Shri Sadagopan Donates his Music Collection to a Holy cause ! Any takers ?

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First of all let me apologize to Shri Sadagopan for the very prolonged delay in

delivering this task that I had volunteered for almost 3 months back.

Back in July Shri Sadagopan had expressed his desire to raise money for several

noteworthy causes such as for the Shri Ranganathar Temple in Pomona, NY, Shri

BhUmidEvi samEtha shrI Uppiliappan Sannidhi and other such causes by giving

away his classical music collection to interested people and donating the

proceeds to charitable purposes.

I volunteered to catalog and filter through his collection so that Classical

Music rasikas may derive full benefit while at the same time raising a

reasonable sum to justify the effort.

It has taken me the past 3 months to work through a collection of upwards of 300

+ tapes of an eclectic collection.

His collection can be categorized from historical concerts by stalwarts such as

Shri Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Shri B. Rajam Iyer, Shri K. V. Narayanaswamy,

Shri Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, etc to religious discourses by Shri Sengalipuram

Anantharama Dikshitar and his contemporaries.

I believe I am at a point where I can start publishing the catalogue of these

tapes in small amonts every day or every other day, so this community may find

the time to peruse through the collection without getting overwhelmed. The

price on the tapes are listed against the Title. Please contact me if you wish

to purchase any of these tapes. While I can not make copies of the copyrighted

tapes, I am gladly willing to make copies of personal and commercially

unpublished collections of some great concerts that I have been authorized to

do. Availability of all tapes are on a first-come first-served basis.

The available quantities are also listed against the title.

I HAVE SET UP A SEPARATE EMAIL ACCOUNT TO HANDLE ALL REQUESTS FOR THE SALE OF

SHRI SADAGOPAN'S MUSIC COLLECTION.

PLEASE DIRECT ALL REQUESTS TO:

ORANGASAYEE (AT) (DOT) COM

All checks must be drawn in favor of Mr. V. Sadagopan. Please respond by email

to the above mentioned address and WAIT FOR CONFORMATION before mailing your

check.

Seeking the blessings of shrI bhUmidEvi samEtha shrI uppiliappan, I begin this

task today with the following recordings:

I only list some of the major songs on each recording. If you need additional

details, please forward the individual request to the above named email

address, and I will do my best to address them.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL RECORDINGS LISTED HERE ARE OF VERY GOOD QUALITY

1. Shri Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer - Concert of 1967 at the Madras Music academy

- 1 copy only (Set of Two Tapes) - $12

mEru samAna - mAyAmAlavagowlai - shrI tyAgarAjar

thuLasI jaga janani - sAveri - shrI tyAgarAjar

kshINamai tiruga - mukhAri - shrI tyAgarAjar

shlOkam in rAga mAlikai followed by vinarAdha nA manavi (ShrI Ranga

Pancharathnam) - Devagandhari - shrI tyAgarAjar

This is the song that shrI sadagOpan ellaborated so beautifully in his articles

on shrI ranganAtha a couple of months back. It portrays shri

kanaka-anga-kAvEri-ranga as he comes in his regal procession on the streets of

shrI rangam.

2. Shri Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar - Live Concert - 1972 - Venue Unknown - 2

copies only (Set of Two Tapes) - $12

Begada Varnam

EndarO mahanubhAvulu - shrI rAgam - shrI tyAgarAjar

marivErE gathi - Ananda Bhairavi - shrI syAma sAstry

evarani - dEvAmrutha varshini - shrI tyAgarAjar

shrI tyAgrAjar in this song depicts not just his mastery of music, but also the

concept of shrI vaishnavism where he tells :

What do I call you as ?

Brahma, Vishnu or Mahesvara or just as Para Brahmam

May be I should call you after the jIva svara in the nA-rA-yaNa manthram (rA) (ashtAksharam)

And the jiva svaram in the panchAkshara manthram na-ma-shivAya (ma) put together

Is'nt that what the learned scholars of ages have always called you as - shrI rAmA ?

Isn't that what you are - the essence of all creation ?

mArubalga - shrI ranjini - shrI tyAgarAjar

nidhichAla sukhamA - kalyANi - shrI tyAgarAjar

Azhi mazhai kaNNA - Varali - shrI ANdAL

3. Shri B. Rajam Iyer - Live Concert - Copyrighted - Original Copy Only - Set

of Two tapes - $12

kAnadA VarNam

SAdinchanE - AraBhi

AmbA Nannu - thOdi

Saragunapalimpa - kedAragowlai

SeshachalanAyakam - varALi

rAgam thAnam pallavi - bEgadA

Oruthi maganAi piranthu - Behag (thiruppAvai)

4. shrI kOteesvara iyer's krithis on the 72 mELakarthA rAgams - sung by shrI S.

Rajam Iyer - Original Copyrighted Tapes - Set of 10 Tapes - $50 for the complete

set

More to come !

Cheers and Regards,

Raja Krishnasamy Manager: Michael Fleck

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