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There’s no recording yet of his 2017 opera The Girl of the Golden West (you can blame the industry’s economics), but every other milestone since the mid-1980s is here in performances that continue... — Sunday Times, 7th December 2022 More…

Release Date: 1st Jul 2022
Catalogue No: 7559793229
Label: Nonesuch
Length: 28 hours 44 minutes

International Classical Music Awards

2023

Nominated - Assorted Programs
Gramophone Magazine

Critics' Choice 2022

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Adams, J: Harmonielehre, Pt. I

Work length17:03

Album only

San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart

Adams, J: Harmonielehre, Pt. II: the Anfortas Wound

Work length12:25

Album only

San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart

Adams, J: Harmonielehre, Pt. III: Meister Eckhardt and Quackie

Work length10:34

Album only

San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart

Adams, J: The Chairman Dances

Work length12:31

Album only

San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart

Adams, J: Christian Zeal and Activity

Work length10:05

Album only

San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart

Adams, J: Two Fanfares for Orchestra

Work length8:25

$2.60

$3.40

Glenn Fischthal (trumpet), Laurie McGaw (trumpet)
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart

Tromba Lontana

Track length4:11

$1.30

$1.70

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Track length4:14

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Common Tones in Simple Time

Work length20:35

Album only

San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart

Adams, J: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1

Work length19:14

$7.80

$10.20

James Maddalena (baritone), Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Thomas Hammons (bass-baritone)
Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Nixon in China Chorus
Edo de Waart

Beginning

Track length2:53

$1.30

$1.70

"Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky"

Track length2:48

$1.30

$1.70

"The People Are the Heroes Now"

Track length2:49

$1.30

$1.70

Landing of the Spirit of '76

Track length2:22

$1.30

$1.70

"Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?"

Track length1:19

$1.30

$1.70

"News Has a Kind of Mystery"

Track length7:03

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2

Work length24:23

$7.80

$10.20

James Maddalena (baritone), John Duykers (tenor), Mari Opatz (mezzo-soprano), Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Marion Dry (contralto), Thomas Hammons (bass-baritone), Stephanie Friedman (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra Of St. Luke's
Edo de Waart

Beginning

Track length4:05

$1.30

$1.70

"You Know We'll Meet with Your Confrere The Democratic Candidate

Track length2:22

$1.30

$1.70

"You've Said That There's a Certain Well-known Tree"

Track length2:44

$1.30

$1.70

"Founders Come First, then Profiteers"

Track length6:52

$1.30

$1.70

"We No Longer Need Confucius"

Track length3:03

$1.30

$1.70

"Like the Ming Tombs"

Track length5:17

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 3

Work length19:11

$5.20

$6.80

Carolann Page (soprano), James Maddalena (baritone), Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Thomas Hammons (bass-baritone)
Orchestra Of St. Luke's
Edo de Waart

Beginning

Track length6:13

$1.30

$1.70

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends"

Track length6:36

$1.30

$1.70

"Mr. Premier, Distinguished Guests"

Track length2:36

$1.30

$1.70

Cheers

Track length3:46

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 1

Work length20:35

$5.20

$6.80

Carolann Page (soprano)
Orchestra Of St. Luke's
Edo de Waart

Beginning

Track length3:34

$1.30

$1.70

"Look Down at the Earth"

Track length5:26

$1.30

$1.70

"This Is Prophetic!"

Track length8:32

$1.30

$1.70

"At Last the Weather's Warming up"

Track length3:03

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2

Work length28:27

$10.40

$13.60

Carolann Page (soprano), James Maddalena (baritone), Thomas Hammons (bass-baritone), Trudy Ellen Craney (soprano)
Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Nixon in China Chorus
Edo de Waart

Beginning

Track length2:53

$1.30

$1.70

"Oh What a Day I Thought I'd Die!"

Track length4:47

$1.30

$1.70

"Whip Her to Death!"

