Hall marks of this recording are 1.a very vibrant tonal quality of the sitar, 2. Resosance of the sympathetic strings { tarafs } 3. A controlled condition of sound with slight eco effects 4. Composition of bandish with appropriate punch 5. Section of slow tempo madhya laya teental 6. Excellent vazandar theka from Pandit Kishan Maharaj 7. A very balanced rendition by Ustad Vilayat Khan with some off beat execution of taan. This recording is worth listening time and again. Thanks for uploading.

My brother and I each bought a cassette tape with this on it in the early 90's at the old Atlantic Video. Never have we heard such a stellar performance of Alhaiya Bilawal. Never knew who was playing Tabla so fantastically. We do now, thanks to your splendid upload. We saw Vilayat at the Meyerson in Dallas with his son Shujat. Never will forget it. Master Vilayat pulled a meend on Re at one point which was so powerful we could hardly believe it.

Bhara Huva Theka was the words of Ustad Vilayat Khan when I was fortunate to have spend 12 hour a day for 7 days in 80’s and had open conversation with him.

Started to listen to him in the middle 1960s. Bought all the records I could get hold of. Heard him in Stockholm, divine! I have a very very rare recording of him playing. The father of one of my friends secretly recorded a concert at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Bombay in the late 1960s or early 1970s. It is incredible just like this Concert. How lucky we are to have so many great indian musicians and masters.

An inspired Vilayat Khan is probably the best sitar one can have the privilege of hearing; this is one of them.Thanks for uploading.

This is my favorite track of all time... in any genre of music...

Phenominal! No accolades are sufficient nor do justice to describe this performance. His Purya is even better. In the Persian tradition "QISSA GOYI" is an art of relating stories in an enchanting and mesmirizing manner. Ustad Vilayath Khan does this through his music.

Peach of a tabla accompaniment from Pandit Kishan Mahraj-ji.

Divine music...that's all to be said..!

what to say? simply they were the greats... pranams...

Kash ap ajtak zinda rehte with your body. 🥰 You are best ever

Kishan maharaj's tabla, the simple and steady beat that is played is so apt for this magic to happen

What a sound ! Really & undoubtedly Divine !

Toujours aussi fabuleux.

Beautiful in Ustad Ji's signature style of rendition. God Bless Thanks

Raga Alhaya bilaval is good for mental health......Really refreshing and gives happiness......❤️Aisa lagthaa hey...Sundar bargeche me tahalrahee hay......😊

Suparb audio 👍👍👍

Ocean of melody

Mesmerising! His talent was unique. Unequalled to date. Subhan-Allah!

Amazing 🙏🏻 Pranam to legends Thank you for making this world more beautiful

Wah, Subhanallah Kia baat.Thanks for the upload.

Unparalleled ....simply divine

I like this and listen at morning very often

J N Ponda aka Jashwat Narsidas Ponda Sole Proprietor of the Phoenix Library 727 A Sadashiv Peth Pune....411 030 It is astonishing what one man can achieve. Like this Vilayat! I wonder if he has ever rendered a dull Raag in his life. At least I haven't heard him playing a dull Raag. ...... I always am very curious about the psyche of a past-master. Namita Debi Dayal has unravelled that to some extent in her biography of Vilayat Khan. It's title is "The Sixth String". But I have a feeling that much more remains to be unearthed! This photo on the video of Vilayat Khan in his younger days is rare. One thing I am intrigued about is why Vilayat Khan and his son Shujat seperated when the latter was only ten years old!

We are very proud that he is associated with Etawah Gharana.

This is just tremendous! I can thank Suman Sanyal on YT for sending me the link to here! #AMAZINGMUSIC

Vilayat Khan is the God of sitar!

V.NICE

Kishen Mahraj is on the tabla. very good recording.

This is next level 🙏

Words can't explain___

Wow ... his artistry is not of this world

Pronam

This is definitely one of Vilayat Khan's best performances. Thanks for uploading. Who is accompanying on tablas?

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Wah

I think some spiritual power plucked the string in favour of him. unbelievable.

This is the EMI LP. Puriya on the other side. Jaw-dropping virtuosity.

Thanks, Sir! No accolades are enough for what you're doing! waiting for the Pooriya ... Also, can you upload the full Darbari afresh from the vinyl? The HMV CD has this unpardonable pitch control defect between the two sides of this recording.

The best sitarist and the best tablâ player

Who is on tabla with the maestro ? Pandit Samtaprasadji ?