G.N.Balasubramaniam
G.N.B, the Super star!
Yes, he WAS the singing superstar of carnatic music in his time. He swayed the minds of the pundits and layman alike through the rich timbre of his voice and his immence repertoire.
He was peerless in his style of raga elaboration and middle tempo rendering coupled with his inimitable style. He carried his handsome personality laden with music virtuoso with ease and grace!
GNB, the man and his music!
Here is the link for a video documentary on the life and achievements of the great GNB in MPG format!
You can download it and enjoy!
And please await a special links page for GNB's music hosted elsewhere.
Here is the masterpiece by the inimitable GNB - "Radha Sametha Krishna" for R.Ramani and other rasikas!
Radha-Sametha-Krishna_Misra Yaman_Adi
Here is a concert by GNB. Carnatic connoisseurs may please wise me up on the names of the accompanyists.
- NinnuKori Varnam
- Yochana-Darbar
- EnnaGanuRaamaBhajana-PantuVarali
- BadaliKadeera-RitiGowlai
- Ethavuna Nerchitivo-Edhukula Kambhodhi
- Aaragimpave-Todi
- Aaragimpave-Contd.
- SarasaSamaDhana-KapiNarayani
- Kalyani RTP
- Kalyani RTP (contd.)
- Kalyani RTP (contd)
- SamarVaaram-Bahudhari
- Dhavala Roopa-Ananda Bhairavi
- Managalam
- Maa Ramanan - Hindolam
- Maragatha Vallim - Kambodhi (If you want to address the raga with a bit of respect that it deserves, call it "Kambo-ji"!)
- Manasu Nilpa - Abhogi (I have put this already as a podcast on my blog)
- Intha chala - Begada Varnam
- JayaJaya - Nattai - PurandaraDasa
- Raghuvara Nannu - Pantuvarali - Thyagaraja
- Badali Kadita - RitiGowlai - Thyagaraja
- Evara Madugu - Kalyani - Thyagaraja
- Dharini Telusu Konti - Suddha Saveri - Thyagaraja
- Dharini - Thani Avardhanam - Contd.
- Vara ragalaya - Chenchu Kambodhi - Thyagaraja. It is GNB's masterpiece! I rate this his best!
- Sukhi Evaro - Kaanadaa
- Ramachandram Bhavayami - Vasantha
- Bhairavi - RTP - Part. 1
- Bhairavi - RTP - Part. 2
- Bhairavi - RTP - Part. 3
- Bhairavi - RTP - Part. 4 (Thani)
- Kalam Bhodhara - Ragamalika
- Thillana - Sankarabharanam
- Mangalam - Saurashtram
- The whole concert in Zip format.
GNB's Concert(s)
You can download the individual songs from the collection or the whole concert in a zipped format provided below - for those with real Broadband!
Mysore concert with Chowdiah on violin and Pazhani Subramania Pillai on Mridhangam, sung during circa 1957.
I will try to add more.
Please visit again.
In ase of any screwed up link, please give me a shout to skichu at gmail dot com.
Also visit my blog post for a couple of podcasts of GNB's rendering.
Enjoy!