‘Vishwaroopa Darisanam’, the celebrated singer’s final recording, carries the stamp of his type
‘Vishwaroopa Darisanam’, the celebrated singer’s final recording, carries the stamp of his type
The deep wealthy acquainted voice that impressed singers throughout the globe and stirred thousands and thousands of hearts echoes by way of the room the place preparations for the launch of the album are underway. What immediately involves thoughts are the a number of tremendous hit songs of SPB. ‘Vishwaroopa Darisanam’, a 30-minute lengthy album, recorded by S.P. Balasubrahmanyam earlier than he handed away, is his parting reward to music lovers. The devotional album (Symphony Recording) explores Krishna’s dialog with Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. The tune is written by Gurunadha Sitthar and composed by Okay.S. Raghunathan.
Rajesh Dhupad, CEO of Symphony, had been engaged on the concept since 2017. “Krishna revealing his huge form says that the whole world is him and the world is in him. There are three chapters dedicated to this in the Bhagvad Gita. I wanted the song to capture the essence of this philosophy,” says Rajesh. Gurunadha Sitthar learn the textual content in varied languages earlier than he wrote the lyrics. After 4 months, he got here up with the pallavi ‘Aayiram Aayiram’.
“I wanted the lyrics to be simple but at the same time evoke emotions,” provides Rajesh.
It has been set to tune by Okay.S. Raghunathan, who has labored with stalwarts of the music trade. Raghunathan ensured the music conveyed the spirit of the composition.
Then started the seek for the singer. “Since Raghunathan usually works with Carnatic artistes, I did not initially think of SPB. But after six months of search, I felt he would be perfect for this project.”
The composition was then modified barely to swimsuit his singing type. “SPB could make even the most difficult composition sound easy and light. That was his biggest plus point,” says Rajesh.
Soon after work on the undertaking started the pandemic struck, and it needed to be placed on maintain. “As the lockdown extended, I became anxious about finishing the recording. We decided to record the song at his home without music. And on July 18, 2020 we recorded it successfully. As expected, the versatile singer impeccably brought out the classical and devotional flavour in the composition. It was the most delightful experience.”
Based on 9 ragas, varied devices corresponding to keyboard, flute, tabla and chenda have been used. The tune has been blended in encompass sound to provide listeners the whole expertise of SPB’s magical voice.
“This is Dolby’s first non-film album in South India,” says Sameer Seth of Dolby Laboratories.
The album, that was launched on June 1, is offered on all streaming platforms, and in Dolby Atmos sound in Apple Music and Hungama Music.
Source: www.thehindu.com
