There is certainly a treasure trove of 78 RPM recordings of classical music on youtube, but they tend to be scattered all over and searching for them is not that simple or straightforward.
Here are a bunch of recordings of various artists, some well known and others not as much. Getting this together in terms of getting the right volume levels etc was quite a time consuming exercise. And in the process, I was able to marvel at how these artists were able to showcase their abilities and the music itself effectively in the 3 or 6 minute duration – hats off to them and hats off to the recording companies that had to foresight to create these records.
You will see one media player entry for each artist, but it has been setup with the tracks in the sequence listed below; you will able to move forward/backward from one track to another. But given that there are numerous tracks for each artist and some have a pretty long list, I will have publish the recordings in parts.
I have listed the artists upfront as links, so that you have the list of artists on the page. You can click on the artist name to get to the location on the page with the track.
Enjoy.
- Anantalakshmi Sadagopan – Vocal
- Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar – Vocal
- Chittoor V Nagaiah – Vocal
- G N Balasubramaniam – Vocal
- G N Balasubramaniam & M S Subbulakshmi – Vocal
- M L Vasantakumari – Vocal
- Madurai Mani Iyer – Vocal
- Musiri Subramanya Iyer – Vocal
- Musiri Subramanya Iyer – Thukaram Film
- Mysore B S Raja Iyengar – Vocal
- N C Vasantkokilam – Vocal
- Narayana Iyengar – Gottuvadyam
- V V Sadagopan – Vocal
Anantalakshmi Sadagopan – Vocal
- Anname Varnam – Arabhi
- Kadaikannal – Pantuvarali
- Kundram – Todi
- Paruvam Parka – Dhanyasi
- RTP – RagamalikA
Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar – Vocal
- dinamaNi vamsa – harikAmbOji
- ElAvatara – mukAri
- nanda ke lAlA – pilu
- paridAnamichidE – bilahari
- rATTinamE – kApi
- Slokam – rAgamalikA
- sundaramAna – kalyANi
Chittoor V Nagaiah – Vocal
- andhakAri – sahAnA
- aparAdamula – rasALi (Film Thyagaraja)
- manavyAla-nalinakAnti (Film Thyagaraja)
- shyAmasundarAnga – dhanyAsi
G N Balasubramaniam – Vocal
- Ananda natEsa – tODi
- dikku teriyada – rAagamalika
- himagiri tanayE – suddha dhanyAsi
- jayati jayati – kamAs
- kaNNanai kANnbadeppO – ragamalika
- kaNNanE en kaNavan – kalyANi
- kAraNam kETTu vADi – poorvikalyANi
- karuNAlaya nidhiyE – hindOLam
- nalla sagunam – shanmukapriyA
- O jagadambA – Anandabhairavi
- parAsakti – sAvEri
- rAhA samEtA – misra yaman
- sAdinchanE – Arabi
- sAmagAnapriyE – Anandabhairavi
- sAmaja vara gamana – hindOLam
- samarasa bhAvana – bhimpaLAs
- slokam – rAgamalika
- sonnadai seydiDa – rAgamalika
- sri subramanyAya – kAambOji
- vAsudEvayani – kalyANi
G N Balasubramaniam & M S Subbulakshmi – Vocal
- mana mOhana
- prEmayil
M L Vasantakumari – Vocal
- chinnam chiru kiLiyE
- evvanamE
- mAyE – tarangiNi
- pArkaDal alaimElE
- ramA ramaNabarama – vasantabhairavi
- sindanai seyyaDA (plus Sivaji Ganesan)
- sivakAmeswari – kalyANi
- tAyE yasOda – rAgamAlika
- unnai ennum pOdE
- vaNNa thamizh – kalyANi
- varuvAi manamOhana (plus V N Sundaram)
- veLLai tAmarai
Madurai Mani Iyer – Vocal
- EmijEyutu
- RTP – kAmbhOji
- RTP – kalyANi
- anurAgamulE – saraswati
- kANa kaN kODi – kAmbhOji
- marugElara – jayantasri
- sarasa – sAma
- sri ragukula – hamsadwani
- viDajAladura – janaranjani
- viruttam – rAgamAlika
Musiri Subramanya Iyer – Vocal
- amba nannu brOvavE – tODi
- enRaikku Shiva krupai – mukhAri
- entavEdukondu – saraswatimanOhari
- ettanai sonnAlum – sAvEri
- ihaparam tarum – kamAs
- kAlai tookki – yadukula kAmbOji
- marubAri – senjuruTi
- nagumOmu – AbhEri
- navasiddhi peTrAlum – karaharapriyA
- neerajAkshi – hindOLam
- nirupamAna – behAg
- pAhi rAmachandra – yadukula kAmbOji
- sri venugOpAla – kurunji
- tAyE yasOdA – tODi
- teyilai tOTTattilE – kAvaDichindu
- tiruvaDi charaNam – kAmbOji
- viruttam – rAgamAlikA
- whatis it – sahAnA
Musiri Subramanya Iyer – Thukaram Film
- hari bhajanam – reetigowLa
- jaya dEvaki – kurunji
- jaya viTTala – bilahari
- neeyE parAmukam – hamsanAdam
- sarvalOka – nAdanAmakriyA
- sundara – kamAs
- syAma sundara – rAgamalikA
Mysore B S Raja Iyengar – Vocal
I remember listening to some of these in the 70’s on AIR !!
- ADamoDi -chArukEsi
- Emani – veeravasantam
- Thillana from Film Harichandra
- agnAni kalakooDE – nATakurunji
- brOchEvArevarura – kamAs
- dEvAdidEva – sindhunAmakriyA
- enna bEDali – sAvEri
- hari bhajanamE – sAmA
- jagadOdhAraNA – kApi
- jagadabi rAma – kAnaDA
- kanDu kanDu – sahAnA
- koniyADa tarama – vakulAbaraNam
- ksheera sAgara – dEvagAndAri
- manujaka theera – bhimpalAs
- nagumOmu – AbhEri
- ninnuvinA – navarasakannaDA
- pOgAtiralO rangayya – sankarAbaraNam
- parAkEla saraswati – nATakurunji
- rArA mA inTi – asAvEri
- sAntiyE from Film Harichandra
- vinatA suta – harikAmbOji
N C Vasantkokilam – Vocal
- inda varam – karaharapriyA
- AandavanE – shanmukapriyA
- kadalinai – manirangu
- Ananda natanam – kAmbOji
- vaLLikanavan – senjuruTTi
- anda nAL – hamsAnandi
- Anandam
- jaya jaya – bhimpalAs may be
- kAdal kondEn – mOhanakalyAni
- kaddanuvAriki – tODi
- Kili Kanni
Narayana Iyengar – Gottuvadyam
- jAvaLi – kamAs
- mOkshamu galadA – sAramati
- needu mahima – hamsAnandi
- parama pAvana rAma – poorvikalyANi
- whatisthis – husEni
V V Sadagopan – Vocal
- naDamADi – kAmbhOji
- pArtasArati – madyamAvati
- tirupugazh
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