Nixon in China
Album by John Adams, Alice Goodman; Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Edo de Waart
Released 1988
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. BeginningJohn Adams2:53
- 2Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "Soldiers of heaven hold the sky"John Adams2:48
- 3Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "The people are the heroes now"John Adams2:49
- 4Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "Landing of the Spirit of '76"John Adams2:22
- 5Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "Your flight was smooth, I hope?"John Adams1:19
- 6Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "News has a kind of mystery"John Adams7:03
- 7Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. BeginningJohn Adams4:05
- 8Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "You know we'll meet with your confrere the Democratic candidate if he should win"John Adams2:22
- 9Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "You've said that there's a certain well-known tree"John Adams2:44
- 10Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "Founders come first, then profiteers"John Adams6:52
- 11Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "We no longer need confucius"John Adams3:03
- 12Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "Like the Ming Tombs"John Adams5:17
- 13Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. BeginningJohn Adams6:13
- 14Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. "Ladies and gentlemen, Comrades and friends"John Adams6:37
- 15Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. "Mr. Premier, distinguished guests"John Adams2:36
- 16Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. CheersJohn Adams3:45
- CD 2
- 1Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. BeginningJohn Adams3:34
- 2Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. "Look down at the earth"John Adams5:26
- 3Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. "This is prophetic!"John Adams8:32
- 4Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. "At last the weather's warming up"John Adams3:03
- 5Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. BeginningJohn Adams2:53
- 6Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "Oh what a day I thought I'd die!"John Adams4:47
- 7Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "Whip her to death!"John Adams2:29
- 8Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. Tropical stormJohn Adams4:44
- 9Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "Flesh rebels"John Adams3:08
- 10Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "I have my brief"John Adams1:05
- 11Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "It seems so strange"John Adams2:51
- 12Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung"John Adams6:29
- CD 3
- 1Nixon in China: Act III. BeginningJohn Adams1:10
- 2Nixon in China: Act III. "Some men you cannot satisfy"John Adams3:17
- 3Nixon in China: Act III. "I am no one"John Adams4:01
- 4Nixon in China: Act III. The Maos danceJohn Adams2:00
- 5Nixon in China: Act III. "Sitting around the radio"John Adams1:16
- 6Nixon in China: Act III. "Let us examine what you did"John Adams2:43
- 7Nixon in China: Act III. "When I woke up, I dimly realized the Jap Bombers had given us a miss"John Adams1:20
- 8Nixon in China: Act III. "I have no offspring"John Adams1:54
- 9Nixon in China: Act III. "I can keep still"John Adams2:11
- 10Nixon in China: Act III. "After that the sweat had soaked my uniform"John Adams2:28
- 11Nixon in China: Act III. "Peking watches the stars"John Adams2:43
- 12Nixon in China: Act III. "You won at poker"John Adams3:13
- 13Nixon in China: Act III. "I am old and I cannot sleep"John Adams4:24
More by John Adams, Alice Goodman, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Edo de Waart
Release credits
- soprano vocals [1.13, 1.16, 2.1-4, 2.7-8, 2.11, 3.2-5, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12]
- choir vocals [2.2, 2.5-6, 2.9, 2.11, 1.2-3, 1.13, 1.16]
- conductor
- baritone vocals [1.5-10, 1.12-13, 1.15-16, 2.7, 2.10-11, 3.2, 3.4-5, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12]
- tenor vocals [1.7-12, 3.3-4, 3.6, 3.8, 3.10-11]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [2.11, 1.7, 1.9-12]
- contralto vocals [7, 9-12], soprano vocals [11]
- performing orchestra
- baritone vocals [1.5-7, 1.9-10, 1.12-14, 1.16, 3.2-4, 3.6, 3.8, 3.10, 3.13]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [7, 9-12], soprano vocals [11]
- bass-baritone vocals [1.6-10, 1.13, 1.16, 3.2-3, 2.6-7, 2.10]
- soprano vocals [2.11-12, 3.2-4, 3.6, 3.8-9, 3.11]
Issues
N3x CD1988