Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio
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| Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio | ||||
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| Studio album by Elliot Goldenthal | ||||
| Released | 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, California, April 1995. | |||
| Genre | Classical, Avante Garde | |||
| Length | 65:43 | |||
| Label | Sony Classical | |||
| Producer | Steven Epstein | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Soundtrack-Express |   link |
| The New York Times | Reasonable |
| Wired | Favourable |
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 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.[1]
Track listing
- Part I: Offertorium (32:08)
- Part II: Scherzo (giằng co) (14:14)[2]
- Part III: Hymn (19:19)
Crew and performers
- Music Composed by Elliot Goldenthal
- Produced by Steven Epstein
- Performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Solo Cello (Part I)
- Ann Panagulias, Soprano & James Maddalena, Baritone
- Pacific Chorale & Children's Chorus
- Ngan-Khoi Vietnamese Children's Chorus
- Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Carl St. Clair
- Engineer: Richard King
References
- ↑ Fire Paper Water: A Vietnam Oratorio - Elliot Goldenthal
- ↑ Gramophone - Volume 74 887 1996 Page 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 ..."
External links
- http://goldenthal.filmmusic.com/concert/firewaterpaper/index.html - The page for the album on the composer's website.
