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https://soundcloud.com/user-579482641/what-beethoven-means-to-me-ray-part-1mp3
https://soundcloud.com/user-579482641/what-beethoven-means-to-me-ray-part-2mp3
https://soundcloud.com/user-579482641/mozart-in-calcutta-ray-part-1mp3
https://soundcloud.com/user-579482641/mozart-in-calcutta-ray-part-2mp3
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Dear Readers
In 1994, I recorded Satyajit Ray's interview from Calcutta Radio on Western Classical Music. Interviews were taken by Bulbul Sircar, a famous Calcutta Radio presenter. Ray's opinions on Mozart Beethoven and others are worth of listening. He also mentioned how he got influenced by them.He openly told he did not like Milos Forman's treatment of Mozart entirely. From his biography I also got to know he was offered by BBC to make a film on Don Giovanni. Sitting in Calcutta he got influenced by the best of Western Classical. Now sadly Calcutta is losing its edge and with waning of interest in Western Classical Music it seems appropriate to revisit the legacy of Satyajit Ray the maestro.
These are not my creation. Copyright must be of Calcutta Radio and Ray himself. I dont intend any copyright violation. This is just for your listening pleasure. Also note Bulbul Sircar's interviewing skills. She was a classy anglicized aficionado of music whose unmistakable accent made it worthwhile. Bulbul Sircar represents a culturally rich past of Calcutta.
https://soundcloud.com/user-579482641/music-i-live-by-part-2mp3
https://soundcloud.com/user-579482641/what-beethoven-means-to-me-ray-part-1mp3
https://soundcloud.com/user-579482641/what-beethoven-means-to-me-ray-part-2mp3
https://soundcloud.com/user-579482641/mozart-in-calcutta-ray-part-1mp3
https://soundcloud.com/user-579482641/mozart-in-calcutta-ray-part-2mp3
https://soundcloud.com/user-579482641/mozart-in-calcutta-ray-part-3mp3
Dear Readers
In 1994, I recorded Satyajit Ray's interview from Calcutta Radio on Western Classical Music. Interviews were taken by Bulbul Sircar, a famous Calcutta Radio presenter. Ray's opinions on Mozart Beethoven and others are worth of listening. He also mentioned how he got influenced by them.He openly told he did not like Milos Forman's treatment of Mozart entirely. From his biography I also got to know he was offered by BBC to make a film on Don Giovanni. Sitting in Calcutta he got influenced by the best of Western Classical. Now sadly Calcutta is losing its edge and with waning of interest in Western Classical Music it seems appropriate to revisit the legacy of Satyajit Ray the maestro.
These are not my creation. Copyright must be of Calcutta Radio and Ray himself. I dont intend any copyright violation. This is just for your listening pleasure. Also note Bulbul Sircar's interviewing skills. She was a classy anglicized aficionado of music whose unmistakable accent made it worthwhile. Bulbul Sircar represents a culturally rich past of Calcutta.
Fantastic. Thank you for preserving these and making them available for us who grew up listening to these talks on radio.
ReplyDeletethanks...happy listening
DeleteYou have done a credible job for all the posterity. Sharing with your permission.
ReplyDeletethanks..please share...enjoy listening to the master
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DeleteHi Biswa Prasun,
ReplyDeleteThanks for bringing these interviews to us. Due to noise, I was not able to understand all the words said by him, is it the best version available for these interviews? also do you have a transcript version of these interviews? I was very keen to understand the interview related to Bethoven. I know I am asking for a lot of help, but will be very grateful to you if you could share the transcript.
No, I dont have the transcript, I uploaded the files I made from cassettes which are from 1994, hence the noise.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
ReplyDeleteI heard these on radio real time. I was searching for these for a long time. Thank you so much for making these available.
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