Thiruvasagam By Ilaiyaraaja is a wonderful piece of work by the maestro who need no introduction. He is one of those music directors who believe in live orchestration rather than synthesized music as almost all music directors of the present age do. The results are clear for every one to see. It also highlights the peerless orchestrational ability of one of our own man about whom we should be proud of.
Ilaiyaraaja has won on two counts.
He has never let Thiruvasagam suffer by fitting it into a rigid tune. Instead he has held Thiruvasagam to be rigid and has kept the tune flexible. The words and their pronunciation are kept as from the original text.
He has shown his mastery over the Symphony. By choosing a non traditional musical media for a spritual albumn, he has broken all barriers as to the way in which such contributions have been composed and heard. At the same time, he has made sure that all the sounds are alien to us. Infact he has blended some of the fine elements from both Indian and western musical formats.