My hunt for T. Balasaraswati's recording

I have been hunting for a recording of "Krishna Nee Begane baro" by Balasaraswati ever since a grand uncle of mine remarked (about 10 years ago) that only 2 musicians can claim to have done full justice to this song. One is KVN and the other the legendary dancer Balasaraswati. I had a few recordings of the song by KVN but none by Balasaraswati. A close friend and colleague of mine, Vinod, who is an avid music lover sent me the following link and told me to listen to MDR's Kalyani.
http://www.sawf.org/newedit/edit01282002/musicarts1.asp I then found that this link contained a link to T.Balasaraswati and T.Vishwanathan's "Krishna Nee Begane baro" . After listening to this, I fully agree with my grand uncle. It was an amazing rendition indeed.

Another record I have been hunting for since the last 15 years is a jugal-bandi of Raga Basant Bahar by Hirabai Barodekar and Saraswatibai Rane. I hope to get it someday someplace just as I got to listen to Balasaraswati.

Comments

Vinod Raman said…
If necessity is be the mother of invention, then Serendipity is the step mother of discovery
Hari said…
Wow...Thanks!! What a rendition!
Unknown said…
I am still looking for T. Balasaraswati's recording of Krishna Nee Begane Baro. Somehow the link you gave didn't work on my computer. Any ideas or suggestions.

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