Track length2:29

$1.30

$1.70

Tropical Storm

Track length4:44

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$1.70

"Flesh Rebels"

Track length3:08

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"I Have My Brief"

Track length1:05

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"It Seems so Strange"

Track length2:51

$1.30

$1.70

"I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung"

Track length6:30

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Nixon in China, Act III

Work length32:40

$16.90

$22.10

Carolann Page (soprano), James Maddalena (baritone), John Duykers (tenor), Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Thomas Hammons (bass-baritone), Trudy Ellen Craney (soprano)
Orchestra Of St. Luke's
Edo de Waart

Beginning

Track length1:10

$1.30

$1.70

"Some Men You Cannot Satisfy"

Track length3:17

$1.30

$1.70

"I Am No One"

Track length4:01

$1.30

$1.70

The Maos Dance

Track length2:00

$1.30

$1.70

"Sitting around the Radio"

Track length1:16

$1.30

$1.70

"Let Us Examine What You Did"

Track length2:43

$1.30

$1.70

"When I Woke Up"

Track length1:20

$1.30

$1.70

"I Have No Offspring"

Track length1:54

$1.30

$1.70

"I Can Keep Still"

Track length2:11

$1.30

$1.70

"After that the Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform"

Track length2:28

$1.30

$1.70

"Peking Watches the Stars"

Track length2:43

$1.30

$1.70

"You Won at Poker"

Track length3:13

$1.30

$1.70

"I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep"

Track length4:24

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: The Wound-Dresser

Work length19:04

Album only

Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Chris Gekker (trumpet), Naoko Tanaka (violin)
Orchestra Of St. Luke's
John Adams

Adams, J: Fearful Symmetries

Work length28:02

Album only

Orchestra Of St. Luke's
John Adams

Ives, C: The Unanswered Question (Late Version)

Work length4:56

$1.30

$1.70

Orchestra Of St. Luke's
John Adams

Ives, C: Five Songs

Work length9:03

$6.50

$8.50

Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Orchestra Of St. Luke's
John Adams

Thoreau

Track length1:56

$1.30

$1.70

Down East

Track length2:28

$1.30

$1.70

Cradle Song

Track length1:25

$1.30

$1.70

At The River

Track length1:16

$1.30

$1.70

Serenity

Track length1:58

$1.30

$1.70

Marshall, I: Fog Tropes

Work length10:05

$1.30

$1.70

Orchestra Of St. Luke's
John Adams

Feldman, M: Madame Press Died Last Week At Ninety

Work length4:16

$1.30

$1.70

Orchestra Of St. Luke's
John Adams

Adams, J: Eros Piano

Work length14:53

Album only

Paul Crossley (piano)

Diamond: Elegy in memory of Maurice Ravel

Work length6:19

$1.30

$1.70

Orchestra Of St. Luke's
John Adams

Adams, J: The Death of Klinghoffer, Prologue

Work length17:08

$2.60

$3.40

The London Opera Chorus, The Opera De Lyon
Kent Nagano

Chorus of Exiled Palestinians

Track length8:34

$1.30

$1.70

Chorus of Exiled Jews

Track length8:34

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I

Work length45:32

$15.60

$20.40

Eugene Perry (vocals), James Maddalena (vocals), Janice Felty (vocals), Thomas Young (vocals), Thomas Hammons (vocals)
The London Opera Chorus, The Opera De Lyon
Kent Nagano

"It was just after 1:15"

Track length8:09

$1.30

$1.70

"My Grandson Didi, who was two"

Track length5:10

$1.30

$1.70

"Give these orders"

Track length2:01

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$1.70

"So I said to my grandson"

Track length1:18

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"We are sorry for you"

Track length1:22

$1.30

$1.70

Ocean Chorus

Track length5:48

$1.30

$1.70

"Now it is night"

Track length6:58

$1.30

$1.70

"I think if you could talk like this"

Track length1:12

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"I have often reflected that this is no ship"

Track length2:28

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"I kept my distance"

Track length3:09

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$1.70

"Those birds flying above us"

Track length4:24

$1.30

$1.70

Night Chorus

Track length3:33

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II

Work length1:12:14

$18.20

$23.80

Eugene Perry (vocals), James Maddalena (vocals), Janice Felty (vocals), Sanford Sylvan (vocals), Thomas Hammons (vocals), Stephanie Friedman (vocals), Sheila Nadler (vocals), Thomas Young (vocals)
The London Opera Chorus, The Opera De Lyon
Kent Nagano

Hagar Chorus

Track length5:26

$1.30

$1.70

"Come here. Look."

