Naina Piya Se (Music CD) [Audio CD] Ustad Rashid Khan

About the CD The Sufi is one who moves towards the Eternal Truth through the
sheer bliss of Love and Devotion. This Tariqat, or the Spiritual Path demands
not only perfection but also giving up on all worldly distractions as
necessitated by True Love. The Sufi thus shuns all but the face of his
Beloved, the Almighty. Naina Piya Se is a fusion album where the leading
vocalist Rashid Khan has sung some traditional and Sufi compositions of Amir
Khusrau and Baba Hazrat Raaz Barelvi. Symbolizing the merging of the two souls
is the blend of the Indian and western sounds in this uniquely contemporary
album. The entire poetry is from the female point of view that of the Nayika
and each song expresses various emotions of love, pain, surrender, sacrifice,
longing, separation and ecstasy of a love. The orchestration done by the
arranger Tejendra Narayan Majumdar for this album is surprisingly radical.
Rashid Khan is a master of techniques and characteristic features of the
Rampur style and apart from Khayal and Tarana he is also adept at singing
thumris of his native Uttar Pradesh. Rashid Khan has a flair for tonal
variations and rhythmic dynamics but above all, he has, in abundant measure,
that rare quality called taaseer the indescribable ability to create a genuine
impact on listeners. This ability has endeared Rashid Khan to connoisseurs and
laymen alike. Till now an outstanding Classical artiste, Rashid, for the first
time attempts an unusual album like this one. Music Tejendra Narayan Majumdar
Music Composer and Wajahat Hussain Khan Assistant Snehashish Majumdar
Accompanying Musicians Munna Bhai triselkto Deepankar Acharya, tabla Kundan
Saha - dholal/maadal/duff Babloo Biswas tabla/dholal/thavil Suman Das tabla B