Press Release

Asha Audio Launches Rekha Bharadwaj’s Maiden Rabindrasangeet Album– ‘Tagore & We 3’

- A Collection Of Nine Rabindrasangeet with , Soumyojit & Sourendro -

Here comes another first from Asha Audio. Rekha Bharadwaj, one of the most popular singers of the modern era, today launched her maiden Bengali album from Asha Audio. This album, titled “Tagore & We - 3” has been conceived, designed & arranged by the talented duo, Sourendro and Soumyojit.

This is a conceptual fusion album where the music of has been interpreted globally. The album consists of 9 songs where Rekha Bharadwaj has sung solos, duets & alaps with Soumyajit and Srabani Sen, interpreting the songs in different way.The songs include, "Bajilo Kaharo Beena", "Madhuro Tomar Shesh”, "Mono Mor Meghero Shongi", "Aha Aji E Basanto" “Aha Tomar Shonge”, “Chiro Shokha Hey”, “Eki Sugondho Hillol”, “Aguner Poroshmoni” & “Tobu Mone Rekho”.

“Rekha Bharadwaj is known for her distinctive tone and singing style. It was a wonderful experience for me to hear her during the recording session. She has simply mesmerised us. The arrangement has also been done interestingly with the right mix of modern day sound”, said Ms Mahua Lahiri, Director, Asha Audio Company.

The same team of Soumyojit, Sourendro, Stefan Stoppok, Srabani Sen and Asha Audio presented the music fraternity with the album, Tagore & We, in 2011 and 2013 featuring Srabani Sen & Sunidhi Chauhan in it. This time again they have joined hands to come up with this unique album with Rekha Bharadwaj.

In the third edition of Tagore & We, music lovers will also get an opportunity to listen to Srabani Sen, Bernd Keul, Omkar, Salim Hassan Chisti, Achim Fink and Schuberts Ave Maria as they are also featured in this album.

About Asha Audio Company Asha Audio Company laid its foundation in May 1995 with the blessings of the legendry singer . In this journey of over 17 years, the company has been able to build up a catalogue of 400 titles. The audio major took a very bold step to establish contemporary music and launched albums of Mohiner Ghoraguli & Paraspathar in 1995 / 1996, which was followed by Chandrabindoo, Miles, Cactus, Fossils & Lakkhichhara. A major section of the company’s repertoire has been designed with Rabindrasangeet, which has a rich blend of artistes like Hemanta Mukhopahhyay, , , Ajoy Chakraborty, Rezwana Chowdhury, , , , and the new age Bollywood playback singers like Shaan, , Alka Yagnik, and Sadhana Sargam. Modern song segment has albums of Asha Bhosle, Amit Kumar, , Raghab Chatterjee, Manomay Bhattacharya, Rupankar & Subhamita amongst others. Asha Audio’s repertoire of Recitation includes albums of Soumitra Chattopadhyay, Bratati Bandopadhyay, Partho Ghosh, Gouri Ghosh & Pradip Ghosh. The company also has a unique collection of “Audio book” of “Sunday Suspense” in 3 volumes.

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