Track length3:58

$1.30

$1.70

"I've never been a violent man"

Track length3:28

$1.30

$1.70

"You are always complaining of your suffering"

Track length5:14

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$1.70

"I must have been hysterical"

Track length4:43

$1.30

$1.70

"It is as if our earthly life were spent miserably"

Track length6:47

$1.30

$1.70

Desert Chorus

Track length5:05

$1.30

$1.70

"My one consolation"

Track length5:24

$1.30

$1.70

Klinghoffer's Death

Track length3:24

$1.30

$1.70

"Every fifteen minutes, one more will be shot"

Track length5:12

$1.30

$1.70

Aria of the Falling Body (Gymnopédie)

Track length7:23

$1.30

$1.70

Day Chorus

Track length4:32

$1.30

$1.70

"Mrs. Klinghoffer, please sit down."

Track length3:53

$1.30

$1.70

"You embraced them!"

Track length7:45

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Coast

Work length9:11

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams

Adams, J: Disappointment Lake

Work length8:14

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams (keyboards)

Adams, J: Tourist Song

Work length4:32

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Tundra

Work length10:34

Album only

Adams, J: Bump

Work length5:12

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams (synthesizer)
John Adams

Adams, J: Cerulean

Work length5:26

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams

Adams, J: Hoodoo Zephyr

Work length10:20

Album only

John Adams (piano)

Adams, J: Chamber Symphony

Work length21:38

$3.90

$5.10

London Sinfonietta
John Adams

I. Mongrel Airs

Track length7:46

$1.30

$1.70

II. Aria with Walking Bass

Track length8:08

$1.30

$1.70

III. Roadrunner

Track length5:44

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Grand Pianola Music

Work length30:52

Album only

London Sinfonietta
John Adams

Pt. IA

Track length15:12

Album only

Pt. IB

Track length7:46

$1.30

$1.70

On the Dominant Divide

Track length7:54

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Violin Concerto

Work length34:05

Album only

Gidon Kremer (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Kent Nagano

I. Quarter note = 78

Track length14:56

Album only

II. Chaconne - "Body through which the dream flows"

Track length11:30

Album only

III. Toccare

Track length7:39

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Shaker Loops

Work length24:21

$5.20

$6.80

Orchestra Of St. Luke's
John Adams

I. Shaking and Trembling

Track length8:25

$1.30

$1.70

II. Hymning Slews

Track length5:08

$1.30

$1.70

III. Loops and Verses

Track length6:56

$1.30

$1.70

IV. A Final Shaking

Track length3:52

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: El Dorado

Work length28:44

Album only

Hallé Orchestra
Kent Nagano

Pt. I. A Dream of Gold

Track length12:35

Album only

Pt. II. Soledades

Track length16:09

Album only

Busoni: Berceuse elegiaque (des Mannes Wiegenlied am Sarge seiner Mutter)

Work length8:09

$1.30

$1.70

London Sinfonietta
John Adams

Liszt: The Black Gondola

Work length9:48

$1.30

$1.70

London Sinfonietta
John Adams

Adams, J: John's Book of Alleged Dances

Work length28:09

$11.70

$15.30

Kronos Quartet (string quartet)

Judah to Ocean

Track length2:30

$1.30

$1.70

Toot Nipple

Track length1:14

$1.30

$1.70

Dogjam

Track length2:31

$1.30

$1.70

Pavane - She's So Fine

Track length6:32

$1.30

$1.70

Rag the Bone

Track length2:59

$1.30

$1.70

Habanera

Track length4:44

$1.30

$1.70

Stubble Crotchet

Track length2:39

$1.30

$1.70

Hammer and Chisel

Track length1:11

$1.30

$1.70

Alligator Escalator

Track length3:49

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Ständchen: The Little Serenade

