Her recording, also featuring her daughter Radha Viswanathan, has no accompanying instruments other than the tanpura, which provides a resonant drone and highlights her pristine voice. Mandolin U Rajesh has arranged the music, with several well-known instrumentalists adding their flourishes to a recording they were eager to be a part of.įor much of south India, mornings are synonymous with the suprabhatam, and MS is revered almost as highly as the deity she invokes. The rendering by Aishwarya and Saundarya was launched in Chennai by Ilaiyaraja, legendary composer of film music. The reprise comes 58 years after it was first recorded for HMV, at the insistence of the YouTube channel Tamil News. It is one of India’s most widely played hymns, with temples and homes waking up to its gentle strains every morning. The 20-minute hymn became an LP record in 1963, and its popularity continued well into the era of cassettes and CDs. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatam was first broadcast in Subbulakshmi’s voice on All India Radio in 1958 on Vaikuntha Ekadashi. S Aishwarya and S Saundarya, great granddaughters of the legendary M S Subbulakshmi, have just released their rendering of an evergreen invocation she first recorded in 1963.
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