Yehudi Menuhin & Ravi Shankar - West Meets East flac album

West Meets East is an album by American violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, released in Britain in January 1967. It was recorded following their successful duet in June 1966 at the Bath Musical Festival, where they had played some of the same material. The album was issued in America on EMI's Angel Records imprint in June 1967.

This is a reissue of Yehudi Menuhin & Ravi Shankar - West Meets East. Notes on back cover: "O OCIDENTE encontra o ORIENTE Uma colaboração musical entre Yehudi Menuhin e Ravi Shankar". Ravi Shankar's note and Yehudi Menuhin's note, both in portuguese. There is an description of the songs, as well a glossary of Hindu musical terms, written by John Barham.

West Meets East: The Historic Shankar/Menuhin Sessions collects the best from Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin's three West Meets East albums (originally released in 1967, 1968, and 1976). This compilation features "Prabhati" and "Swara-Kakali" from the first album, "Raga Piloo" and "Dhun" from the second, and "Tenderness" and "Twilight Mood" from the third.

West Meets East: The Historic Shankar/Menuhin Sessions collects the best from Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin's three West Meets East albums. All of the tracks feature the hypnotic interplay of Menuhin's violin and Shankar's sitar that made the individual albums critically and commercially popular when they were first released.

Info for West Meets East. As a musician, as a man of ideals, and as a true world citizen, Yehudi Menuhin made an extraordinary mark on his era. The Menuhin Century commemorates the 100th anniversary of his birth on 22 April 1916. Comprising of various recordings, The Menuhin Century draws on the unequalled 70-year relationship between the violinist and the record company HMV/EMI. That collaboration produced a total of some 300 discs, which are now part of Warner Classics’ unrivalled catalogue.

Prabhati Originally released on West Meets East - Album 1 in 1967, this Shankar composition is a morning raga based on Raga Gunkali. Yehudi Menuhin is featured on violin accompanied by Alla Rakha on tabla. The Aochar Alap is followed by a Cadenza, leading into the Jor and finishing with the Gat in Chanchar tal. Swara-Kakil Also originally released on West Meets East - Album 1, this composition is an evening raga based on Raga Tilang. It is a duet which features Ravi Shankar on sitar and Yehudi Menuhin on violin