Michael Robinson
Natabhairavi
Cover art is handmade paper from India
1. Natabhairavi 57.59
meruvina: piri, trumpet, cimbalom, clarinet, tabla, ghatam, dholak, dhol, rotating drum, rain stick, buk, three tanpuras
Composed, Programmed, Mixed, Designed and Produced by Michael Robinson
Recorded and Mastered by Catharine Wood at Planetwood Studios
Natabhairavi was given a new orchestration in June 2020. Here are the original liner notes substituting the instruments used in the new orchestration, cimbalom and clarinet, and adding several new paragraphs. Natabhairavi is the twentieth mela of Karnatic music. It was first ushered into Hindustani music by Ravi Shankar, perhaps influenced in doing so by his guru, Allauddhin Khan. In June 2020, a new orchestration of Natabhairavi was recorded, replacing ud and harp with cimbalom and clarinet, and this is the version featured here. Other than this orchestration change, not one note or any other musical detail was altered. I was never satisfied with the orchestration for the second half of Natabhairavi, and am thrilled to have finally addressed the issue, now presenting my composition in its best light. Natabhairavi was my first composition following Dhani, a work three-and-a-half hours long, and it remains a special favorite, with a most visceral overall presence, and an opening phrase modeled after Pandit Jasraj intoning, "Om Shiva," which is repeated at the beginning of each subsequent section. Natabhairavi has a devotional rasa while focusing on interplay between the through-composed melodic and percussion voices.
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