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''Collaborations'' is a four-disc compilation box set by Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar and former Beatle George Harrison. Released in October 2010 on Dark Horse Records, it compiles two studio albums originally issued on that label – the long-unavailable ''Shankar Family & Friends'' (1974) and ''Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India'' (1976) – and ''Chants of India'', first issued on Angel Records in 1997. Although all three albums were originally Shankar releases, for which Harrison served in the role of music producer and guest musician, both Shankar and Harrison are credited as artists on the box set. Each of the collaborative projects represents a departure from Shankar's more typical work as a sitarist and performer of Hindustani classical ragas, with the box set showcasing his forays into, variously, jazz and rock, Indian folk and orchestral ensembles, and devotional music. The fourth disc of ''Collaborations'' is a DVD containing previously unissued film of a performance by the Music Festival from India, recorded at London's Royal Albert Hall in September 1974. Filmed by director Stuart Cooper, the footage required substantial restoration for its 2010 release. An audio-only track on the DVD, prepared by Anoushka Shankar and Paul Hicks, provides a more complete record of the concert. Issued nine years after Harrison's death, the limited-edition release coincided with celebrations for Shankar's 90th birthday and was overseen by Harrison's widow, Olivia. Among the lavish packaging for the compilation, each disc appears inside enlarged, 8½-inch sleeves, and each copy of the set is individually numbered. An accompanying book contains a foreword by American composer Philip Glass, rare photographs documenting Shankar and Harrison's 35-year friendship, and commentary from both artists on the projects featured in the box set. While ''Collaborations'' presents only a portion of Shankar and Harrison's work together, music critics have recognised it as a successful representation of the far-reaching cultural legacy of their partnership. ==Background== In June 1966, while still a member of the Beatles, George Harrison met Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar in London and became a student of the sitarist.〔Tillery, pp. 55, 160.〕〔Leng, pp. 25–26.〕 Harrison later said that, for himself, the music was "like an excuse", and that in reality he was searching for a "spiritual connection" with the culture of India.〔Harrison, p. 220.〕 The association immediately brought Shankar and Indian music unprecedented popularity in the West,〔〔Philip Glass, ("George Harrison, World-Music Catalyst and Great-Souled Man; Open to the Influence of Unfamiliar Cultures" ), ''New York Times'', 9 December 2001 (retrieved 16 August 2014).〕 while Harrison's introduction of the sitar into the Beatles' sound inspired a new genre known as raga rock.〔Schaffner, pp. 64, 66.〕〔Everett, p. 40.〕 By 1971, a year after the Beatles' break-up, and having established himself as a solo artist with his ''All Things Must Pass'' triple album (1970), Harrison began working with Shankar, as his producer.〔Lavezzoli, pp. 186, 187.〕 These 1971 projects, all released on the Beatles' Apple record label, included the soundtrack to the documentary film ''Raga''; Shankar's ''Joi Bangla'' EP, recorded to raise international awareness for the plight of refugees of the Bangladesh Liberation War; and the live album ''The Concert for Bangladesh'', which documented the UNICEF benefit concerts that Harrison and Shankar staged in New York that August.〔Rodriguez, pp. 44, 236, 237.〕〔Lavezzoli, pp. 187–88, 190, 193–94.〕 Twenty-three years older than Harrison,〔Inglis, p. 137.〕 Shankar described their relationship as, variously, that of father and son (with each one adopting either role); close friends; and teacher and student.〔Shankar, p. 230.〕〔 Author Ian Inglis has commented on the various differences between the two musicians, in terms of age, culture and social status: "And yet, in another sense, those contrasting factors helped to prevent any personal or professional rivalries, produced spaces and separations that their music could fill, and ultimately created … a partnership that was never competitive, but perfectly complementary."〔 While their collaborations continued only intermittently after the mid 1970s, the depth of their friendship remained,〔Tillery, p. 141.〕 such that Harrison would credit Shankar as being "the person who has influenced my life the most".〔''Collaborations'', p. 11.〕〔Simmons, p. 79.〕 When Harrison died in November 2001, following a four-year battle with cancer, Shankar was at his bedside, along with members of Harrison's family.〔Tillery, pp. 148, 167–68.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Collaborations (Ravi Shankar and George Harrison album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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