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{{Short description|2001 live album by Ravi Shankar}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000
| type = live
| artist = [[Ravi Shankar]]
| cover = Ravi Shankar, Full Circle Carnegie Hall 2000.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2001|03|27}}
| recorded = October 6, 2000
| venue = [[Carnegie Hall]]
| studio =
| genre = {{Flatlist|
* [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]]
* [[World music|world]]
}}
| length = {{Duration|m=62|s=34}}
| label = [[Angel Records|Angel]]
| producer = [[Hans Wendl]]
| prev_title = Vision of Peace: The Art of Ravi Shankar
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Flowers of India
| next_year = 2007
}}
'''''Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000''''' is a [[live album]] by Indian musician and composer [[Ravi Shankar]], released in 2001 through the [[record label]] [[Angel Records]].<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/album/full-circle-carnegie-hall-2000-r524525|title=Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000|work=[[Allmusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|access-date=December 7, 2011|first=Sean|last=Westergaard|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303035356/http://allmusic.com/album/full-circle-carnegie-hall-2000-r524525|archive-date=March 3, 2011}}</ref> Recorded at [[Carnegie Hall]] in October 2000 as part of a tour with Shankar's daughter [[Anoushka Shankar|Anoushka]], the album contains five tracks and presents two ''[[raga]]s''. The concert occurred sixty-two years after Shankar's first performance at Carnegie Hall and commemorated his eightieth birthday; the album was his first live recording in nearly twenty years. ''Full Circle'' was produced by [[Hans Wendl]], mastered by [[Scott Hull (mastering engineer)|Scott Hull]], and mixed and engineered by Tom Lazarus. Featured are performances by [[Tanmoy Bose]] and [[Bickram Ghosh]] on ''[[tabla]]'', and Anoushka and Ravi on ''[[sitar]]''.

In 2001, the album peaked at ninth position on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} Top World Music Albums chart and earned Shankar the [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best World Music Album|Best World Music Album]].

==Background and composition==
{{quote box|quote=The title was thought out by the promoter and agent, but I guess there's meaning to it. It sounds nice, maybe in the sense that I started performing publicly and coming to Carnegie Hall at age 19. But there's also the connection of Anoushka playing with me.|source=Shankar on the album's title<ref name=Bessman/>|width=270px}}

