Madurai Somu with M Chandrasekaran

Like Lalgudi Jayaraman and perhaps to a greater extent, M Chandrasekaran seems to have had a great chemistry with Somu and has accompanied him in a prolific manner. If you look at the program sheets of Madras Music Academy in the 60’s & 70’s, you can see M Chandrasekaran accompanying him almost every time!!

The recordings below does have one such concert from 1966.

M Chandrasekaran – vioilin

  • mahA ganapatE – naTa nArAyaNi
  • sanakara – reetigowLa
  • eTulabrOtuvOvayyA – chakravAgam
  • sambO siva sankaraguru – sanakarAbaraNam
  • varAlendu kummani – gurjari
  • paritApamu – manOhari
  • pAlincu – kAmbhOji
  • enduku daya rAdurA – tODi
  • various

from another concert

  • sivE pAhimAm – kalyANi
  • chinnanAdEna – kalAnidhi
  • ninnu nEra – pantuvarALi (incomplete)

M Chandrasekaran – violin

  • varNam – dEvamanOhari
  • sakti ganEsam – rishipriyA
  • siva siva siva ena rAdA – pantuvarALi
  • neelakanTa siva – kuvalayAbaraNam
  • kripajoo cuTaku – chAyAtarangiNi
  • paradEvatE – kalyANi
  • evarani – dEvAmrutavarshiNi
  • koluvamaragada – tODi
  • O rAma nee nAmam – poorvikalyANi
  • rAma nAmamu – aTANA
  • paramEswaram – kumarapriyA
  • RTP – keeravANi
  • enna kavi pADinAlum – neelamaNi
  • ninaikAda nEramillai – rAgEsree
  • madurai arasALum – rAgamAlika

M Chandrasekaran – violin
C S Murugabhoopati – mridangam
T H Vinayakaram – ghatam

Krishnapuram

  • praNavaswaroopa – hEmavati
  • manasulOni – vAramu
  • sundarEswara – madhulikA
  • entavEDukO – saraswatimanOhari
  • paradEvatE – kalyANi
  • marugElara – jayantasree
  • nenaruncinAnu – karnATaka behAg
  • chandrasEkara yateendram – tODi
  • tAyE yasOda – tOdi
  • enna kavi pADinAlum – neelamaNi
  • madurai arasALum – rAgamAlika
  • viruttam
  • various

M Chandrasekaran – violin
U K Sivaraman – mridangam
C K Shyamsundar – kanjira

  • varNam – darbAr
  • mahA gaNapatim – naTanArAyaNi
  • sambO siva sankara – sankarAbaraNam
  • sankara pAhi vibhO – reetigowLa
  • eTulAbrOtuvO – chakravAgam
  • pAlincu – kAmbhOji
  • enduku dayarAdurA – tODi
  • O rAma nee nAmam – poorvikalyANi
  • RTP – begaDA
  • various

M Chandrasekaran – violin
T K Murthy – mridangam
H P Ramachar – kanjira

  • girirAja suta – bangaLA
  • nArada muni – pantuvarALi
  • smaraNE suka – janaranjani
  • ksheera sAgara – Ananda bhairavi
  • mora beTTitE – tODi
  • rAgasudhArasa – AndOlikA
  • tanavAri – bEgaDA
  • dharanu – varALi
  • geetArtamu – suruTi

M Chandrasekaran – violin
Karaikudi Mani – mridangam
Pudukottai Mahadevan – morsing

  • varNam – suddha dhanyAsi
  • sakti gaNapatim – rishipriyA
  • eTulA brOtuvOvayya – chakravAgam
  • sankara pAhi – reeitgowLa
  • paritApamu – manOhari
  • talli ninne – tODi
  • rAnidhi – manirangu
  • RTP – kAmbhOji
  • various

M Chandrasekaran – violin
C S Murugabhoopati – mridangam

  • mahA gaNapatim – gOpikatilakam
  • eTulA brOtuvOvayya – chakravAgam
  • siva siva bava bava – ???
  • sadAmadim – gambeeranATTai
  • manasuranji – Arabhi
  • kaddalE – nArAyaNagowLa
  • atbuta vigraha – tODi
  • nannu brOvamma – rEvati
  • O rAma nee nAmam – poorvikalyANi
  • rAma nAmamu – aTANA
  • various

M Chandrasekaran – violin
Karaikudi Mani – mridangam

Kuala Lumpur

  • varNam – kalyANi
  • vallabha mahA gaNapatE – OmkAri
  • seetApatE – kamAs
  • neelakanTa mahAdEva – kuvalayAbaraNam
  • kAnchi kAmAkshi – sunAdavinOdini
  • nagumOmu- AbhEri
  • sankara paramEswari – rAgamAlikA
  • sri rAja rAjEswari – bhairavi
  • various

