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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = West Meets East, Volume 2<br />
| type = studio<br />
| artist = [[Yehudi Menuhin]] and [[Ravi Shankar]]<br />
| cover = West Meets East Volume 2 album cover.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| released = 15 July 1968<br />
| recorded = 1967–68 <br />[[Angel Records]], New York City<br />
| venue = <br />
| studio = <br />
| genre = [[Indian classical music|Indian classical]]<br />
| length = 1:03:34<br />
| label = [[His Master's Voice (British record label)|His Master's Voice]] (UK), [[Angel Records]] (US)<br />
| producer = <br />
| prev_title = [[West Meets East]]<br />
| prev_year = 1967<br />
| next_title = West Meets East, Volume 3<br />
| next_year = 1976<br />
}}<br />
{{Music ratings<br />
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]<br />
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AM review">[http://www.allmusic.com/album/west-meets-east-vol-2-mw0000234471 "Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar ''West Meets East, Vol. 2''"], [[AllMusic]] (retrieved 3 December 2013).</ref><br />
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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,<ref name="Lavazzoli p 63" /> after the [[Grammy Award]]-winning ''[[West Meets East]]'' (1967).<ref name="Massey/Shankar obit">Reginald Massey, [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/dec/12/ravi-shankar-dies "Ravi Shankar obituary"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 12 December 2012 (retrieved 3 December 2013).</ref><br />
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The release followed Menuhin and Shankar's duet on 10 December 1967 at the [[United Nations Headquarters|United Nations]] in New York, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]].<ref name="Raga Mala p 184">Shankar, ''Raga Mala'', p. 184.</ref> As part of his [[utopia]]n ideal,<ref>Allan Kozinn, [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/13/arts/sir-yehudi-menuhin-violinist-conductor-and-supporter-of-charities-is-dead-at-82.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm "Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Violinist, Conductor and Supporter of Charities, Is Dead at 82"], ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'', 13 March 1999 (retrieved 4 December 2013).</ref> international human rights was a cause long supported by Menuhin in his work,<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/12/newsid_2540000/2540427.stm "12 March 1999: Violinist Yehudi Menuhin dies"], [[BBC News Online]] (retrieved 4 December 2013).</ref> while for [[Indian classical music]], this [[Human Rights Day]] recital marked the first time that a performance had received a worldwide television broadcast.<ref>Lavezzoli, pp. 7–8, 63.</ref><br />
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Reflecting the celebrity status afforded the sitarist during this period, particularly as a result of his association with [[George Harrison]] of [[the Beatles]],<ref>''World Music: The Rough Guide'', pp. 109–10.</ref><ref>Shankar, ''My Music, My Life'', pp. 101–03.</ref> Shankar's activities were filmed for a documentary on his life, released as ''[[Raga (film)|Raga]]'' in 1971,<ref>Lavezzoli, pp. 184, 187.</ref> and his autobiography ''My Music, My Life'' (1968) became a bestseller.<ref>Massey, p. 142.</ref> Although ''West Meets East, Volume 2'' was another popular success for Menuhin and Shankar,<ref>''World Music: The Rough Guide'', p. 109.</ref> their work together drew further criticism from purists in India,<ref>Lavezzoli, p. 146.</ref> who considered that Shankar was westernising and thus diluting Indian classical music.<ref>Shankar, ''Raga Mala'', pp. 208–09.</ref><br />
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==Recording and musical content==<br />
The follow-up to ''West Meets East'' was announced in February 1968, when ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine reported that Menuhin and Shankar had been recording new material together at [[Angel Records]]' New York studios.