D K Pattammal

I never got a chance to listen to her in person, although did get to see her on the TV.

Most of the recordings I have here are with D K Jayaraman singing with her and barring a couple I believe it is Palghat Mani Iyer on the mridangam.

Clearly she had her favorites in nAyaki, dhanyAsi, manirangu etc – which you can see being sung in many of her concerts. And she certainly sets the marker for the Muttuswamy Deekshitar compositions. My favorite is the RTP in jaganmOhini which is a fantastic rendering on multiple fronts. I remember an article in Sruti (circa 2016) which was a complete analysis of this specific rendering and the author goes about describing each section of that rendering specially relating to the talam and gati variations. Will try to locate and add that information here.

AIR Hyderabad

  • varnam – bhairavi
  • nannukannatalli – sindhunAmakriyA
  • rAmanAtam bhajEham – pantuvarAli
  • koniyAdina nApai – kAmbhOji
  • tillAnA – Anandabhairavi
  • varnam – kalyANi
  • kannatanDri mAta – dEvamanOhari
  • kAlaharaNa – suddhasAvEri
  • karuNajooDavammA – pantuvarAli
  • gOvinda kaTaya – bhairavi
  • suki evvarO – kAdaDA
  • rangapura vihAra – brindAvansAranga
  • Emi jEsitE – tODi
  • sivakAma sundari – mukAri
  • bhAvayAmi ragurAmam – rAgamAlika
  • tyAgarAja yOga vaibhavam – Anandabhairavi
  • mAmava paTTAbhi rAma – maNirangu
  • Ehi annapoorNE – punnAgavarALi
  • sakala gruha – aTANA
  • chakkani rAja – karaharapriyA
  • various
  • varnam – sri
  • sujana jeevanA – kamAs
  • mApAla velasita – asAvEri
  • sundari – suddhasAvEri
  • rAmanAtam bhajEham – pantuvarALi
  • mAyammA – Ahiri
  • nAn oru vilAyATTu bommayA – navasrasa kannaDA
  • jAlandara – gambeeranATTai
  • RTP – dhanyAsi
  • various

Krishna Gana Sabha – 1975

  • varnam – pantuvarALi
  • evarani – dEvAmrutavarshiNi
  • sani tODi – harikAmbhOji
  • sri pArtasArati – suddhadhanyAsi
  • sri guruguha – dEvakriyA
  • sATi evvarE – bhairavi
  • kataya kataya mAdhavm – kalyANi
  • bhajarE rE mAnasa – AbhEri
  • neekE dayarAkA – neelAmbari (incomplete)
  • dharma samvardhani – madyAmavati
  • various
  • vinatA suta vAhana – jayantasEnA
  • EtAvunarA – kalyANi
  • AnandEswarEna samrakhitOham – Anandhabhairavi
  • mAmava satatam – jaganmOhini
  • aDigi sukamu – madyamAvati
  • chittam irangavillayO – sri ranjani
  • ekkAlatilum maravEnE – nAtakurunji
  • RTP- dhanyAsi
  • various

with T S Veeraragavan and Palghat Mani Iyer

  • varnam – sri
  • nanukannatalli – sindu kannaDA
  • ninne nera namminAnurA – pantuvarALi
  • sani tODi – harikAmbhOji
  • aparAdamula – darbAr
  • meenalOchana – dhanyAsi
  • tulasammA – dEvagAndhAri
  • mApAla velasita – asAvEri
  • naDaci naDaci – karaharapriyA
  • dAsukOrvaledA – tODi
  • rAnidi – maNirangu
  • krupajoochuTaku – chAyatarangiNi
  • mariyAda kAdayyA – bhairavam
  • sri ranganAtam – poorNachandrikA
  • RTP – vAchaspati
  • various

Jamshedpur

  • varNam – sri
  • sujana jeevanA – kamAs
  • rAma madura nagari – karaharapriyA
  • nAn oru vilayATTu – navarasa kannaDA
  • birAnavarA – kalyANi
  • ranganAyakam – nAyaki
  • ninaippadeppOdu nenjE – nAdanAmakriyA
  • gajAmbAnayakO – janjooTi
  • Ehi annapoorNE – punnAgavarALi
  • bhAvayAmi ragurAmam – rAgamAlikA
  • EkAmbrEsa nAyikE – karnAtaka suddha sAvEri
  • sri jAlandara – gambeera nATTai
  • mAmava paTTAbhirAmA – manirangu
  • RTP – dhanyAsi
  • various