M Chandrasekaran – violin
C S Murugabhoopati – mridangam
C K Shyamsundar – kanjira

Madras Music Academy – 29 Dec, 1966

  • varNam – sAvEri
  • lambOdara – OmkAri
  • sambhO mahAdEva – pantuvarALi
  • parvata rAja kumAri bhavAni – ??
  • rArA paNi sayana – harikAmbhOji
  • krupaju cuTaku – chAyAtarangiNi
  • neelAyadAkshi – paras
  • hE jagadkAraNi – kalyANi (incomplete)
  • sarivaarilOna – bhinnashaDjam
  • nijamaitE mundara – bhairavi
  • sri narasimha – kAnaDA
  • RTP – hEmavati
  • nALai enDrorunAL

M Chandrasekaran – violin
Palghat Raghu – mridangam

  • varNam – dEvamanOhari
  • vallabha mahA gaNapatE – OmkAri
  • siva siva siva ena rAdA – pantuvarALi
  • ninnumincina – Arabhi
  • banTureeti – hamsanAdam
  • gAngEyam – shanmukapriyA
  • O rAma nee nAmam – poorvikalyANi
  • rAma nAmamu – aTANA
  • RTP – kAmbhOji
  • ninaikAda nEramillai – rAgEsree
  • enna kavi pADinAlum – neelamaNi
  • madurai arasALum – rAgamAlika
  • viruttam
  • bhajarO bhaya
  • tirupugazh

M Chandrasekaran – violin
Tanjavur Upendran – mridangam

  • varNam – suddha dhanyAsi
  • mahA ganEsam – jaganmOhini
  • appa rAma bakti – pantuvarALi
  • neelakanTa mahAdEva – kuvaLayAbaraNam
  • chakkani rAja – karaharapriyA

M Chandrasekaran – violin

  • varNam – suddha dhanyAsi
  • moolAdhAram sri ganEsam – sooryakAntam
  • manasulOni – vAramu
  • rAma neepai – kEdAram
  • pasupati sankara – dAkshAyaNi
  • varAlandukonu – gurjari
  • paradEvatE – kalyANi
  • kaddalE vAru – nArAyaNagowLa
  • munnu rAvaNa – tODi
  • nEnendu vedakudurA – karATaka behAg
  • O rAma nee nAmam – pooorvikalyANi
  • enna kavi pADinAlum – neelamaNi
  • various

M Chandrasekaran – violin
Karaikudi Mani – mridangam
Pudukottai Mahadevan – morsing

  • vallabha mahA gaNapatE – OmkAri
  • rAma bakti sAmrAjya – suddha bangaLA
  • parvata rAja kumAri – bhavAni
  • upachAramu – bhairavi
  • engu senDrAlum un pugazh – subha pantuvarALi

M Chandrasekaran – violin
C S Murugabhoopati – mridangam

  • varNam – dEvamanOhari
  • mahA gaNEsam –
  • gurulEka eTuvanTi – gowrimanOhari
  • sundarEswara – madhulikA
  • ninnu nEra namminAnu – pantuvarALi
  • prakkala nilapaDi – karaharapriyA
  • nEnendu vedakudurA – karnATaka behAg
  • mariyAda kAdayyA – bhairavam
  • saptagireesam – brindAvana sArangA
  • RTP – dharmavati
  • enna kavi pADinAlum – neelamaNi
  • madurai arasALum – rAgamAlika

M Chandrasekaran – violin
Guruvayur Dorai – mridangam

  • shakti ganEsam
  • manasulOni – vAramu
  • seetApatE – kamAs
  • dhivE pAhimAm – kalyANi
  • evarani – dEvAmrutavarshiNi
  • enduku dayarAdu – tODi
  • rAma nAmamu – aTANA
  • RTP – kAmbhOji
  • enna kavi pADinAlum – neelamaNi
  • bhajan
  • marudamalai mAmaNiyE

M Chandrasekaran – Violin

  • mahA gaNEsam
  • neelakanTa mahAdEva – kuvalayAbharaNam
  • amma rAvammA – kalyANi
  • marugElara – jayantasree
  • sogasugA mrudanga tALamu – sriranjani
  • enduku daya rAdurA – tODi
  • rAgasudhArasa – AndOlikA
  • RTP – bEgaDA
  • azhagiya mayilmEl – Ananda
  • madurai arasALum – rAgamAlika
  • O rAma nee nAmam – poorvikalyANi
  • viruttam
  • mangalam