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Shruti Sadolikar Katkar (born 9 Nov. 1951 in Kolhapur, Maharashtra) is a classical singer of the khyal style in the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana.

M.S. Gopalakrishnan, a.k.a. MSG, (10 June 1931 – 3 January 2013) was born in Mylapore, a neighborhood in central Chennai. He was taught violin by his father, Parur Sundaram Iyer (from Kerala), who was well versed in both Carnatic and Hindustani systems of Indian classical music.

This recording was originally issued by HMV (EMI) in 1976 on the "Violin Maestro" LP.

Rajendra Prasanna, born 15 April 1956 in Varanasi, is the son and student of Raghunath Prasanna. He also learned from his uncle Bholanath Prasanna, and later Hafeez Ahmed Khan. He is more known for playing bansuri, but here he plays the shehnai.

Jalatharangam is found in both North and South India. There are 19 ceramic bowls here, tuned by adding precise amounts of water, and played with little sticks.

Pushpraj Koshti received his initial training in the Surbahar from his father Ramlal Koshti. He then studied under Zia Mohiuddin Dagar. Later, he studied dhrupad-singing under Zia Fariduddin Dagar.

Due to time constraints, I am only airing the 'gat' in chautal and sultal.

Chautal, also knows as Ektal, is a 12-beat rhythm cycle. Sultal is a rarer, 10-beat cycle (2+2+2+2+2), as opposed to the more common 10-beat cycle Jhaptal (2+3+2+3).

Vani Sateesh was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. Her uncle and father were known as 'Bellary Brothers'. She also leant from P.S.Narayanaswamy.

Emani Sankara Sastry (23 September 1922 – 1987) was born in Draksharama, Andhra Pradesh.

This is in Raga Sri.

This CD is a repackaging (and trimmed down version) of this 1980 double LP

This CD was repackaged, incompletely, on this "Song of Nature" CD

Puliyur Subramaniam Narayanaswamy (or Narayanaswami; 24 February 1934 – 16 October 2020) learnt music from Tiruppambaram Somasundaram Pillai, T. M. Thiagarajan and later from Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. He was also a highly acclaimed teacher. (We heard one of his students, Vani Sateesh, earlier.)

K. S. Gopalakrishnan was born on 1st September 1948 in Kerala. He first learned under his father K. Sankaranarayana Iyer.

This is in raga Sindhubhairavi.

Why his picture is sideways on this CD, I'll never know.

Sultan Khan (born 15 April 1940 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan – 27 November 2011) was a sarangi player belonging to Sikar Gharana. Also one of the founding members of the Indian fusion group Tabla Beat Science.

This was recorded at a concert in London in 1985.