''Full Circle'' was recorded at [[Carnegie Hall]] in New York City on October 6, 2000, as part of a tour of the same name in which Ravi introduced his nineteen-year-old daughter and student Anoushka Shankar.<ref name="Allmusic" /><ref name="Woodard">{{cite journal|journal=[[JazzTimes]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vScEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA108|title=Spheres – Ravi Shankar: Full Circle/Carnegie Hall 2000|first=Josef|last=Woodard|date=July–August 2001|access-date=December 7, 2011|page=108|issn=0272-572X|publisher=JazzTimes, Inc.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320170133/https://books.google.com/books?id=vScEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA108|archive-date=March 20, 2018}} Note: Online version found [https://archive.today/20130127212719/http://jazztimes.com/articles/12402-full-circle-carnegie-hall-2000-ravi-shankar here].</ref><ref name=PRN>{{cite press release|title=Legendary Artist Ravi Shankar Receives Grammy Award For Latest Album: 'Full Circle/Carnegie Hall 2000'|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/legendary-artist-ravi-shankar-receives-grammy-award-for-latest-album-full-circlecarnegie-hall-2000-76228982.html|publisher=[[PR Newswire]]|date=March 1, 2002|access-date=December 12, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044955/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/legendary-artist-ravi-shankar-receives-grammy-award-for-latest-album-full-circlecarnegie-hall-2000-76228982.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> Anoushka began studying at age nine and is the only musician in the world trained exclusively by Ravi.<ref name=OS>{{cite press release|title=Ravi Shankar Returns to Portland with Daughter Anoushka Shankar|url=http://www.orsymphony.org/news/0304/0815_SP1_shankar.html|publisher=[[Oregon Symphony]]|date=August 15, 2003|access-date=December 12, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011063418/http://orsymphony.org/news/0304/0815_SP1_shankar.html|archive-date=October 11, 2011}}</ref> The concert commemorated Shankar's eightieth birthday and occurred sixty-two years after his first performance at the venue as a member of his brother [[Uday Shankar]]'s Indian dance group.<ref name="Woodard" /><ref name="Yoga">{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QeoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA168|title=Ravi Shankar: Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000|date=September–October 2001|access-date=December 8, 2011|page=168|first=Derk|last=Richardson|issn=0191-0965|journal=[[Yoga Journal]]|publisher=Active Interest Media|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320170133/https://books.google.com/books?id=QeoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA168|archive-date=March 20, 2018}}</ref><ref name=Coming>{{cite news|title=Coming full circle|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2002/03/10/stories/2002031000130200.htm|date=March 10, 2002|access-date=December 12, 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|publisher=[[The Hindu Group]]|issn=0971-751X|oclc=13119119|location=Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908075705/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2002/03/10/stories/2002031000130200.htm|archive-date=September 8, 2011}}</ref> The album also marked Shankar's first live recording in nearly twenty years.<ref name=OS/> The Carnegie Hall concert was held specifically for the purpose of recording a live album, despite Shankar's hesitations about using "traditional recording considerations" to capture improvisational music.<ref name=Bessman>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RxQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA93|title=Shankar Comes 'Full Circle' with Angel|first=Jim|last=Bessman|pages=11, 93|date=March 17, 2001|access-date=December 14, 2011|volume=113|number=11|issn=0006-2510|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320170133/https://books.google.com/books?id=RxQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA93&dq|archive-date=March 20, 2018}}</ref>

''Full Circle'' contains two ''ragas'' presented in five tracks totaling just over one hour in length.<ref name="Allmusic" /><ref name=PRN/> ''Kaushi Kanhara'' (a compound ''raga'' that combines ''[[Malkaush|Malkauns]]'' and ''[[Darbari Kanada]]'') is separated in an ''[[alap]]'' portion (an unaccompanied introduction) which includes ''[[jor (music)|jor]]'' and ''[[jhala]]'' (playing with pulse and fast pulse), and a [[Gat (music)|''gat'']] portion (composition with ''[[tabla]]'' accompaniment). ''Mishra Gara'' is introduced with an ''aochar'' (a short ''alap''), and features two ''gats'', in a single thirty-minute track. [[Hans Wendl]] worked as [[record producer]] and [[Scott Hull (mastering engineer)|Scott Hull]] [[Audio mastering|mastered]] the album, which was [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixed]] and [[Audio engineering|engineered]] by Tom Lazarus and features performances by Tanmoy Bose and Bickram Ghosh on ''tabla'', and Anoushka and Ravi on ''sitar''.<ref name="Allmusic" /> Shankar said he was successful in reaching his goal of presenting variety on the album by incorporating both "ancient" and "contemporary, semi-classical" styles and reaching a musical climax quickly.<ref name=Bessman/>

Gilbert Heatherwick, an Angel Records executive, said that the label sought to market the album as an "event record" and would position it "upfront in pop departments".<ref name=Bessman/> Angel promoted the album through [[NPR]] stations and mainstream press outlets as a "human interest story", focusing on Shankar's career and how the album exemplifies its title. ''Full Circle'' was released in India through the [[EMI]]-owned label Virgin India.<ref name=Bessman/>

