| Bhajanamrta - Nattai | Girija Shankar, Lata Ganapathy, Nisha Rajagopalan, Savita Narasimhan, Vishaal Sapuram | The first Saptaratna Krti where the composer mentions various great personages and exalts that he would eternally follow in the dust of such devotees. |
| Alavadennalo | Chitravina Ravikiran, Lata Ganapathy, Nisha Rajagopal, Akkarai Shubhalakshmi, Bhargavi, Anahita, Savita Narasimhan, Ashwin Sridhar, Apoorva & Girijashankar | This piece, in raga Paras, is the 6th of the Saptaratna krtis and the only one of the set that is in Tamil. Venkata Kavi has effortlessly exhibited his mastery over the timeless Tamil history and his reverence for the heroes of the epic, Periya Puranam. In the anchor charanam he says –‘if reborn I must be like one of these’- and then goes on to list the names of all the 63 Nayanmars. This is the only composition in Carnatic history to name each of these 63 saints. |
| Sundaranandakumara-Madhyamavati | Chitravina Ravikiran, Lata Ganapathy, Nisha Rajagopal, Akkarai Shubhalakshmi, Bhargavi, Anahita, Savita Narasimhan, Ashwin Sridhar, Apoorva & Girijashankar | A superb creation in every sense of the term - melody, rhythm, lyrics, theme and devotional fervour. Each of the 8 madhyamakala charanas offers eight main articles of worship like arghyam, deepam, dhoopam, tamboolam etc. It is eminently possible that this krti was part of Venkata Kavi's daily prayers. The madhyamakala charanams have been set around the 3rd line of the anchor charanam but the remarkable thing is that this starts a few units before the tala. Thus, the other charanams start on the beat but end before the beat, a clear demonstration of the composer's rhythmic command. |