M S Subbulakshmi and her music - Part 12: Expanding the repertoire of Carnatic Music - Part 2
After I posted the first part of Part 12, a good friend pointed out that when talking MS and Annamacharya krithis, we cannot miss out on 'Dolayam' and 'Ksheerabdhi Kanyakaku.' It is very true, because MS has made these krithis as standards with her amazing renditions. Here is MS singing 'dolayalam', a Khamas-based Annamayya krithi. Hear the amazing precision and the sense of layam in the krithi. It charms you immediately. Let's now hear, 'ksherabdhi kanyakaku', a Kurunji raga krithi of Annamacharya. Again, a song that gains so much from MS's voice texture, vocal dynamics and the deep-rooted bhakthi that she conveys. When the Venkateshwara Suprabhatam LP was released, it was an instant hit, and even to date, it is played in homes and temples all across India. What is more relevant to this article is the B side of this LP, which contained two krithis that also became extremely popular due to MS singing those krithis. The first of them was the Swa...