AIR – Dec 12, 2003

  • jAnakiramaNa – suddhaseemandini
  • nidamoru taramEnum – karaharapriyA
  • ranganAyakam – nAyaki
  • RTP – dhanyAsi
  • tirupugazh
  • ninnAlO teliyaka – karnataka kapi ??
  • engaL nATTukenda nADu
  • pADuvOmE – film song
  • veTri – film song (poor audio quality)
  • various
  • EkAmbrEsa nAyikE – karnATaka suddha sAvEri
  • mAyammA – Ahiri
  • sivakAmasundari – mukhAri
  • nannu brOchuTaku – tODi- syAmA sastry
  • dharma samvardani – madyamAvati
  • birAnavarA – kalyANi
  • tyAgarAja yOgavaibhavam – Anadabhairavi
  • various
  • varnam – bhairavi
  • vidulaku mrOkEdA – mAyAmALavagowlam
  • kAdambari priyayai – mOhanam
  • naDaci naDaci – karaharapriyA
  • varnam – pantuvarAli
  • jAnaki ramaNa – suddhaseemandini
  • vArijamukhi – sankarAbaraNam
  • ittarani – asAvEri
  • ranganAyakam – nAyaki
  • kailAsapatE – kalyANi
  • nidamaoru – karaharapriyA
  • rama rAma – bhairavi
  • RTP – dhanyAi
  • various

AIR – Deekshadar Concert

  • sri nAtAdi – mAyAmALavagowLam
  • sri guruguha – dEvakriyA
  • visAlAkshim – rAmakriyA
  • sArasadaLa – kamAs
  • pArvatipatim – hamsadwani
  • sri subramanyAyO – tODi
  • kanchadaLAyadAkshi – kamalAmanOhari
  • saraswati manOhari – saraswati manOhari
  • bAlagOpala – bhairavi

with D K Jayaraman, T S Veeraragavan and Palghat Mani Iyer

RTP – jaganmOhini

This is a fabulous RTP and perhaps one of a kind as I have not heard any other recording so far. Here is the link to a detailed article that details out the technical aspects of the rendering of thie specific RTP.

with T S Veeraragavan and Karaikudi Mani

  • varnam – tODi
  • sri mahAgaNapatim – aTANA
  • ennaDO rakSincitE – saurAshtram
  • sani tOdi – harikAmbhOji
  • aparAdamula – darbAr
  • sandEhamu – kalyANi
  • soundararAjam – brindAvanasArangA
  • parAmukam ElarA – karaharapriyA
  • ninnuvnA marigaladA – reetigowla
  • tulasammA – dEvagAndhAri
  • sri ranganAtam – poorNachandrikA
  • RTP – tOdi
  • various

with D K Jayaraman, A Anantakrishnan & I Sivakumar – S V Temple, Pittsburgh, USA – 1977

  • varNam – pantuvarALi – Shatkala Narasayya
  • jAanaki ramana – suddhaseemantini – Thyagaraja
  • sri ranganatham – poornachandrika – Ambi Dikshitar
  • vinarAdhana manavi vinata – chakravakam – Tirupathi Narayanaswami
  • ika naina na – pushpalatika – Tirupathi Narayanaswami
  • nAn oru vilaiyATTu – navarasakannaDA – Papanasam Sivan
  • sri satyanArAyaNam – subhapantuvarALi – Muthuswami Dikshitar
  • sri jAlandharam – gambeeranATTa – Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
  • sompaina – Ahiri – Thyagaraja
  • sri venkatagireesam – suruTi – Muthuswami Dikshitar
  • sri venkatEsam – tODi – Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar
  • RTP – karaharapriyA
  • eppaDi pAdinarO – karnATaka dEvagAndAri – Suddhananda Bharathi
  • rangapura vihara – brindAvanasAranga – Muthuswami Dikshitar
  • vaLLi kaNavan – senchuruTTi – Ambasamudram Subbaraya
  • thillAnA – kamAs – Patnam Subramania Iyer
  • mangalam – sowrAshtram – Thyagaraja