 
Douglas J Cuomo: Arjuna's Dilemma
innova 697
Stereo
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: [c66']
Tracks: 23
Booklet pages: 32
© 2008 Douglas J Cuomo
Received: 3 September 2008
Listen: O Krishna (track 5, 0:47-1:45)
Amit Chatterjee, Krishna
Tony Boutté, Arjuna
Chorus:
Galienne Eriksen, Susan Hellauer, Jacqueline Horner, Maren Montalbano
Bob Franceschini, tenor saxophone
Badal Roy, tablas
Ann Cecil Sterman, flute, piccolo
Andrew Sterman, clarinet, bass clarinet
Jim Pugliese, percussion
Kathleen Supové, piano
ETHEL String Quartet:
Mary Rowell, violin
Ralph Ferris, viola
Dorothy Lawson, cello
Joyce Hammann, guest violin
Robert Black, contrabass
Douglas J Cuomo: Arjuna's Dilemma - a chamber opera (libretto from the Bhagavad Gita and poetry by Kabir, translated by Ramananda Prasad):
1 Alap
2 Prologue: Gathering Forces
The Dilemma
3 Stop My Chariot
4 My Limbs Fail, My Mouth Becomes Dry
5 O Krishna
6 Ne Noom Ta Na
7 Teachers, Uncles, Sons and Grandfathers
8 Interlude I: The Battle Within
The Answer
9 My Head Turns
10 The Answer Part 1 (Juta Log)
11 The Answer Part 2
12 My Head Turns (reprise)
13 The Answer Part 3 (Dialogue)
14 Interlude 2: A Clear White Light
The Vision
15 Explain To Me
16 I Am the Beginning
17 Show Me
18 Transformation
19 The Vision
20 I Am Death
21 Four-Armed Form
22 Epilogue: I Will Fight
23 Postlude
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