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rAcEAAAAMBAJ&q=sitarist|title=Classical Music|date=3 February 1968|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=43|accessdate=23 August 2015}}</ref> While their first album continued to top that magazine's Best Selling Classical LP's listings,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vwoEAAAAMBAJ&q=Richard+Bonynge|last=Kirby|first=Fred|title=Mahler Takes Listings Crown From Beethoven|date=13 January 1968|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=34|accessdate=23 August 2015}}</ref> 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 200|''Billboard'' Top LP's]] chart – the highest US chart placing he would achieve throughout his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481439/ravi-shankars-impact-on-pop-music-an-appreciation|last=Gallo|first=Phil |title=Ravi Shankar's Impact on Pop Music: An Appreciation |date=12 December 2012|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|billboard.com]]|accessdate=22 August 2015}}</ref> Angel released the new Menuhin–Shankar set on 15 July that year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xgoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=United+Nations&pg=PA30|last=Staff writer|title=Angel's Follow LP on 'West'|date=13 July 1968|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=30|accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref> The album peaked at number 3 on the Classical LP's listings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=West+Meets+East&pg=PA29|title=Billboard Best Selling Classical LP's|date=28 September 1968|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=29|accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref><br />
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''West Meets East, Volume 2'' contains a version of the piece played at the United Nations, an interpretation of [[Pilu (raga)|Raga Piloo]].<ref name="Lavazzoli p 63">Lavazzoli, p. 63.</ref> According to Shankar's comments in a March 1968 issue of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, they recorded this selection "just a few days ago".<ref name="Clark/RS interview">Sue C. Clark, [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ravi-shankar-the-rolling-stone-interview-19680309 "Ravi Shankar: The ''Rolling Stone'' Interview"], ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', 9 March 1968 (retrieved 3 December 2013).</ref> As at the recital,<ref>Shankar, ''My Music, My Life'', p. 96.</ref> Menuhin and Shankar were accompanied by [[Alla Rakha]] on [[tabla]] and [[Kamala Chakravarty]], Shankar's female companion,<ref>Shankar, ''Raga Mala'', pp. 157, 196.</ref> on [[Tanpura (instrument)|tambura]].<ref name="album sleeve">[http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=2492539 Sleeve credits], ''West Meets East, Volume 2'' LP ([[His Master's Voice (British record label)|His Master's Voice]], 1968).</ref> The second piece is "Raga Ananda Bhairava", performed by Shankar with his regular accompanist and instrument-maker, [[Nodu Mullick]],<ref>Shankar, ''Raga Mala'', p. 159.</ref> on tambura, and Rakha again on tabla.<ref name="album sleeve" /><br />
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Side two in the original [[LP record|LP]] format consists of Menuhin and his sister [[Hephzibah Menuhin|Hephzibah]] performing [[Béla Bartók|Bartók]]'s Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano.<ref name="album sleeve" /><br />
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==Track listing==<br />
All selections by Ravi Shankar except where noted.<br />
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'''Side one'''<br />
# "[[Pilu (raga)|Raga Piloo]]" – 14:44<br />
# "Raga Ananda Bhairava" – 15:37<br />
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'''Side two'''<br />
#<li value="3">"Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 1" ([[Béla Bartók]]) – 33:13<br />
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==Personnel==<br />
* [[Yehudi Menuhin]] – violin<br />
* [[Ravi Shankar]] – [[sitar]]<br />
* [[Alla Rakha]] – [[tabla]]<br />
* [[Hephzibah Menuhin]] – piano<br />
* [[Nodu Mullick|N.C. Mullick]] – [[Tanpura (instrument)|tambura]]<br />
* [[Kamala Chakravarty]] – tambura<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|India|Music}}<br />
*[[Hindustani music]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
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* Peter Lavezzoli, ''The Dawn of Indian Music in the West'', Continuum (New York, NY, 2006; {{ISBN|0-8264-2819-3}}).<br />
* Reginald Massey, ''The Music of India'', Abhinav Publications (New Delhi, NCT, 1996; {{ISBN|81-7017-332-9}}).<br />
* Ravi Shankar, ''My Music, My Life'', Mandala Publishing (San Rafael, CA, 2007; {{ISBN|978-1-60109-005-8}}).<br />
* Ravi Shankar, ''Raga Mala: The Autobiography of Ravi Shankar'', Welcome Rain (New York, NY, 1999; {{ISBN|1-56649-104-5}}).<br />
* ''World Music: The Rough Guide (Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific)'', Rough Guides/Penguin (London, 2000; {{ISBN|1-85828-636-0}}).<br />
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