196 pages + 4 CDs with performances of Hariprasad Chaurasia - flute, Buddhadev Dasgupta - sarod, Shruti Sadolikar - female vocal, Vidyadhar Vyas - male vocal (total playing time: 5 hours 15 minutes). The Raga Guide is a great introduction to Hindustani ragas, the melodic basis classical North Indian music - and also THE modern reference work for listeners and connoisseurs, students and scholars.