L. Shankar discography

L. Shankar has served as an instrumentalist, composer, record producer, arranger and programmer on several recordings. He has released a number of his own recordings, in addition to appearing on other artists' albums. All credits are for violin, except where noted. This is not an exhaustive list of Shankar's works, but a select few titles.

Solo albums

 * Violin Ecstasy (1978 - EMI)
 * Touch Me There (1979—Zappa Records)
 * Who's to Know (1980—ECM)
 * Vision (1984—ECM)
 * Song For Everyone (1985—ECM)
 * Nobody Told Me (1989—ECM)
 * Pancha Nadai Pallavi (1989—ECM)
 * M.R.C.S. (1989—ECM)
 * Soul Searcher (1990—Axiom/Island/PolyGram)
 * Raga Aberi (1995—Music of the World)
 * Enlightenment (Ganesh music)
 * Eternal Light (2000—Moment! Records)
 * Open the Door (2007—Big Deal/Rykodisc)
 * In a Box (2012)
 * The Revelation (2013)
 * Champion (2014)
 * Transcend (2015)
 * Face to Face (2019)
 * Chepleeri Dream (2020)
 * Christmas from India (2021)

DVDs

 * Peter Gabriel's Secret World Live (1993)
 * Shankar & Gingger's One In A Million (2001 · Silverline)

with T. Viswanathan and T. Ranganathan

 * Pallavi: South Indian Flute Music (1973-Nonesuch)

with Shakti

 * Shakti (1975—CBS)
 * A Handful of Beauty (1976—CBS)
 * Natural Elements (1977—CBS)

with The Epidemics

 * The Epidemics (1986)
 * Do What You Do (1987)
 * Eye Catcher (1989)

as Shankar and Gingger

 * Shankar & Gingger (2001)
 * Celestial Body (2004 · Mondo Melodia)

Compilations / Box set appearances

 * Best of Music & Rhythm (1983) – Violin, composer, vocals, producer
 * ECM Spectrum, Vol. 1 (1987) – Violin, performer
 * CMPler (1990) – Violin
 * Peter Gabriel's Shaking the Tree (1990) – Double violin
 * Pioneers of the New Age (1991) – Violin
 * Illuminations: An Axiom Compilation (1991) – Arranger, vocals, kanjira, producer, double violin
 * Yoko Ono's Onobox (1992) – Violin
 * Lou Reed's Between Thought and Expression: The Lou Reed Anthology (1992) – Electric violin
 * Plus from Us (1993) – Arranger, vocals, kanjira, producer, double violin
 * Manifestation Axiom Collection 2 (1993) – Arranger
 * The Best of Shakti (1994)
 * Narada Michael Walden's Ecstasy's Dance: The Best of Narada (1996) – Violin
 * John McLaughlin's This is Jazz Vol. 17 (1996) – Violin
 * Phil Collins's Hits (1998) – Violin


 * Jewels of the Subcontinent (2000) – Performer, double violin
 * Asian Travels, Vol. 1: A Six Degrees Collection (2000) – Performer
 * Echo & the Bunnymen's Crystal Days: 1979–1999 (2001) – Strings
 * The Bombay Jazz Palace (2001) – Violin
 * Meta Collection (2002) – Violin
 * Asana: Soul Practice (2002) – Violin, arranger
 * Classical Indian Collection (2003) – Violin
 * Bhakti Music: Medicine Buddha (2003) – Photography
 * Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime (2003) – Violin
 * Left of the Dial: Dispatches of the '80s Underground (2004) – Strings
 * Phil Collins's The Platinum Collection (2004) – Violin, tamboura
 * Trilok Gurtu Collection (2005) – Violin
 * Monterey Pop Festival (2007) – Arranger
 * John McLaughlin's Essential John McLaughlin (2007) – Violin