Todi" "Rag: Kafi Malhar" Suresh Talwalkar on tabla 1975 Raga Puria Kalyan Label: AMIGO (AMLP 861) Format: LP, digital audioTrack list: "Puria Kalyan" Suresh Talwalkar on tabla, recorded on 23 November 1974 in Stockholm, Sweden, and rereleased on CD in 1999 with three tracks (AMCD 901) 1979 Ram Narayan (Sarangi) Label: STIL (2611S78) Format: LPTrack list: "Saraswati" "Mishra Bhairavi" "Jogia" Suresh Talwalkar on tabla 1981 Pandit Ram Narayan – The Sarangi Maestro Label: Polydor (2392 967) Format: LPTrack list: "Puriya Dhanashree" "Mishra Tilang" Samta Prasad on tabla 1984 Ram Narayan – Stil's Sunday Solo Label: STIL (1804S82) Format: LPTrack list: "Shudh Sarang" "Multani" Suresh Talwalkar on tabla 1984 Ram Narayan en Concert Label: Ocora (558624/25) Format: LPTrack list: "Purya Kalyan" "Mishra Pilu" "Shankara" Suresh Talwalkar on tabla on tracks one and two, recorded on 11 November 1978 at the Salle Gaveau in Paris, track one rereleased on CD in 1989 as Volume 1, Shiv Narayan on tabla on track three, recorded in 1979 at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, and included in the rerelease of Inde du Nord in 1998 1988 Rag Bhupal Tori, Rag Patdip Label: Nimbus (NI 5119) Format: CD, digital audioTrack list: "Rag Bhupal Tori" "Rag Patdip" Suresh Talwalkar on tabla, recorded on 3 and 4 December 1987 at Wyastone Leys 1989 Rag Lalit Label: Nimbus (NI 5183) Format: CD, digital audioTrack list: "Rag Lalit" Suresh Talwalkar on tabla, recorded on 3 December 1987 at Wyastone Leys 1989 Volume 1 Label: Ocora (OCR 83) Format: CDTrack list: "Rag Purya-Kalyan: Alap, Jor, Jhala" "Rag Purya-Kalyan: Bandish, Drut" Suresh Talwalkar on tabla, rerelease of track one of the 1984 release Ram Narayan en Concert 1990 Rag Shankara, Rag Mala in Jogia Label: Nimbus (NI 5245) Format: CD, digital audioTrack list: "Rag Shankara" "Rag Mala in Jogia" Anindo Chatterjee on tabla, recorded on 15 and 16 November 1989 at Wyastone Leys 1991 Maestro's Choice Label: Music Today (CD A 91009) Format: CD, digital audioTrack list: "Raga Marwa" "Mishra Des" "Mishra Bhairavi" Subhash Chandra on tabla, original sound recording made by Living Media India Ltd. 1994 Masters of Raga Label: WERGO (SM 1601-2) Format: CD, digital audioTrack list: "Rag Marwa: Alap" "Rag Marwa: Gats in Teental and Ektal" "Rag Mishra Pilu: Alap and Gats in Chachar and Teental" Suresh Talwalkar on tabla, recorded on 14 February 1976 at University of Music and Performing Arts Munich 1995 Sarangee Wadan Label: Venus Records & Tapes Pvt. Ltd. (VCDD-326) Format: CD, digital audioTrack list: "Raga Bhatiyar" "Raga Madhuwanti" "Mishra Khamaj Thumri" 1997 Immortal Essence Label: Universal Music India Format: CD, digital audioTrack list: "Raga Jogia" "Raga Shuddha Sarang" "Raga Darbari" Dilshad Khan on tabla, rereleased in 2005 as Immortal Essence - Sarangi: Pt. Ram Narayan (06024 982 9612) 1997 Sonorous Strings of Sarangi Label: Oriental (CD-118) Format: CD, digital audioTrack list: "Raga: Gujri Todi: Vilambit Gat in Teental" "Raga: Behag: Madhya Laya Gat in Teental" "Raga: Misra Bhairavi" Sukhvinder Singh on tabla 2002 Ragas Alhaiya Bilaval & Mishra Bhairavi Label: Nimbus (NI 5636) Format: CD, digital audioTrack list: "Raga Alhaiya Bilaval: Alap" "Raga Alhaiya Bilaval: Compositions in slow and fast Tintal" "Raga Mishra Bhairavi: Alap" "Raga Mishra Bhairavi: Composition in fast Tintal" Anindo Chatterjee on tabla, recorded in November 1989 at Wyastone Leys, track three covered by the Kronos Quartet on their 2009 album Floodplain 2002 Raga Jaunpuri and Raga Kafi Malhar Label: Zig-Zag Territoires (ZZTI 021101) Format: CDTrack list: "Raga Jaunpuri" "Raga Kafi Malhar" Vineet Vias on tabla, recorded in October 2000 in Paris, France 2003 Swar Shikhar Label: Virgin Records (583194) Format: CDTrack list: "Raag Shree: Alaap, Jod, Taanas" "Raag Shree: Vilambit, Drut" "Raag Mishra Bhairavi" Ram Narayan, Aruna Narayan, and Harsh Narayan on sarangi, Aneesh Pradhan on tabla, recorded in February 2002 at the Nehru Centre, Mumbai 2008 Akashvani Sangeet - Pandit Ram Narayan - Sarangi - Volume - One Label: All India Radio Format: CDTrack list: "Raag - Gaud Sarang" "Raag - Malkauns" "Raag - Mishra Kafi (Tappa Ang)" Gaud Sarang recorded 3 November 1979, Malkauns and Mishra Kafi recorded 12 May 1979 2008 Akashvani Sangeet - Pandit Ram Narayan - Sarangi - Volume - Two Label: All India Radio Format: CDTrack list: "Raag - Multani" "Raag - Abhogi Kanada" "Raag - Bhairavi" Multani and Bhairavi recorded 3 November 1979, Abhogi Kanada recorded October 1981 2009 The Legends of India Label: NA Classical Audio Pvt Ltd. (NACCD 1117) Format: CD, digital audioTrack list: "Raag Bhupaltodi" "Raag Kaushikdhwani" "Raag Jogiya" Music director: Narayan Agarwal 2013 Pandit Ram Narayan Label: Doordarshan Archives Format: DVDTrack list: "Raga: Bhatiyar" "Raga: Saraswati Todi" "Raga: Bhupal Todi" "Raga: Barwa" "Raga: Shree" "Raga: Shankara" "Raga: Malhar" "Raga: Mishra Peelu" "Raga: Jogia" "Vande Mataram" Brij Narayan joins for "Raga: Shree" and Aruna Narayan Kalle joins for "Raga: Mishra Peelu" 2019 Namah by Thaikkudam Bridge Format: digital audioTrack list: "Saawariya" Narayan performs as a guest musician on the opening track of the album
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