Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio
Studio album by
Elliot Goldenthal
Released1996
RecordedApril 1995
StudioOrange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, California
GenreClassical, avant-garde
Length65:43
LabelSony Classical
ProducerSteven Epstein
Elliot Goldenthal chronology
Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio
(1996) 		'Juan Darien: A Carnival Mass'
(1996)
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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.

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 Ngan-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.[1]

Track listing

  1. Part I: Offertorium (32:08)
  2. Part II: Scherzo (giằng co) (14:14)[2]
  3. Part III: Hymn (19:19)

Crew and performers

References

  1. ^ "Fire Paper Water: A Vietnam Oratorio – Elliot Goldenthal". Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
  2. ^ Gramophone – Volume 74 887 1996 p. 81 "A pupil of John Corigliano and Aaron Copland, Brooklyn-born Elliot Goldenthal (b. 1954) is perhaps best-known for his highly ... This feverish dance of death (which bears the subtitle giang co or "tug-of-war") utilizes a far-ranging assortment of documents – from Virgil, Tacitus and Cicero to terms used in the Vietnam conflict ..."

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