Released 1996 Release date 1996 Label Sony Classical Records | Length 65:43 Producer Steven Epstein | |
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Recorded Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, California, April 1995. Fire Water Paper A Vietnam Oratorio
(1996) Juan Darien A Carnival Mass (1996) Artists Yo-Yo Ma, Pacific Symphony, Carl St.Clair, James Maddalena, Ann Panagulias Genres Classical music, Avant-garde Classical music albums Juan Darién: A Carnival, The Butcher Boy, Othello, In Dreams, Michael Collins | ||
Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio is a large scale orchestral oratorio composed by Elliot Goldenthal, commissioned by the Pacific Symphony in 1993 for the 20th Anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.
Contents
The album
It was performed publicly and recorded in mid 1995 and released commercially in 1996. Yo-Yo Ma performed Solo Cello on "Part I"; other performers include: The Pacific Chorale & Children's Chorus the Ngah-Khoi Vietnamese Children's Choir, Ann Panagulias and James Maddalena; it was conducted by Carl St. Clair.
It is not considered an archetypal oratorio as it doesn't tell a story so much as it brings together many different poems and words of praise, the latter adding a sort of religious aspect in the form of requiem.
Track listing
- Part I: Offertorium (32:08)
- Part II: Scherzo (giằng co) (14:14)
- Part III: Hymn (19:19)
Crew and performers
Songs
1Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio: Part I OffertoriumElliot Goldenthal32:08
2Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio: Part II Scherzo (giang co)Elliot Goldenthal14:14
3Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio: Part III HymnElliot Goldenthal19:19