Work length4:51

$1.30

$1.70

Kronos Quartet (string quartet)

Adams, J: John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean (reprise)

Work length2:31

$1.30

$1.70

Kronos Quartet (string quartet)

Adams, J: Gnarly Buttons for clarinet & ensemble

Work length24:12

$3.90

$5.10

Michael Collins (clarinet)
London Sinfonietta
John Adams

The Perilous Shore

Track length9:54

$1.30

$1.70

II. Hoe-down (Mad Cow)

Track length5:46

$1.30

$1.70

III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me

Track length8:32

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky

Work length7:59

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams

Adams, J: A Sermon on Romance

Work length3:07

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams

Adams, J: Consuelo's Dream

Work length4:52

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams

Adams, J: Mike's Song about Arresting a Particular Individual

Work length3:18

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams

Adams, J: Tiffany's Solo

Work length4:49

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams

Adams, J: Song About The On-Site Altercation

Work length2:45

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams

Adams, J: Song About The Bad Boys And The News

Work length6:20

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams

Adams, J: Your Honor My Client He's A Young Black Man

Work length5:40

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams

Adams, J: Leila's song: Alone (Again or at Last)

Work length4:15

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams

Adams, J: Three Weeks and Still I'm Outta My Mind

Work length5:09

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams

Adams, J: Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On

Work length4:35

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams

Adams, J: Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise

Work length5:29

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams

Adams, J: ¡Este Pais! / This Country

Work length4:24

$1.30

$1.70

Audra McDonald (vocals), Janne Murto (saxophone), Jari-Pekka Karvonen (drums), Kari Tenkanen (clarinet), Marja Mutru (keyboards), Markku Tabell (keyboards), Michael McElroy (vocals), Seppo Kantonen (keyboards)
John Adams

Adams, J: One Last Look at the Angel in your Eyes

Work length1:57

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams

Adams, J: Finale

Work length4:36

$1.30

$1.70

John Adams

Adams, J: Harmonium

Work length31:53

Album only

San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus
John Adams

I. Negative Love

Track length10:32

Album only

II. Because I Could Not Stop for Death

Track length9:41

$1.30

$1.70

III. Wild Nights

Track length11:40

Album only

Adams, J: Century Rolls

Work length29:11

Album only

Emanuel Ax (piano)
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi

I. First Movement

Track length14:55

Album only

II. Manny's Gym

Track length6:22

$1.30

$1.70

III. Hail Bop

Track length7:54

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Lollapalooza

Work length6:38

$1.30

$1.70

Hallé Orchestra
Kent Nagano

Adams, J: Slonimsky's Earbox

Work length13:20

Album only

Hallé Orchestra
Kent Nagano

Adams, J: El Niño

Work length1:51:06

$31.20

$40.80

Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano), Theatre of Voices (countertenor), Patrick Marco (director), Willard White (baritone)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, The London Voices, Maitrise de Paris
Kent Nagano

I Sing of a Maiden

Track length6:18

$1.30

$1.70

Hail Mary, Gracious!

Track length4:47

$1.30

$1.70

La Annunciacion

Track length9:34

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$1.70

For with God Nothing Shall Be Impossible

Track length1:15

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The Babe Leaped in Her Womb

Track length3:30

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Magnificat

Track length3:23

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Now She Was Sixteen Years Old

Track length3:20

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Joseph's Dream

Track length4:32

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Shake the Heavens

Track length5:54

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Se Habla De Gabriel

Track length8:26

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The Christmas Star

Track length6:45

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Pues Mi Dios Ha Nacido A Penar

Track length4:32

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When Herod Heard

Track length2:27

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Woe Unto Them That Call Evil Good

Track length4:22

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And the Star Went Before Them

Track length2:26

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The Three Kings

Track length5:25

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And When They Were Departed

Track length1:11

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Dawn Air

Track length4:22

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And He Slew All the Children

Track length1:43

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Memorial Del Tlateloloco

Track length9:12

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In the Day of the Great Slaughter