Anoushka Shankar's album [[Live at Carnegie Hall (Anoushka Shankar album)|''Live at Carnegie Hall'']] was recorded at Carnegie Hall the same evening.<ref name="Meyer">{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/ravi-shankar/Content?oid=920405|title=Ravi Shankar|first=Bill|last=Meyer|access-date=December 9, 2011|date=November 3, 2005|work=[[Chicago Reader]]|publisher=Creative Loafing|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111600/http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/ravi-shankar/Content?oid=920405|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-carnegie-hall-r557031/review|title=Live at Carnegie Hall|access-date=December 14, 2011|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|first=Joe|last=Silva}}</ref> The album was released in December 2001 and earned her a nomination for Best World Music Album at the [[45th Grammy Awards]] (2003),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/2003-02-16/entertainment/17476766_1_norah-jones-steve-mcqueen-sheryl-crow-alan-jackson/6|title=2003 Grammy ballot|page=6|date=February 16, 2003|access-date=December 9, 2011|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|publisher=[[Hearst Corporation]]|issn=1932-8672}}{{dead link|date=February 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> making her the youngest musician nominated in the category.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/04/influences-sitar-player-and-daughter-anoushka-shankar.html|title=Influences: Sitar player (and daughter) Anoushka Shankar|date=April 13, 2011|access-date=December 9, 2011|first=Scott|last=Timberg|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|issn=0458-3035|oclc=3638237|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506205919/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/04/influences-sitar-player-and-daughter-anoushka-shankar.html|archive-date=May 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/02/12/stories/2006021200240500.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125134342/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/02/12/stories/2006021200240500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 25, 2013|title=Music all the way|first=Prachi|last=Pinglay|issn=0971-751X|oclc=13119119|location=Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2006-02-12|access-date=December 9, 2011}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic" />
| rev2 = ''[[Yoga Journal]]''
| rev2Score = (positive)<ref name="Yoga"/>
}}
[[Allmusic]]'s Sean Westergaard awarded the album three of five stars and called it an "excellent recording". He complimented Ravi's musicianship and dexterity, particularly during the fast ''[[Bandish|gat]]'' section of ''Mishra Gara'', but suggested that ''[[alap]]'' and ''[[Jor (music)|jor]]'' might be too long for some Western listeners.<ref name="Allmusic" /> ''[[Yoga Journal]]''{{'s}} Derk Richardson wrote that Shankar's fast fingering and "ingenious note choices ... conspire to create a mesmerizing swirl". Richardson complimented all instrumental performers, as well as producer Hans Wendl, for recording the ensemble with "striking clarity", and called Shankar's playing "timeless".<ref name="Yoga"/> Bill Meyer wrote in his 2005 review for the ''[[Chicago Reader]]'' that Shankar was not as fast as he used to be but that he was still a "thrilling improviser".<ref name="Meyer" />
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==Chart performance and recognition==
[[File:Shankar Concert 2005 crop.jpg|thumb|[[Ravi Shankar]] and [[Anoushka Shankar]] performing in 2005]]''Full Circle'' reached a peak position of nine on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} Top World Music Albums chart the week of May 5, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/full-circle-carnegie-hall-2000-r524525/charts-awards|title=Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000 – Charts & Awards|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=December 7, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=ravi shankar|chart=all}}|title=Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 8, 2011|issn=0006-2510|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]}}</ref> At the [[44th Grammy Awards]] in 2002, the album earned Shankar a [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best World Music Album|Best World Music Album]]. This marked Shankar's third Grammy win, after he was previously recognized along with [[Yehudi Menuhin]] for the collaborative album ''[[West Meets East]]'', and with [[George Harrison]], ''et al.'' at the [[15th Grammy Awards]] in 1973 for [[The Concert for Bangladesh (album)|''The Concert for Bangladesh'']].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1846787.stm|title=Grammy for Indian sitar maestro|date=February 28, 2002|access-date=December 7, 2011|work=[[BBC News]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331155436/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1846787.stm|archive-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Lavezzoli">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSZKCXtx-wEC&pg=PA417|title=The dawn of Indian music in the West: Bhairavi|first=Peter|last=Lavezzoli|year=2006|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|page=417|isbn=9780826418159|access-date=December 14, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320170133/https://books.google.com/books?id=OSZKCXtx-wEC&pg=PA417&dq|archive-date=March 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-29/news-interviews/27110731_1_grammy-nomination-album-grammy-awards|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708031903/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-29/news-interviews/27110731_1_grammy-nomination-album-grammy-awards|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 8, 2012|title=Pt Ravi Shankar gets Grammy nomination|date=January 29, 2002|access-date=December 15, 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|publisher=[[The Times Group]]|oclc=23379369|location=New Delhi, Delhi, India}}</ref> Following the 2002 Grammy win, ''tabla'' musician Bickram Ghosh said he enjoyed the recognition but insisted the "limelight" would not affect his future playing. When ''[[The Times of India]]'' questioned whether or not ''tanpura'' musicians received adequate praise for their contributions to the album, Ghosh responded that the ''tanpura'' is a "drawn instrument and not a performance art." Of his performances alongside Shankar, Ghosh rated the Carnegie Hall concert an eight on a ten-point scale, saving a nine rating for the Toronto Ford Centre concert in 1997.<ref name="Coming2">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-03-17/news-interviews/27111730_1_ravi-shankar-anoushka-grammy|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103095917/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-03-17/news-interviews/27111730_1_ravi-shankar-anoushka-grammy|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 3, 2013|title=Coming a Full Circle|date=March 17, 2002|access-date=December 15, 2011|oclc=23379369|work=[[The Times of India]]|location=New Delhi, Delhi, India}}</ref> According to the Ravi Shankar Foundation, the album also won first place in the Traditional World category at the 5th Annual NAV Music Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ravishankar.org/news.html|title=News|publisher=The Ravi Shankar Foundation|access-date=December 12, 2011|date=June 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405133929/http://www.ravishankar.org/news.html|archive-date=April 5, 2012}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (2001)
!Peak<br />position
|-
| ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} Top World Music Albums
| align="center"|9
|}

