THUMRI

The last two recordings of Master Madan in our little treasure trove are these two Punjabi songs. There is a faster tempo and some orchestral support, and his usual intensity of soul and pathos.

baagaan vich piingaan paiyaan, and

raavii de parle kanDe ve mittaraa, rehnda hai dil da chor!

The last of Master Madan’s bhajan’s is here — chetna hai toh chet lai.

mana kii mana hii maanhe rahii — the young Master Madan is at his bewitching best in this Sorath (?) bhajan.

Our next Master Madan offering is the bhajan mori binati maano kaanh re.

Before his unfortunate death in his early teens, a child called Master Madan set the music scene ablaze with his remarkable rendering of ghazals and thumris. Over half a century later, all that you can find is two remarkable ghazals: `yoon na reh reh kar’ and `hairat se tak raha hai’.

We bring you several extremely rare melodies of this young master, beginning with gori gori baiyan.