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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.

Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio
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
Elliot Goldenthal chronology
Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio (1996) 'Juan Darien: A Carnival Mass' (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Soundtrack-Express	link
The New York Times	Reasonable
Wired	Favourable

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

• 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

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070817004514/http://goldenthal.filmmusic.com/concert/firewaterpaper/index.html – The page for the album on the composer's website.

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