Track length3:20

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Pues Esta Tiritando

Track length3:35

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$1.70

Jesus and the Dragons

Track length2:50

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A Palm Tree

Track length7:57

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Naive and Sentimental Music

Work length44:12

Album only

David Tanenbaum (guitar)
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen

I. Naive and Sentimental Music

Track length18:10

Album only

II. Mother of the Man

Track length15:08

Album only

Pt. III - Chain to the Rhythm

Track length10:54

Album only

Adams, J: Road Movies for violin & piano

Work length15:32

$3.90

$5.10

Nicolas Hodges, John Novacek (piano), Leila Josefowicz (violin)

I. Relaxed Groove

Track length4:54

$1.30

$1.70

II. Meditative

Track length5:38

$1.30

$1.70

III. 40% Swing

Track length5:00

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Hallelujah Junction

Work length16:28

$3.90

$5.10

Nicolas Hodges (piano), Rolf Hind (piano)

1st Movement

Track length7:09

$1.30

$1.70

2nd Movement

Track length2:35

$1.30

$1.70

3rd Movement

Track length6:44

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: China Gates

Work length4:34

$1.30

$1.70

Nicolas Hodges (piano)

Adams, J: American Berserk (2001)

Work length6:08

$1.30

$1.70

Nicolas Hodges (piano)

Adams, J: Phrygian Gates, Pt. 1

Work length14:22

Album only

Rolf Hind (piano)

Adams, J: Phrygian Gates, Pt. 2 (A System of Weights and Measures)

Work length3:24

$1.30

$1.70

Rolf Hind (piano)

Adams, J: Phrygian Gates, Pt. 3

Work length7:28

$1.30

$1.70

Rolf Hind (piano)

Adams, J: On The Transmigration of Souls

Work length25:03

Album only

Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral Artists, New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel

Adams, J: The Dharma at Big Sur, Pt. I: A New Day

Work length14:29

Album only

Tracy Silverman (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Adams

Adams, J: The Dharma at Big Sur, Pt. II: Sri Moonshine

Work length12:20

Album only

Tracy Silverman (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Adams

Adams, J: My Father Knew Charles Ives

Work length26:26

Album only

Bill Houghton (trumpet)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Adams

I. Concord

Track length9:35

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$1.70

II. The Lake

Track length6:40

$1.30

$1.70

III. The Mountain

Track length10:11

Album only

Adams, J: A Flowering Tree

Work length19:12

$3.90

$5.10

Eric Owens (bass-baritone), Jessica Rivera (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
John Adams

"Children, / I Want To Tell You a Story"

Track length3:51

$1.30

$1.70

"One Morning"

Track length8:41

$1.30

$1.70

Kumudha's Prayer

Track length6:40

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: A Flowering Tree

Work length11:36

$2.60

$3.40

Eric Owens (bass-baritone), Russell Thomas (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra, Schola Cantorum de Venezuela
John Adams

“¡Lindas flores!”

Track length2:43

$1.30

$1.70

"Kumudha and Her Sister"

Track length8:53

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: A Flowering Tree

Work length7:06

$2.60

$3.40

Eric Owens (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra, Schola Cantorum de Venezuela
John Adams

Audience with the King

Track length2:24

$1.30

$1.70

"Mamá Mamá, ¿Por qué nos pegas?"

Track length4:42

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: A Flowering Tree

Work length21:37

$5.20

$6.80

Russell Thomas (tenor), Jessica Rivera (soprano), Eric Owens (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra
John Adams

"Serving in Endless Bounty"

Track length3:50

$1.30

$1.70

"They Brought Her to Me"

Track length5:37

$1.30

$1.70

"Bride and Groom"

Track length6:24

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"The Bride Sunk Her Face"

Track length5:46

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$1.70

Adams, J: A Flowering Tree

Work length6:58

$1.30

$1.70

Eric Owens (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra, Schola Cantorum de Venezuela
John Adams

Adams, J: A Flowering Tree

Work length14:45

$3.90

$5.10

Jessica Rivera (soprano), Eric Owens (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra, Schola Cantorum de Venezuela
John Adams

"You Are Cruel"

