Album · 2005
Tracklist
1. The Floating Box: Prologue
2. The Floating Box: Scene 1. The Women of the Grave. Burial rite
3. The Floating Box: Scene 1. The Women of the Grave. Break
4. The Floating Box: Scene 1. The Women of the Grave. I will stay here
5. The Floating Box: Scene 2. Ghost in the Classroom. When I first came here by boat
6. ah-mah The Floating Box: Scene 3. Broken Pieces. Your paper
7. The Floating Box: Scene 3. Broken Pieces. I know this song
8. The Floating Box: Scene 3. Broken Pieces. What are you waiting for?
9. First Drink. Where are you going, Eva? The Floating Box: Scene 4. First Words
10. First Drink. Didn't you ever wish you could stop? The Floating Box: Scene 4. First Words
11. First Drink. So this is a kiss The Floating Box: Scene 4. First Words
12. First Drink. Our first meal of the day The Floating Box: Scene 4. First Words
13. First Drink. Yee-Wa, will you return the boxes The Floating Box: Scene 4. First Words
14. floating The Floating Box: Scene 5. The Red Box. Floating
15. The Floating Box: Scene 5. The Red Box. Like he did? Like he did?
16. The Floating Box: Scene 6. No Name. Gusty winds
17. The Floating Box: Scene 6. No Name. Who will return the boxes to the factory
1. A Fish Came Out! What are you waiting for? The Floating Box: Scene 7. You Opened Your Mouth
2. A Fish Came Out! Yee-Wa? The Floating Box: Scene 7. You Opened Your Mouth
3. A Fish Came Out! So dry The Floating Box: Scene 7. You Opened Your Mouth
4. A Fish Came Out! They told me I could not practice The Floating Box: Scene 7. You Opened Your Mouth
5. A Fish Came Out! My boss goes to the ship's rail The Floating Box: Scene 7. You Opened Your Mouth
6. A Fish Came Out! I retrieve it The Floating Box: Scene 7. You Opened Your Mouth
7. A Fish Came Out! My father? The Floating Box: Scene 7. You Opened Your Mouth
8. A Fish Came Out! Searching The Floating Box: Scene 7. You Opened Your Mouth
9. The Floating Box: Scene 8. Across the Seas. Alone
10. Yee-Wa The Floating Box: Scene 8. Across the Seas. When we first arrived
11. The Floating Box: Scene 8. Across the Seas. Why did you never tell me?
12. bah-bah? The Floating Box: Scene 9. Weeds. Why
13. The Floating Box: Scene 9. Weeds. You threw chrysanthemums?
14. The Floating Box: Scene 9. Weeds. When your heart stopped?
15. The Floating Box: Scene 10. Eva. Does your heart still beat
16. surging The Floating Box: Scene 10. Eva. Floating
Line-up/Musicians
Music: Jason Kao Hwang
Libretto: Catherine Filloux
Conductor: Juan Rivas
Director: Jean Randich
Cast
Eva (Yee-Wa): Sandia Ang
Mother: Ryu-Kyung Kim
Father’s ghost: Zheng Zhou
Student Voices: Charlee Chiv, Scott Chan, Mona Chiang, Wai Ching Ho, Henry Yuk
Musicians
Juan Carlos Rivas - conductor
Min Xiao Fen - pipa (Chinese lute)
Diana Herold - vibraphone, percussion
Patti Monson - piccolo, flute, alto flute
William Schimmel - accordion
Michiyo Suzuki - B flat clarinet, bass clarinet
Satoshi Takeishi - percussion
Tomas Ulrich - cello
Wang Guowei - gaohu, erhu, zhonghu (Chinese two-stringed violins)
About this release
New World Records – 80626-2 (US)
Recorded at Avatar Studios on October 30, 2001.
Student voices recorded at Harvestworks Studios
Thanks to snobb for the addition and js for the updates