Enchanting Strings

This album presents a mesmerizing performance of Raga Bageshri by one of the finest sitar players, Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan. Raga Bageshri is a popular raga of the late night, which is meant to depict the longing to be in communion with the beloved. It is said to have been first sung by Mian Tansen, the celebrated court singer of the Emperor Akbar in the sixteenth century. It is a melodious and enchanting raga that showers joy galore. It is very distinctive and instantly recognizable by the attentive listener.