You've Stolen My Heart

2005 studio album by Kronos Quartet

Studio album by

Kronos Quartet

Released

August 23, 2005

Recorded

June 2004 – January 2005

Studio

The Plant (Sausalito, CA), Studio D Recording (Sausalito, CA), La Casa Studios (Los Angeles, CA), the Kronos rehearsal space (San Francisco, CA), and hotels in Vienna, Austria, and Paris, France

Genre

Indian

Length

63:20

Label

Nonesuch

Producer

David Harrington

Kronos Quartet chronology

Mugam Sayagi: Music of Franghiz Ali-Zadeh
(2003)

You've Stolen My Heart
(2005)

The Fountain
(2006)

You've Stolen My Heart is a 2005 studio album from the Kronos Quartet, featuring arrangements of the music of Indian composer Rahul Dev Burman,^[1]^[2] with vocals by Asha Bhosle, she sang the original versions of the album's songs and was married to Burman until his death in 1994. The album features keyboards, autoharp, and various percussion instruments in addition to the Kronos Quartet's core string quartet instruments. The recordings also feature Indian percussionist Zakir Hussain and Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man.

The album features four instrumental tracks, and eight with Bhosle on lead vocals.

The album was nominated for a 2006 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album.^[3]^[4]

Track listing

Dum Maro Dum (Take Another Toke) – 4:43
Rishte Bante Hain (Relationships Grow Slowly) – 6:15
Mehbooba Mehbooba (Beloved, O Beloved) – 3:51
Ekta Deshlai Kathi Jwalao (Light a Match) – 3:59
Nodir Pare Utthchhe Dhnoa (Smoke Rises Across the River) – 6:00
Koi Aaya Aane Bhi De (If People Come) – 5:36
Mera Kuchh Saaman (Some of My Things) – 6:55
Saajan Kahan Jaoongi Main (Beloved, Where Would I Go?) – 5:43
Piya Tu Ab To Aaja (Lover, Come to Me Now) – 5:28
Dhanno Ki Aankhon (In Dhanno's Eyes) – 4:03
Chura Liya Hai Tum Ne (You've Stolen My Heart) – 5:09
Saiyan Re Saiyan (My Lover Came Silently) – 5:49

Personnel

Performers

Asha Bhosle – vocals (1,2,4,6,7,9,11,12)
David Harrington – violin (1–12), tambourine (2), mouth percussion (2), bow percussion (2), chang (2), autoharp (2,6,7,8), Korg MS-20 (2), vocal percussion (2,6), hammered violin (4), match (4), frame drum (5), harmonium (5), gongs(6), cymbal (6), triangle (7), piano (9,11), trumpet violin (9), glass (11)
Hank Dutt – viola (1–12), Farfisa Organ (1,2,7,12), Hohner Pianet (2,4,7,8,9), synthesizer (2,4,5,7,9,12), accordion (3,11) theremin (6), organ (6,8)
Jennifer Culp – cello (1–12), electric bass (6,10,12)
John Sherba – violin (1–12), bow percussion (2), hammered violin (4), trumpet violin (4, 6, 11, 12)
Zakir Hussain – Indian trap set (1,4,11), tambourine (1,4,11), madal (1,3,8,11), tabla (2,4,5,7,8,10), tabla tarang (2,6), batajon (3,9), djembe (6,8,9,12), bass drum (6), shaker (10,12), talking drum (12), frame drum (12)
Wu Man – pipa (1–4,6–9,11,12), liu qin (2,3,4,11,12), electric sitar (2,7), gong (6)
Gustavo Santaolalla – vocal (9)
Scott Fraser – electric sitar (2), guitar (11)
Judith Sherman – finger cymbals (1)
James Quinn – breath (1)
Anand Bhostle – vocal percussion (6)
Enrique Gonzalez Müeller – vocal percussion (6), breath (9)

Production

Producer – David Harrington
Co-producers – Scott Fraser and Judith Sherman
Executive Producer – Robert Hurwitz
Engineer – Scott Fraser
Assistant Engineers – Enrique Gonzalez Müeller (The Plant), Marc Dimmitt (Studio D Recording)
Mixing – Scott Fraser and David Harrington
Mastering – Scott Fraser
Arrangements – David Harrington, except (3,5,8,10) Stephen Prutsman with David Harrington
Music Preparation – Hank Dutt
Design – Doyle Partners
Photography – Gautam Rajadhyaksha

Song notes

"Dum Maro Dum" (Hindi: दम मारो दम) – Originally featured in the 1971 film Hare Rama Hare Krishna. Lyrics by Anand Bakshi.
"Piya Tu Ab To Aaja" (Hindi: पिया तू अब तो आजा) – Originally featured in the 1971 Hindi film Caravan. Lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri.
"Mehbooba Mehbooba" – Originally featured in the 1975 film Sholay.
"Dhanno Ki Aankhon" – Originally featured in the 1977 film "Kitaab".
"Chura Liya Hai" – Originally featured in the 1973 film "Yaadon Ki Baaraat".

References

^ G., L. (September 2005). "Rev. of You've Stolen My Heart by the Kronos Quartet and Asha Boshle". New Internationalist. 382: 26.
^ Tsioulcas, Anastasia; Jonathan Cohen (2005-08-27). "Rev. of You've Stolen My Heart: Songs From R.D. Burman's Bollywood by the Kronos Quartet and Asha Boshle". Billboard. 117 (35): 52.
^ "Grammy nomination a tribute to RD". The Times of India. Dec 12, 2005. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012.
^ "Complete List Of Grammy Nominees". San Francisco Chronicle. December 9, 2005. Retrieved July 12, 2011.