Track length3:50

$1.30

$1.70

"Kumudha Once More"

Track length5:44

$1.30

$1.70

"Days Passed"

Track length5:11

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$1.70

Adams, J: A Flowering Tree

Work length6:30

$1.30

$1.70

Jessica Rivera (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
John Adams

Adams, J: A Flowering Tree

Work length10:03

Album only

Jessica Rivera (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Schola Cantorum de Venezuela
John Adams

Adams, J: A Flowering Tree

Work length14:37

$3.90

$5.10

Eric Owens (bass-baritone), Jessica Rivera (soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra, Schola Cantorum de Venezuela
John Adams

"We Had All But Forgotten You, Prince"

Track length5:43

$1.30

$1.70

The Prince Recognizes Kumudha

Track length5:40

$1.30

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Kumudha's Final Transformation

Track length3:14

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Doctor Atomic Symphony

Work length24:14

Album only

Scott Andrews (clarinet)
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson

I. The Laboratory

Track length2:32

$1.30

$1.70

II. Panic

Track length14:31

Album only

III. Trinity

Track length7:11

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Guide to Strange Places

Work length22:40

Album only

Scott Andrews (clarinet)
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson

Adams, J: Son of Chamber Symphony I

Work length8:45

$1.30

$1.70

International Contemporary Ensemble
John Adams

Adams, J: Son of Chamber Symphony II

Work length7:44

$1.30

$1.70

International Contemporary Ensemble
John Adams

Adams, J: Son of Chamber Symphony III

Work length7:12

$1.30

$1.70

International Contemporary Ensemble
John Adams

Adams, J: First Quartet I

Work length21:20

Album only

St Lawrence String Quartet, Scott St. John (violin)

Adams, J: First Quartet II

Work length8:49

$1.30

$1.70

St Lawrence String Quartet (string quartet)

Adams, J: City Noir

Work length35:23

Album only

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson

I. The City and its Double

Track length13:47

Album only

II. The Song is for You

Track length9:22

$1.30

$1.70

III. Boulevard Night

Track length12:14

Album only

Adams, J: Saxophone Concerto

Work length27:39

Album only

Timothy McAllister (saxophone)
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson

I. Animato

Track length12:28

Album only

I. (Cont'd.) Moderato

Track length9:20

$1.30

$1.70

II. Molto vivo (a hard driving pulse)

Track length5:51

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Scheherazade.2

Work length47:35

Album only

Leila Josefowicz (violin)
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson

I. Tale of the Wise Young Woman-Pursuit by the True Believers

Track length15:00

Album only

II. A Long Desire (Love Scene)

Track length14:24

Album only

III. Scheherazade and the Men with Beards

Track length9:46

$1.30

$1.70

IV. Escape, Flight, Sanctuary

Track length8:25

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Violin Concerto

Work length33:07

Album only

Leila Josefowicz (violin)
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson

I. Quarter-note = 78

Track length14:45

Album only

II. Chaconne - Body Through Which the Dream Flows

Track length10:58

Album only

III. Toccare

Track length7:24

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Doctor Atomic: Overture

Work length5:10

$1.30

$1.70

BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Adams

Adams, J: Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1

Work length26:39

$13.00

$17.00

Gerald Finley (vocals), Brindley Sherratt (vocals), Andrew Staples (vocals)
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Adams

"The end of June 1945"

Track length4:18

$1.30

$1.70

"First of all, let me say"

Track length2:15

$1.30

$1.70

"We surround the plutonium core"

Track length1:42

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$1.70

"We are bedeviled by faulty detonators"

Track length1:31

$1.30

$1.70

"Many of us are inclined to say"

Track length2:26

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$1.70

"The nation's fate..."

Track length2:16

$1.30

$1.70

"This is a petition"

Track length2:42

$1.30

$1.70

"What if it's a dud?"

Track length2:02

$1.30

$1.70

"The test must go on as scheduled"

Track length3:20

$1.30

$1.70

"No, before the bomb is used"

Track length4:07

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2

Work length15:22

$3.90

$5.10

Gerald Finley (vocals), Julia Bullock (vocals)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Adams

"Am I in your light?"

