Australia exclusive album from the trance trio features the hit single 'Take Me Away (Into The Night)'. Central Station. 2004.

Behind the name of this trance collective is Dutch DJ/remixer/producer Carlo Resoort and vocalist Jan de Vos. First arriving on the scene with the 1999 British hit "Turn It Around" by Alena, 4 Strings have since built a strong international fan base in the trance world. With the worldwide success of "Believe", the support of trance legends Paul Van Dyk, Tiesto, and Judge Jules on "Daytime", and the global smashes "Take Me Away" and "Diving", this album is packed with hits, including the single "Sunrise", already making waves at US dance radio.

Offering up exciting versions of the biggest its with violins, viola and cello as performed by some of the most talented string ensembles working today. 2003.

Douglas J. Cuomo has gathered an exciting array of artists from points East and West for his chamber opera Arjuna's Dilemma, which tells the story of the Bhagavad Gita in music that seamlessly melds classical, jazz, and Indian traditions. Indian singer Amit Chatterjee (Zawinul Syndicate), tenor Tony Boutte, and members of Anonymous 4 are accompanied by a ten-piece ensemble that includes the Ethel string quartet, pianist Kathleen Supove, and bassist Robert Black of the Bang on a Can All Stars. Tabla player Badal Roy (Miles Davis, John McLaughlin) and tenor saxophonist Bob Franceschini, a giant of Latin jazz, are the featured instrumental soloists.

A work of both sweeping grandeur and piercing intimacy, Arjuna's Dilemma addresses ancient themes that remain startlingly topical: the conflicting claims of conscience and duty; the search for self-knowledge in a changing world. Arjuna's Dilemma showcases breathtaking vocal turns and virtuosic ensemble and solo playing. The piece utilizes North Indian performance styles, melodic structures, tuning systems, time signatures and rhythmic patterns alongside Western instrumentation, harmonies and forms. North Indian vocals co-mingle with a Western tenor and four-part choral writing, with references to both modern vocal styles and Byzantine and Gregorian chant. Improvisation is common to both musical worlds, with Chatterjee, Roy and Franceschini each using their respective improvisatory traditions to call into being the ecstatic, sublime, and sometimes terrifying world of Arjuna's Dilemma.

Australia exclusive album from the trance trio features the hit single 'Take Me Away (Into The Night)'. Central Station. 2004.