Choicest Dadras
by Shobha Gurtu
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1982
- Label: Saregama
- Country: India
- Length: 29:18
- Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Choicest Dadras' gathers dadras, the lighter companion form to thumri in her Purbi repertoire. Gurtu was the leading thumri singer of her generation, shaped by Begum Akhtar and Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, and her first album, 'At Her Best… Shobha Gurtu', appeared in 1979. She performed at Carnegie Hall and received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1987 and the Padma Bhushan in 2002.
Genres
Descriptors: female-vocals, traditional, melodic, emotive, acoustic