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''West Meets East, Volume 2'' is an album by American violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, released in 1968. It is the second album in a trilogy of collaborations between the two artists,〔 after the Grammy Award-winning ''West Meets East'' (1967).〔Reginald Massey, ("Ravi Shankar obituary" ), ''The Guardian'', 12 December 2012 (retrieved 3 December 2013).〕 The release followed Menuhin and Shankar's duet on 10 December 1967 at the United Nations in New York, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.〔Shankar, ''Raga Mala'', p. 184.〕 As part of his utopian ideal,〔Allan Kozinn, ("Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Violinist, Conductor and Supporter of Charities, Is Dead at 82" ), ''New York Times'', 13 March 1999 (retrieved 4 December 2013).〕 international human rights was a cause long supported by Menuhin in his work,〔("12 March 1999: Violinist Yehudi Menuhin dies" ), BBC News Online (retrieved 4 December 2013).〕 while for Indian classical music, this Human Rights Day recital marked the first time that a performance had received a worldwide television broadcast.〔Lavezzoli, pp. 7–8, 63.〕 Reflecting the celebrity status afforded the sitarist during this period, particularly as a result of his association with George Harrison of the Beatles,〔''World Music: The Rough Guide'', pp. 109–10.〕〔Shankar, ''My Music, My Life'', pp. 101–03.〕 Shankar's activities were filmed for a documentary on his life, released as ''Raga'' in 1971,〔Lavezzoli, pp. 184, 187.〕 and his autobiography ''My Music, My Life'' (1968) became a bestseller.〔Massey, p. 142.〕 Although ''West Meets East, Volume 2'' was another popular success for Menuhin and Shankar,〔''World Music: The Rough Guide'', p. 109.〕 their work together drew further criticism from purists in India,〔Lavezzoli, p. 146.〕 who considered that Shankar was westernising and thus diluting Indian classical music.〔Shankar, ''Raga Mala'', pp. 208–09.〕 ==Recording and musical content== The follow-up to ''West Meets East'' was announced in February 1968, when ''Billboard'' magazine reported that Menuhin and Shankar had been recording new material together at Angel Records' New York studios. While their first album continued to top that magazine's Best Selling Classical LP's listings, Shankar had also achieved mainstream success with the recently released ''Live: Ravi Shankar at the Monterey International Pop Festival'', which peaked at number 43 on the ''Billboard'' Top LP's chart – the highest US chart placing he would achieve throughout his career. Angel released the new Menuhin–Shankar set on 15 July that year. The album peaked at number 3 on the Classical LP's listings. ''West Meets East, Volume 2'' contains a version of the piece played at the United Nations, an interpretation of Raga Piloo.〔Lavazzoli, p. 63.〕 According to Shankar's comments in a March 1968 issue of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, they recorded this selection "just a few days ago".〔Sue C. Clark, ("Ravi Shankar: The ''Rolling Stone'' Interview" ), ''Rolling Stone'', 9 March 1968 (retrieved 3 December 2013).〕 As at the recital,〔Shankar, ''My Music, My Life'', p. 96.〕 Menuhin and Shankar were accompanied by Alla Rakha on tabla and Kamala Chakravarty, Shankar's female companion,〔Shankar, ''Raga Mala'', pp. 157, 196.〕 on tambura.〔(Sleeve credits ), ''West Meets East, Volume 2'' LP (HMV Records, 1968).〕 The second piece is "Raga Ananda Bhairava", performed by Shankar with his regular accompanist and instrument-maker, Nodu Mullick,〔Shankar, ''Raga Mala'', p. 159.〕 on tambura, and Rakha again on tabla.〔 Side two in the original LP format consists of Menuhin and his sister Hephzibah performing Bartók's Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano.〔 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「West Meets East, Volume 2」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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