| 词条 | West Meets East, Volume 2 |
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| name = West Meets East, Volume 2 | type = studio | artist = Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar | cover = West Meets East Volume 2 album cover.jpg | alt = | released = 15 July 1968 | recorded = 1967–68 Angel Records, New York City | venue = | studio = | genre = Indian classical | length = 1:03:34 | label = HMV, Angel | producer = | prev_title = West Meets East | prev_year = 1967 | next_title = West Meets East, Volume 3 | next_year = 1976 }}{{Album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}[1] }}West Meets East, Volume 2 is an album by American violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, released in 1968. It is the second album in a trilogy of collaborations between the two artists,[2] after the Grammy Award-winning West Meets East (1967).[2] The release followed Menuhin and Shankar's duet on 10 December 1967 at the United Nations in New York, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.[3] As part of his utopian ideal,[4] international human rights was a cause long supported by Menuhin in his work,[5] while for Indian classical music, this Human Rights Day recital marked the first time that a performance had received a worldwide television broadcast.[6] Reflecting the celebrity status afforded the sitarist during this period, particularly as a result of his association with George Harrison of the Beatles,[7][8] Shankar's activities were filmed for a documentary on his life, released as Raga in 1971,[9] and his autobiography My Music, My Life (1968) became a bestseller.[10] Although West Meets East, Volume 2 was another popular success for Menuhin and Shankar,[11] their work together drew further criticism from purists in India,[12] who considered that Shankar was westernising and thus diluting Indian classical music.[13] Recording and musical contentThe follow-up to West Meets East was announced in February 1968, when Billboard magazine reported that Menuhin and Shankar had been recording new material together at Angel Records' New York studios.[14] While their first album continued to top that magazine's Best Selling Classical LP's listings,[15] Shankar had also achieved mainstream success with the recently released Ravi Shankar at the Monterey International Pop Festival, which peaked at number 43 on the Billboard Top LP's chart – the highest US chart placing he would achieve throughout his career.[16] Angel released the new Menuhin–Shankar set on 15 July that year.[17] The album peaked at number 3 on the Classical LP's listings.[18] West Meets East, Volume 2 contains a version of the piece played at the United Nations, an interpretation of Raga Piloo.[19] According to Shankar's comments in a March 1968 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, they recorded this selection "just a few days ago".[20] As at the recital,[21] Menuhin and Shankar were accompanied by Alla Rakha on tabla and Kamala Chakravarty, Shankar's female companion,[22] on tambura.[23] The second piece is "Raga Ananda Bhairava", performed by Shankar with his regular accompanist and instrument-maker, Nodu Mullick,[24] on tambura, and Rakha again on tabla.[23]Side two in the original LP format consists of Menuhin and his sister Hephzibah performing Bartók's Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano.[23] Track listingAll selections by Ravi Shankar except where noted. Side one
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References1. ^"Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar West Meets East, Vol. 2", AllMusic (retrieved 3 December 2013). 2. ^Reginald Massey, [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/dec/12/ravi-shankar-dies "Ravi Shankar obituary"], The Guardian, 12 December 2012 (retrieved 3 December 2013). 3. ^Shankar, Raga Mala, p. 184. 4. ^Allan Kozinn, [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/13/arts/sir-yehudi-menuhin-violinist-conductor-and-supporter-of-charities-is-dead-at-82.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm "Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Violinist, Conductor and Supporter of Charities, Is Dead at 82"], New York Times, 13 March 1999 (retrieved 4 December 2013). 5. ^"12 March 1999: Violinist Yehudi Menuhin dies", BBC News Online (retrieved 4 December 2013). 6. ^Lavezzoli, pp. 7–8, 63. 7. ^World Music: The Rough Guide, pp. 109–10. 8. ^Shankar, My Music, My Life, pp. 101–03. 9. ^Lavezzoli, pp. 184, 187. 10. ^Massey, p. 142. 11. ^World Music: The Rough Guide, p. 109. 12. ^Lavezzoli, p. 146. 13. ^Shankar, Raga Mala, pp. 208–09. 14. ^{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rAcEAAAAMBAJ&q=shankar#v=onepage&q=sitarist&f=false|last=|first=|title=Classical Music|date=3 February 1968|work=Billboard|p=43|accessdate=23 August 2015}} 15. ^{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vwoEAAAAMBAJ&q=shankar#v=onepage&q=Richard%20Bonynge&f=false|last=Kirby|first=Fred|title=Mahler Takes Listings Crown From Beethoven|date=13 January 1968|work=Billboard|p=34|accessdate=23 August 2015}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481439/ravi-shankars-impact-on-pop-music-an-appreciation|last=Gallo|first=Phil |title=Ravi Shankar's Impact on Pop Music: An Appreciation |date=12 December 2012|publisher=billboard.com|accessdate=22 August 2015}} 17. ^{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xgoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30&dq=West+Meets+East&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEEQ6AEwCWoVChMIruWB1fnAxwIVgVKmCh22ogDK#v=onepage&q=United%20Nations&f=false|last=Staff writer|first=|title=Angel's Follow LP on 'West'|date=13 July 1968|work=Billboard|p=30|accessdate=24 August 2015}} 18. ^{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29&dq=West+Meets+East&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC0Q6AEwBGoVChMIruWB1fnAxwIVgVKmCh22ogDK#v=onepage&q=West%20Meets%20East&f=false|last=|first=|title=Billboard Best Selling Classical LP's|date=28 September 1968|work=Billboard|p=29|accessdate=24 August 2015}} 19. ^1 Lavazzoli, p. 63. 20. ^Sue C. Clark, [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ravi-shankar-the-rolling-stone-interview-19680309 "Ravi Shankar: The Rolling Stone Interview"], Rolling Stone, 9 March 1968 (retrieved 3 December 2013). 21. ^Shankar, My Music, My Life, p. 96. 22. ^Shankar, Raga Mala, pp. 157, 196. 23. ^1 2 Sleeve credits, West Meets East, Volume 2 LP (HMV Records, 1968). 24. ^Shankar, Raga Mala, p. 159. Sources{{refbegin}}
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