# Ram Narayan discography

Ram Narayan began to record music when he played on three solo 78 rpm gramophone records for the British HMV Group 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 Sa Re Ga Ma.

## List of recordings

| Year | Album details | Notes |
| c. 1950 | Ram Narayan – Sarangi Label: The Gramophone Company (HMV N 92514) Format: 78 rpm gramophone record, digital audio | Track list: "Lalat" "Marva" |
| c. 1950 | Ram Narayan – Sarangi Label: The Gramophone Company (HMV N 92619) Format: 78 rpm gramophone record | Track list: "Gunkali" "Puria Kalyan" |
| c. 1950 | Ram Narayan – Sarangi Solo Label: The Gramophone Company (HMV N 92520) Format: 78 rpm gramophone record, digital audio | Track 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: LP | Track list: "Asavari" "Des" Recorded 1951 with Abdul Karim on tabla |
| 1961 | Ramnarain – Sarangi Label: The Gramophone Company (HMV 7 EPE 1212) Format: LP, digital audio | Track list: "Gavati" "Chandrakauns" |
| 1962 | Ramnarain – Sarangi Label: The Gramophone Company (HMV 7 EPE 1251) Format: LP, digital audio | Track list: "Bhairavi thumri" "Jog" Chatur Lal on tabla |
| 1964 | Inde du Nord – Ragas du Matin et du Soir Label: BAM (LD 094) Format: LP | Track list: "Ragini Shuddh Todi" "Tala Lila Vihan" "Raga Marva" Chatur Lal on tabla |
| 1967 | Beat and Bow Label: The Gramophone Company (HMV EALP 1312) Format: LP, digital audio | Track 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 (HMV EALP 1327) Format: LP, digital audio | Track 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: LP | Track list: "Nand-Kedar" "Jogia" "Dhun" Mahapurush Misra on tabla |
| 1969 | Ram Narain – Sarangi Label: The Gramophone Company (HMV EASD 1340) Format: LP, digital audio | Track list: "Gujari Todi" "Lalit" "Bhairavi keharwa" Shashi Bellare on tabla |
| 1970 | Pandit Ramnarain – Sarangi Recital Label: The Gramophone Company (HMV EASD 1361) Format: LP, CD | Track 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 audio | Track 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: LP | Track 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 audio | Track 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: LP | Track list: "Saraswati" "Mishra Bhairavi" "Jogia" Suresh Talwalkar on tabla |
| 1981 | Pandit Ram Narayan – The Sarangi Maestro Label: Polydor (2392 967) Format: LP | Track list: "Puriya Dhanashree" "Mishra Tilang" Samta Prasad on tabla |
| 1984 | Ram Narayan – Stil's Sunday Solo Label: STIL (1804S82) Format: LP | Track list: "Shudh Sarang" "Multani" Suresh Talwalkar on tabla |
| 1984 | Ram Narayan en Concert Label: Ocora (558624/25) Format: LP | Track 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 audio | Track 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 audio | Track list: "Rag Lalit" Suresh Talwalkar on tabla, recorded on 3 December 1987 at Wyastone Leys |
| 1989 | Volume 1 Label: Ocora (OCR 83) Format: CD | Track 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 audio | Track 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 audio | Track 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 audio | Track 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 audio | Track list: "Raga Bhatiyar" "Raga Madhuwanti" "Mishra Khamaj Thumri" |
| 1997 | Immortal Essence Label: Universal Music India Format: CD, digital audio | Track 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 audio | Track 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 audio | Track 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: CD | Track 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: CD | Track 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: CD | Track 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: CD | Track 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 audio | Track list: "Raag Bhupaltodi" "Raag Kaushikdhwani" "Raag Jogiya" Music director: Narayan Agarwal |
| 2013 | Pandit Ram Narayan Label: Doordarshan Archives Format: DVD | Track 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 audio | Track list: "Saawariya" Narayan performs as a guest musician on the opening track of the album |

## Footnotes

* 1 2 3 4 "Pt. Ram Narayan - The Unparalleled Maestro". Saregama. Retrieved 2020-07-08. The albums Ram Narayan – Sarangi and Ram Narayan – Sarangi Solo of ca. 1950, and Ramnarain – Sarangi of 1961 and 1962.
* ↑ "Beat And Bow". Saregama. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
* ↑ "Pt. Ram Narayan - Sound Of Tradition". Saregama. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
* ↑ "The Greatest Hits Of Pt. Ram Narayan". Saregama. Retrieved 2023-09-06. The album Ram Narain – Sarangi of 1969.
* ↑ "North India: The Art of the Sarangi". Amazon. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
* ↑ "Raga Puria-Kalyan". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
* ↑ "Rag Bhupal Tori / Rag Patdip". Amazon. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
* ↑ "Rag Lalit". Amazon. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
* ↑ "Rag Shankara, Rag Mala in Jogia". Amazon. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
* ↑ "Sarangi". Amazon. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
* ↑ "Masters of Raga: Ram Narayan". Amazon. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
* ↑ "Pt. Ram Narayan (Sarangee Wadan)". Amazon. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
* ↑ "Immortal Essence". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
* ↑ "Sonorous Strings of Sarangi". Amazon.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
* ↑ "Rag Alhaiya Bilaval & Rag Mishra Bhairavi". Amazon. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
* ↑ "Chords & Notes". The Hindu. 19 May 2003. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
* ↑ "True Legends Of India Pt. Ramnarayan". Amazon. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
* ↑ "Namah". Amazon. Retrieved 2020-07-08.