This section highlights Sri. Raghu's brilliant approach in performing with instrumentalists.  Quite different from his playing for vocalists, Sri. Raghu embodies a keen sense of appropriation to accomodate the individual style of instrumentalists.  In this case, some of the audio clips below highlight his use of "gumki" or lower register of the mridangam to exemplify certain soft sonic elements representative of a violin solo.  Another clip shows a different color of Sri. Raghu performing with instrumentalists, highlighting the virtuosity of their instrument.  In both scenarios, Sri. Raghu's abilities are show cased. 

The first clip is an excerpt from a concert in 1980 at the Bharitya Vidya Bhavan with Sri. Raghu performing with Sri. T.N. Krishnan and Sri. Palghat Sundaram.  The song is entitled, Ari Vaar Yaar Unnai in raga Mukhari.  One should pay attention to the weight of Sri. Raghu's instrument and the unmatched resonance he provides.

This clip is another pairing of Sri. Raghu with Sri. T.N. Krishnan, but also accompanied by Sri. Sriram Krishnan.  They perform Jalaja Nee Bandhu, a padam by Swati Tirunal in Suruti Ragam.  The difficult, slow tempo of the song is maintained to perfection by Sri. Raghu and played with utmost bhava by the violinists. 

Even though, this example also features a violin duet with Sri. Raghu, one can see a different approach in the music.  The creative implosion and variety offered within the song, Nagumomu in Raga Abheri by Sri. Lalgudi Jayaraman and Sri. G.J.R. Krishnan is met with co-operation by Sri. Raghu and Khanjira maestro G. Harishankar.  Together, the quartet renders a very special version of this piece. 

This example shows a different side altogether of Sri. Raghu performing with an instrumentalist. He plays a style with more vigor and epmhaticism. The mandolin virtuoso, Sri. U. Shrinivas performs Vidhulaku in Mayamalavagowla at a very contagious tempo, quite complimentary to the song. In particluar, one can marvel at Sri. Shrinivas's abilities to render neraval or variations on a line of melody of the song, even though instrumental music does not have lyrics. Also, the swara section shows some interesting exchanges between Sri. Shrinivas and Sri. Raghu. Also, appearing on this recording are the violinist, Sri. S.D. Sridhar and Sri. Ravichandran on ghatam. This concert took place at the Rama Seva Mandali, in Bangalore on July 22nd, 1997. 

This clip is a recording of Sri. Raghu performing with a flautist, Sri. N. Ramani. The excerpt is Entha Modu in Bindhu Maalini, a perrenial favorite of the flute master. Also, heard on the recording is the great violinist, Sri. M.S. Gopalakrishnan. The quartet is rounded off by Sri. E.M. Subramanium on ghatam. Together, they perform many variations within the melody of the anupallavi, or second part of the piece. one can see Sri. Raghu play these intricate patterns on the mridangam in tandem with both melody exponents.