Part of being a composer is coming face to face with the symphonies of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler and Shostakovich however intimidating that reckoning may seem.

It has occurred to me how my compositions based upon Indian ragas exist on a symphonic scale even if their originating model is closer to chamber music. My instinctual sense is that my pathway here represents a natural transfiguration of symphonic form.

Specifically based on ragas while varying in specificity to such, and predominantly roughly an hour long, except for one that is three hours long, and another being three and a half hours long, together with some being around forty minutes long, here are my compositions embodying symphonic transfiguration or evolution. Some have two or three different names collectively forming a single work titled by the name of the album.

Together they amount to 82 symphonies. It is possible I've left some out and will recheck again.

Lunar Mansions

Luminous Realms

Nagamani

Sagarmatha

Monsoon Clouds

Indian Ocean

Snow Leopard Meadow

Astral Palace

Jaunpuri

Bhoop

Kaunsi Kanada

Kirvani

Bairagi

Patdeep, Jait and Megh

Madhmad Sarang

Mian Ki Malhar

Dhani

Bhimpalasi

Rageshri

Natabhairavi

Charukeshi

Yaman

Nat Narayan

Shankara

Vachaspati

Gangadhara

Puriya Dhanashri

Todi

Darbari Kanada

Pink Sapphire

Pink Monkey

Summer Morning

California Spring

Gamanapriya

Ramapriya

Kamavardhani

Chakravaka

Bhairavi

Latangi

Bhairava

Amethyst Labyinth

Carnelian Compass

Peridot Pond

Onyx Sands

The Fiddler of Dooney

Emerald Anklets

Nigthmarchers

Ruby Soul

Lucknow Shimmer

Lahaina Lanterns

The Spirit Pool

Hummingbird Canyon

Moonrise and Rain-Mist

Rajasthani Spring

Celestial Crocodile and Honu Morning

Lilac Dawn

Viridian Seas

Ocean Avenue

Nectar-Spells

Mango-Bird

Tunis Phantom

Dazzling Darkness

Spirit Lady

Queen of Space

The Waters' Child

Taffeta Patterns

Garlanded in Wistaria

A Parrot Sipping Tea

Gregorian Winter

Jetavana

Green Garnets

Jasmine Perfume

Night of Fire

Sea of France

Dark Yellow

Inspiration Point

Chinese Legend

Indian Jasmine

Rainbow Thunder

Adorned with Pearl

Hamoa

Tendrils

Please go here for direct page links to the works listed above.

Below are three works among myriad that may have been embedded here.

European classical, American jazz, Indian classical, avant-garde and myriad forms of rock, pop and traditional music exist simultaneously inside and around myself awaiting filtering through prisms of temperament guided by deployment.

- Michael Robinson, April 2017 with additions made May 2024, Los Angeles

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Michael Robinson is a Los Angeles-based composer, programmer, pianist and musicologist. His 199 albums include 152 albums for meruvina and 47 albums of piano improvisations. Robinson has been a lecturer at UCLA, Bard College and California State University Long Beach and Dominguez Hills.