G N Balasubramaniam sings one of the greatest tODi raga renditions on record in this Ragam Tanam Pallavi with Lalgudi G Jayaraman on the violin and C S Murugabhoopathy on the mridangam. The name of the ghatam artist is not known.

The level of imagination and virtuosity shown in handling this emperor of ragas by GNB (with his voice in magnificent form, doing anything his mind wishes) along with Lalgudi's frankly unbelievable "can you even play that?" nagaswara-phrased replies on the violin -- are unreal. Murugabhoopathy's support with the unnamed ghatam artist is truly exceptional. He literally sings the pallavi on his mridangam, almost mind reading every twist and turn of GNB's neraval and swaras before they come and ensuring every phrase is on the dot.

Of all the renditions of tODi out there, this is one for the Gods - the tODi of the titans!

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