| Ravi Shankar: In Celebration | |
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| Released | February 1996 (US) July 1996 (UK) |
| Recorded | 1957–1995 |
| Genre | Indian classical music, jazz, world music |
| Length | 4:39:24 |
| Label | Angel, Dark Horse |
| Producer | Richard Bock, George Harrison, Peter Baumann, Ravi Shankar, Christopher Bishop, John Mordler, Kurt Munkacsi, John Fraser, Alan Kozlowski, Shefali Nag, Frank Serafine, Sukanya Shankar |
| Compiler | George Harrison, Alan Kozlowski |
Ravi Shankar: In Celebration is a compilation box set by Indian classical musician and composer Ravi Shankar, released in 1996 on Angel Records in conjunction with Dark Horse Records. The four discs cover Shankar's international career, from the 1950s to the mid 1990s, and include recordings originally released on the World Pacific, HMV, Angel, Apple, Dark Horse and Private Music record labels. Shankar's friend George Harrison compiled and co-produced the set, which was issued as part of year-long celebrations for Shankar's 75th birthday.
Each disc of In Celebration adopts a musical theme covering a facet of Shankar's varied career – specifically, traditional ragas; orchestral works; collaborations with Western classical musicians; and vocal and experimental pieces, particularly in the jazz genre. Although Indian classical music receives relatively little coverage, the compilation includes examples of Shankar's work with artists such as Yehudi Menuhin, Bud Shank, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Philip Glass, André Previn, Harrison and the Music Festival from India. Among the previously unreleased selections, "Adarini" marks the recording debut of sitarist Anoushka Shankar, the youngest daughter of Ravi Shankar.
The box set has received critical acclaim for providing an effective retrospective of Shankar's musical career. It was followed by In Celebration – Highlights, an abbreviated, single-disc version of the full compilation, and led to further joint projects by Shankar and Harrison, including the 1997 studio album Chants of India.