Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio
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| Studio album by Elliot Goldenthal | ||||
| Released | 1996 | |||
| Recorded | April 1995 | |||
| Studio | Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, California | |||
| Genre | Classical, avant-garde | |||
| Length | 65:43 | |||
| Label | Sony Classical | |||
| Producer | Steven Epstein | |||
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| 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.
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.
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