Mudy, you rock.
<b>The Bombay Jayashri album is called</b>
- 'Panchabhutams - Compositions on the 5 Elements'
<b>And these are the MSS albums:</b>
- 'Balaji Pancharatnamala - Vol. 1'
(Lakshmi Ashtothram, Durga Pancharatnam and 9 more shlokas)
- 'Balaji Pancharatnamala - Vol. 2'
(Carnatic songs mostly by Sri Annamcharya: Thazh Sadaiyum ~ Entamatramu, Natanalabharamayaku, Jo Achyuthananda Jo Jo Mukunda, Kurai Onrum Illai and 7 more. Includes Bhavayami Gopalabalam.)
- 'Bharathi Songs'
(Karpaga Vinayaka and more by freedom fighter and all-round Thamizh-loving genius Subramania Bharatiyar. He's the one who wrote the unforgettable 'Suttum Vizhi': a love song to Krishna as a woman in a blue saree. A version of this also came in Kandukondain Kandukondain and was sung to Aishwarya Rai in an appropriately blue saree. Here:
http://www.bestsharing.com/files/swYV5Z2...V.zip.html
It's really beautiful. Try it.
And one can hear how 'zh' in Thamizh is pronounced, hard to explain how it's between a 'y' and an 'l', but it's clear when one hears it.)
- 'Selections from Balaji Pancharatnamala'
(contains Ganesha Pancharatnam, <i>Madhurastakam</i>, Dasavatharam-Gita Govindam, Nama Ramayanam, Hanuman chalisa)
- 'Vinayakar Agaval And Other Songs'
(Vinayakar Agaval, Vinayakar Kavacham, Muruga Muruga, Saravana Bhava Guhaney, older rendition of Kurai Onrum Illai and 6 more)
<b>Other MSS releases:</b>
The following includes some of my dad's old records - but I've seen them on CD too. I plan to get them eventually. There are many more I think, but I don't really know all MSS albums.
- 'Bhaja Govindam - Vishnu Sahasranamam'
Which contains those two. Bodhi posted Bhaja Govindam, I believe.
- 'Meera Bhajans - Hindi Devotional'
- 'Meera - Sakuntalai - Tamil Films Songs'
(MSS acted in these films when she was younger, and sang for them. They're very famous.)
- 'Popular Melodies of M.S. Subbulakshmi - Tamil Devotional'
- The two-disc 'Live At Carnegie Hall', which amongst others contains her famous rendition of Maithreem Bhajata written for her to sing by Kanchi Shankaracharya Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi. Her husband sings backup and they sound nice together (he's very good at singing going by this song). You can listen to a similar rendition of this also by MSS at MusicIndiaOnline. Or here's what I recorded from there:
http://www.bestsharing.com/files/5FxCY29...B.zip.html
- There's more than one volume of 'Sri Annamacharya Samkirtanas', I don't know how many
- 'Suprabhathams'
With the famous Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatham (Samskritam rendition, Thamizh rendition elsewhere). The other Suprabhathams it contains are Sri Kamakshi Suprabhatham, Kashi Viswanatha Suprabhatham, Rameswaram Ramanatha Suprabhatham.
I don't know which of her CDs contains her beautiful Siva Panchakshara, my sister looked for it everywhere (hence I recorded mine off MusicIndiaOnline).
<b>Bombay Sisters:</b>
- 'Mahishasura Mardhini'
Next to the title shloka there are 5 more
- 'Devi Stothramalika'
11 shlokas on our Devi, no overlap with the above of course.
- 'Sri Lalitha Trisathi & Other Devi Stothras'
5 shlokas on our Mother
- 'Lakshmi Sahasranamam'
~1 hour rendition
- 'Sri Lalitha Sahasranama'
The Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam and the smaller Sri Lalitha Asthotaram shlokam
-'Soundarya Lahari'
Unparalleled Beauty. ~1 hour rendition
- 'Stothara Maala'
14 shlokas on the Gods this time (Ganapathi, Shanmuga, ends with Hanuman; and several on both Mahavishnu and Shiva)
- 'Sri Hanuman Chalisa & Other Hanumath Stothras'
11 shlokas all on Hanuman!
<b>Sulamangalam sisters:</b>
- 'Devi Stothra Maala'
'Sri Saraswati Stothram' and 11 more including one on Sri Tulasi (Devi of the sacred auspicious Tulasi plant)
- 'Mahishasura Mardhini & Other Devi Stothras'
6 shlokas
- 'Sri Aditya Hridayam & Stothras - Sanskrit Devotional'
12 shlokas on different Gods and Goddesses
I've seen all these CDs available in Indian online music stores in the US for about $5 to $8 US each. For those living in the US/Canada they appear to be pretty easy to obtain from their websites.
However, for those living elsewhere such as myself: it is very easy to get these and many more from regular or Hindu music shops when you're in India. They're nowhere as expensive as Indian movie soundtrack CDs. (I had saved up enough to buy 4 CDs last time. Fortunately for me, my sister bought a great number <!--emo&
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ADDED - Wrote above:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->the unforgettable 'Suttum Vizhi' (by Subramaniam Bharatiyar): a love song to Krishna as a woman in a blue saree. A version of this also came in Kandukondain Kandukondain and was sung to Aishwarya Rai in an appropriately blue saree.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->My mother can't accurately recall whether it is a song to Devi in a blue saree or Krishna in a female incarnation, in a blue saree. She studied it way long ago during high school. But we've got a cassette of songs on Krishna by a carnatic vocalist which contains 'Suttum Vizhi' too. So it's kind of either. Besides, as Devi is called Krishni (being Mahavishnu's sister) it comes down to the same thing in the end.
