Photo top: From left: Vkiram Mehra (Managing Director_Saregama India Ltd), Dr. Balamurali Krishna, Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt Jasraj & Ustad Amjad Ali Khan at the Ccassical music app launch, September 15 2015
Mumbai, September 16, 2015: The RP–Sanjiv Goenka Group-owned Saregama India has unveiled an app on classical music that features over 8000 musical works, 400+ artistes and 50 radio stations across Hindustani, Carnatic and Fusion music. This app is available to download on iOS and Android platforms.
The app boasts of an enviable and rare portfolio of musical creations of accomplished artistes like Pt. Jasraj, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pt. Ravi Shankar, Begum Parveen Sultana, M.S. Subbulakshmi, Karaikudi Mani, N. Ramani, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi among many others, along with an access to specially curated artiste dedicated radio stations and features to sort your favourite music by Instruments, Raagas & Artists. The app also allows you to download (offline) your favourite songs on your phone, so that you can listen to it later without any data charges.
This app features:
50 Curated Radio Stations:
- Listed basis artistes and instruments
- Enjoy unique commentary by musicologists, aficionados and specialists. Includes anecdotes, information on Raagas, and biographical bites
- Get information on Raaga and Taala of the currently playing song
- Carnatic Artistes include: U Srinivas, M. Balamuralikrishna, Semmanagudi Srinivasa Iyer, Lalgudi G. Jayaraman, T. M. Krishna, M.S. Gopalakrishnan and many more
|- Hindustani artistes include: Ustad Bismillah Khan, Ustad Amir Khan, , Pandit Jasraj, Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Bhimsen Joshi, Rahul Sharma, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, and many more
- Instrumental Radio Stations include: Violin, Veena, Mandolin, Mridangam, Tabla, Guitar, Sarangi, Flute, Nadaswaram, Sitar and Shehnai
- Raagas library include: Bhairavi, Marwa, Indira Kalyan, Megh Malhar, Jog, Pilu, Darbari, Hamsadhwani, Megh Malar, Dhanyasi, Mohanam and many more
- Songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam
- Link up to 4 mobile devices to a single subscription account
- Use our Offline feature and listen to your favourite songs without being connected to the internet
Subscriptio to Saregama Classical starts at Rs. 99 for a month, Rs. 199 for 3 months, Rs. 495 for 6 months and Rs. 890 for a year (within India). If you are from US, plans start from $1.99 for a month.
More info here
Android app here