It is good news for Tagore song lovers that a complete collection of Tagore songs called Gitabitan is now available
in a DVD in the city’s audio market.
It comprises 4870 Tagore songs rendered by 310
artistes from 1908 to 2010.
It also contains three dance dramas and three lyrical drams, recitation and songs in Tagore’s voice including notations.
The lyrics are accessible in text format in both Bangla and English.
The archive has a picture gallery that contains images of Tagore’s house at Shantiniketan, manuscript of songs and poems by Tagore and his self portraits.
The DVD comes with installation software.
Ganer Dali is doing the marketing of the recently released album Gitabitan Archive 2 in Bangladesh, which has been produced by Kolkata-based popular production house Sa Re Ga Ma.
The first edition of the Gitabitan Archive series was released in 2006 under the same banner.
The Gitabitan Archive 2 has been researched and compiled by Dr Purnandu Bikash Sarkar from Kolkata.
‘This is especially aimed at those who do not have easy access to Bengali works in general and Rabindra Sangeet (the collection of Tagore’s songs) in particular’, writes Dr Purnandu Bikash Sarkar in the introduction to the album.
Fuelled by his passion for Tagore’s music, Dr Sarkar has been collecting material and information for this DVD since 2003.
-With New Age input
