The dilemma. Alap ; Prologue: gathering forces ; Stop my chariot ; My limbs fail, my mouth becomes dry ; O Krishna ; Ne noom ta na ; Teachers, uncles, sons and grandfathers ; Interlude I: The battle within -- The answer. My head turns ; The answer, Part I (Juta log) ; The answer, Part 2 ; My head turns (reprise) ; The answer, Part 3 (dialogue) ; Interlude 2: A clear white light -- The vision. Explain to me ; I am the beginning ; Show me ; Transformation ; The vision ; I am death ; Four-armed form ; Epilogue: I will fight ; Postlude.
Note
Chamber opera.
Libretto from the Bhagavad gita and poetry of Kabir; translation by Ramananda Prasad.
Event (note)
Recorded Mar.-Dec., 2005 at Sear Sound and Red Bird Studios, New York, NY.
Language (note)
Sung in Sanskrit and English.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Cuomo, Douglas J.
Title
Arjuna's dilemma [electronic resource] / Douglas J. Cuomo.
Imprint
St. Paul, Minn. : Innova, p2008.
Playing time
010727
Performer
Amit Chatterjee. Indian vocalist (Krishna) ; Tony Boutté, tenor (Arjuna) ; Galienne Eriksen, Susan Hellauer, Jacqueline Horner, Maren Montalbano, chorus ; Bob Franceschini, tenor saxophone ; Badal Roy, tablas ; Ann Cecil Sterman, flute, piccolo ; Andrew Sterman, clarinet, bass clarinet ; Rex Benincasa, Jim Publiese, percussion ; Kathleen Supové, piano ; Ethel String Quartet (Mary Rowell, Joyce Hammann, violins ; Ralph Farris, viola ; Dorothy Lawson, violoncello) ; Robert Black, contrabass ; Alan Johnson, conductor.
Event
Recorded Mar.-Dec., 2005 at Sear Sound and Red Bird Studios, New York, NY.