<b>The Bombay Jayashri album is called</b>
- 'Panchabhutams - Compositions on the 5 Elements'
<b>And these are the MSS albums:</b>
- 'Balaji Pancharatnamala - Vol. 1'
(Lakshmi Ashtothram, Durga Pancharatnam and 9 more shlokas)
- 'Balaji Pancharatnamala - Vol. 2'
(Carnatic songs mostly by Sri Annamcharya: Thazh Sadaiyum ~ Entamatramu, Natanalabharamayaku, Jo Achyuthananda Jo Jo Mukunda, Kurai Onrum Illai and 7 more. Includes Bhavayami Gopalabalam.)
- 'Bharathi Songs'
(Karpaga Vinayaka and more by freedom fighter and all-round Thamizh-loving genius Subramania Bharatiyar. He's the one who wrote the unforgettable 'Suttum Vizhi': a love song to Krishna as a woman in a blue saree. A version of this also came in Kandukondain Kandukondain and was sung to Aishwarya Rai in an appropriately blue saree. Here:
http://www.bestsharing.com/files/swYV5Z2...V.zip.html
It's really beautiful. Try it.
And one can hear how 'zh' in Thamizh is pronounced, hard to explain how it's between a 'y' and an 'l', but it's clear when one hears it.)
- 'Selections from Balaji Pancharatnamala'
(contains Ganesha Pancharatnam, <i>Madhurastakam</i>, Dasavatharam-Gita Govindam, Nama Ramayanam, Hanuman chalisa)
- 'Vinayakar Agaval And Other Songs'
(Vinayakar Agaval, Vinayakar Kavacham, Muruga Muruga, Saravana Bhava Guhaney, older rendition of Kurai Onrum Illai and 6 more)
<b>Other MSS releases:</b>
The following includes some of my dad's old records - but I've seen them on CD too. I plan to get them eventually. There are many more I think, but I don't really know all MSS albums.
- 'Bhaja Govindam - Vishnu Sahasranamam'
Which contains those two. Bodhi posted Bhaja Govindam, I believe.
- 'Meera Bhajans - Hindi Devotional'
- 'Meera - Sakuntalai - Tamil Films Songs'
(MSS acted in these films when she was younger, and sang for them. They're very famous.)
- 'Popular Melodies of M.S. Subbulakshmi - Tamil Devotional'
- The two-disc 'Live At Carnegie Hall', which amongst others contains her famous rendition of Maithreem Bhajata written for her to sing by Kanchi Shankaracharya Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi. Her husband sings backup and they sound nice together (he's very good at singing going by this song). You can listen to a similar rendition of this also by MSS at MusicIndiaOnline. Or here's what I recorded from there:
http://www.bestsharing.com/files/5FxCY29...B.zip.html
- There's more than one volume of 'Sri Annamacharya Samkirtanas', I don't know how many
- 'Suprabhathams'
With the famous Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatham (Samskritam rendition, Thamizh rendition elsewhere). The other Suprabhathams it contains are Sri Kamakshi Suprabhatham, Kashi Viswanatha Suprabhatham, Rameswaram Ramanatha Suprabhatham.
I don't know which of her CDs contains her beautiful Siva Panchakshara, my sister looked for it everywhere (hence I recorded mine off MusicIndiaOnline).
<b>Bombay Sisters:</b>
- 'Mahishasura Mardhini'
Next to the title shloka there are 5 more
- 'Devi Stothramalika'
11 shlokas on our Devi, no overlap with the above of course.
- 'Sri Lalitha Trisathi & Other Devi Stothras'
5 shlokas on our Mother
- 'Lakshmi Sahasranamam'
~1 hour rendition
- 'Sri Lalitha Sahasranama'
The Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam and the smaller Sri Lalitha Asthotaram shlokam
-'Soundarya Lahari'
Unparalleled Beauty. ~1 hour rendition
- 'Stothara Maala'
14 shlokas on the Gods this time (Ganapathi, Shanmuga, ends with Hanuman; and several on both Mahavishnu and Shiva)
- 'Sri Hanuman Chalisa & Other Hanumath Stothras'
11 shlokas all on Hanuman!
<b>Sulamangalam sisters:</b>
- 'Devi Stothra Maala'
'Sri Saraswati Stothram' and 11 more including one on Sri Tulasi (Devi of the sacred auspicious Tulasi plant)
- 'Mahishasura Mardhini & Other Devi Stothras'
6 shlokas
- 'Sri Aditya Hridayam & Stothras - Sanskrit Devotional'
12 shlokas on different Gods and Goddesses
I've seen all these CDs available in Indian online music stores in the US for about $5 to $8 US each. For those living in the US/Canada they appear to be pretty easy to obtain from their websites.
However, for those living elsewhere such as myself: it is very easy to get these and many more from regular or Hindu music shops when you're in India. They're nowhere as expensive as Indian movie soundtrack CDs. (I had saved up enough to buy 4 CDs last time. Fortunately for me, my sister bought a great number <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> )ADDED - Wrote above:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->the unforgettable 'Suttum Vizhi' (by Subramaniam Bharatiyar): a love song to Krishna as a woman in a blue saree. A version of this also came in Kandukondain Kandukondain and was sung to Aishwarya Rai in an appropriately blue saree.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->My mother can't accurately recall whether it is a song to Devi in a blue saree or Krishna in a female incarnation, in a blue saree. She studied it way long ago during high school. But we've got a cassette of songs on Krishna by a carnatic vocalist which contains 'Suttum Vizhi' too. So it's kind of either. Besides, as Devi is called Krishni (being Mahavishnu's sister) it comes down to the same thing in the end.