The Listeners' Choice & The Maestro's Delight - Dr. M Balamuralikrishna Live Concert, Kerala (1980)

“The Listeners’ Choice and the Maestro’s Delight” is a live concert of Dr. M Balamuralikrishna (BMK) held somewhere in Kerala around 1980.

I gather that this concert was exclusively held in honouring the choice of rasikas which, unfortunately, could not be fulfilled in an earlier concert held a few days before in the same location. On listening to it now, we can suppose that BMK has also enjoyed in fulfilling the choice of his aficionados.

All the renditions presented here are quite popular and what perhaps makes it an engaging and interesting listening experience is the way in which BMK has brought freshness to each piece presented by him.

BMK is accompanied by Sri. Annavarapu Ramaswamy (violin) and Sri. Tanjore Upendran (mridangam).

The audio is restored and remastered for posterity.

00:00 🌹 Welcome to the album " The Listeners' Choice & The Maestro's Delight - 1980"
00:00:06 ✴️ Varñam – Rāmapriya – M Balamuralikrishna
00:05:20 ✴️ Mahādéva sutham - Ārabhi - M Balamuralikrishna
00:29:50 ✴️ Palukutache - Phalamanjari - Patnam Subrahmanya Iyer
00:34:20 ✴️ Enta muddu enta sogasu - Bindumālini – Tyagaraja
00:39:04 ✴️ Nanu pālimpa - Móhana – Tyagaraja
01:13:00 ✴️ Nagumómu ganaléni - Ābhéri – Tyagaraja
01:41:00 ✴️ RTP in Amritavarshiñi & Ānandabhairavi - M Balamuralikrishna
02:11:31 ✴️ Ekkadi mānusha janma - Révagupti – Annamacharya
02:16:52 ✴️ Nānati bratuku - Mukhāri – Annamacharya
02:21:10 ✴️ Tunai neeyé - Chārukéshi - M Balamuralikrishna
02:26:22 ✴️ Tillana – Béhag - M Balamuralikrishna
02:29:51 ✴️ Sitākalyāña vaibhógamé - Kurinji – Tyagaraja

Let us listen and enjoy the music, learn something new, and discuss our reflections with others.
It is to finally facilitate the process of music for posterity by sharing and listening with the younger generation.