Style: Worldmusic / Meditation Format: CD   :: Shankara - Shivoham 1. Gesang des Morgengrauens 2. Acht Segnungen 3. Oberste Anbetung 4. Baum der Kenntnis Gottes-1 5. Baum der Kenntnis Gottes-2 6. Gesang der Seele :: Information Choice of language:  The creation of "Shivoham" began in 2002, when BHARGAV MISTRY started to compose the Song of the soul (Atmashataka) for the sarod. The sarod, a classical indian instrument, has a deep, rich and contemplative sound. When woven with the clear and vibrant voice of APARNA PANSHIKAR, who recieved nunerous awards, including the Dattopant Deshpande Award in 2001, the combined effect turned out to be magical. Both then continued with Eightfold Blessing Song (Danyâshtakam),Dawn Rememberance (Prâtah Smaranam), Supreme Worship (Parâ Pûjâ) and last but not least Knowledge of Brahman (Brahmajñânâvalî), which was composed in Pune where APARNA lives. With a careful interweaving and blending of the instrument and voice, the verses took on a life of their own and became as if illuminated by the light of the age-old râgas... Shivoham was born. ADI SHANKARA - he has been and remains to this day the most influential Indian religious figure since the 5th century B.C..Besides his voluminous philosophical corpus, Shankara has left behind a few poems which come closest to describing that mystical experience on which he built his philosophical system. The five poems included here must be counted among the greatest treasures of the human spirit. Their theme is self-realization. They sing of a state that is Bliss, Consciousness and Reality. A state that is total freedom, that transcendents death. That is man's real Self, buried deep within, unknown to most of us. On his mystical research for redemption Shankara granted the highest value to spiritual cognition: "one may say the holy writings and bring victims to the holy spirit, one may implement the rites and admire divinities, but as long as a human does not awake for the realization of his identity, he can never find release - even not after hundreds of ages". In this sense SHANKARA - Shivoham would like to invite the listener to a journey of the spirit.