Track length4:31

$1.30

$1.70

"Long let me inhale, deeply..."

Track length6:27

$1.30

$1.70

"The motive of it all was loneliness"

Track length4:24

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3

Work length30:44

$11.70

$15.30

Gerald Finley (vocals), Aubrey Allicock (vocals), Marcus Farnsworth (vocals), Samuel Sakker (vocals)
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Adams

Electrical storm

Track length2:17

$1.30

$1.70

"What the hell is wrong with the weather?"

Track length2:34

$1.30

$1.70

"Five hundred U.S. Superfortresses are raining bombs"

Track length4:06

$1.30

$1.70

"I'll sign the report, sir"

Track length1:18

$1.30

$1.70

"With respect, sir, anyone with two good eyes"

Track length3:00

$1.30

$1.70

"I have been preoccupied with many matters"

Track length2:32

$1.30

$1.70

"Get them out of here. From now on, I'm making my own weather predictions"

Track length4:05

$1.30

$1.70

"General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude"

Track length3:18

$1.30

$1.70

"Batter my heart"

Track length7:34

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1

Work length16:50

Album only

Julia Bullock (vocals), Jennifer Johnston (vocals)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Adams

"Easter Eve, 1945"

Track length11:59

Album only

Interlude - Rain over the Sangre de Cristo

Track length2:57

$1.30

$1.70

"In the north the cloud-flower blossoms"

Track length1:54

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2

Work length21:27

$9.10

$11.90

Aubrey Allicock (vocals), Gerald Finley (vocals), Andrew Staples (vocals), Julia Bullock (vocals), Brindley Sherratt (vocals), Marcus Farnsworth (vocals), Jennifer Johnston (vocals)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Adams

"It's midnight, Jack"

Track length5:11

$1.30

$1.70

"I've dreamed the same dream"

Track length2:48

$1.30

$1.70

"To the farthest west, the sea and the striped country"

Track length3:35

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"A delay in the Potsdam Ultimatum"

Track length1:00

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"Fermi is taking wagers"

Track length2:16

$1.30

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"I've spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies"

Track length3:36

$1.30

$1.70

"Edward, the test will be delayed an hour"

Track length3:01

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3

Work length20:49

$10.40

$13.60

Gerald Finley (vocals), Aubrey Allicock (vocals), Andrew Staples (vocals), Brindley Sherratt (vocals), Julia Bullock (vocals), Jennifer Johnston (vocals)
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Adams

Panic

Track length2:52

$1.30

$1.70

"This program has been plagued from the start"

Track length1:30

$1.30

$1.70

"To keep the weakness secret"

Track length2:11

$1.30

$1.70

"I just finished reading The Magic Mountain"

Track length2:15

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"The winter dawned, but the dead did not come back"

Track length1:53

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"And love, which contains all human spirit"

Track length3:00

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"The only saviors are the ham sandwiches"

Track length2:27

$1.30

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Chorus - "At the sight of this"

Track length4:41

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4

Work length19:44

$9.10

$11.90

Julia Bullock (vocals), Aubrey Allicock (vocals), Brindley Sherratt (vocals), Gerald Finley (vocals), Jennifer Johnston (vocals), Marcus Farnsworth (vocals)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers
John Adams

"Lieutenant Bush, keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer"

Track length1:32

$1.30

$1.70

"To what benevolent demon do I owe the joy of being thus surrounded"

Track length2:42

$1.30

$1.70

"That's their signal!"

Track length2:17

$1.30

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"The sky is clear to the east"

Track length2:59

$1.30

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"In the midnight, in the flame-brilliant midnight"

Track length3:06

$1.30

$1.70

"Zero minus two minutes"

Track length1:03

$1.30

$1.70

Countdown

Track length6:05

$1.30

$1.70

Adams, J: I Still Play

Work length5:22

$1.30

$1.70

Jeremy Denk (piano)

Adams, J: Scratchband

Work length14:56

Album only

Ensemble Modern
John Adams

John Adams - Collected Works

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