S. Balachander - The Wizard on The Veena [196-; Odeon; MOCE 1698]

No pix for this yet, sry. Any info on what year this was recorded/ released would be really appreciated.

Side One:

Gana Raaga Panchakam or Pancha-Rathna Raagam

"Balachander has chosen to play in the 'Thaanan' form the five famous raagams: Naatta, Gowla, Aarabhi, Varaali, Sree"

Side Two:

"Balachander offers a selection of three ragas derived from the 'Hindusthani' system: Behaag, Hindusthani-Kaapi, Sindhu-Bhairavi"

Odeon - TGC

MOCE-1069

Wiki for Sundaram Balachander

Side One composed by Tyagaraja, who else. Really really virtuosic yet approachable solo veena here. Visit Side Two, about the six minute mark, for the real goodness.

Found a six-part documentary on this dude, thanks interwebs.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6