==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Ravi Shankar]].

# "Introduction I" – 1:37
# "Raga Kaushi Kanhara: Alap-Jor-Jhala" – 19:02
# "Raga Kaushi Kanhara: Gat in Dhamar" – 10:04
# "Introduction II" – 1:37
# "Raga Mishra Gara: Aochar/Slow Gat and Fast Gat in Teental" – 30:14

Track listing adapted from Allmusic.<ref name="Allmusic" />

==Personnel==
[[File:Anoushka Shankar.jpg|thumb|right|[[Anoushka Shankar]] in 2007]]

* [[Tanmoy Bose]] – ''[[tabla]]''
* [[Bickram Ghosh]] – ''tabla''
* Caroline Greyshock – cover photo
* [[Scott Hull (mastering engineer)|Scott Hull]] – [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
* Tom Lazarus – [[Audio engineering|engineer]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
* Jessica Novod – art direction, design
* [[Barry Phillips]] – ''[[Tanpura (instrument)|tanpura]]''
* [[Anoushka Shankar]] – ''[[sitar]]''
* [[Ravi Shankar]] – ''sitar''
* Ajay Sharma – ''tanpura''<ref name=Coming2 />
* Marc Stedman – assistant
* [[Hans Wendl]] – [[Record producer|producer]]
* Timothy White – [[liner notes]]

Credits adapted from Allmusic.<ref name="Allmusic" />

==See also==
{{Portal|India|Music}}
* [[Concert for George (album)|''Concert for George'' (album)]], a 2003 [[tribute album]] to [[George Harrison]] featuring Ravi and Anoushka Shankar
* [[Music of India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=KeoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56 ''Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000'' advertisement] in ''Yoga Journal'' (July–August 2001)
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=-g8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA105 "Angel's Shankar Tours with Dad"], by Jim Bessman, ''Billboard'' (July 15, 2000)

{{Ravi Shankar}}

[[Category:2001 live albums]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Carnegie Hall]]
[[Category:Angel Records live albums]]
[[Category:Grammy Award for Best World Music Album]]
[[Category:Live albums by Indian artists]]
[[Category:Ravi Shankar albums]]

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