VA - Masters of Indian Classical Music Volume I–II [4 CD, 2006-2009/FLAC]

 A glorious and inspiring collection presenting the greatest exponents of Indian classical music, playing ragas and light classical pieces on the instruments they each are famous for.

• Hariprasad Chaurasia (bansuri), 
• Ravi Shankar (sitar), 
• Ram Narayan (sarangi), 
• Bismillah Khan (shehnai), 
• Zakir Hussain (tabla), 
• N. Rajam (violin)

Zakir Hussain - Ustad Zakir Hussain & the Maestros - The Versatile Genius (4CD, 1999)

 

Zakir Hussain is today appreciated both in the field of percussion and in the music world at large as an international phenomenon. A classical tabla virtuoso of the highest order, his consistently brilliant and exciting performances have not only established him as a national treasure in his own country, India, but gained him worldwide fame. The favorite accompanist for many of India's greatest classical musicians and dancers, from Ali Akbar Khan and Ravi Shankar to Birju Maharaj and Shivkumar Sharma, he has not let his genius rest there. His playing is marked by uncanny intuition and masterful improvisational dexterity, founded in formidable knowledge and study.