John Adams – Collected Works (FLAC)

Composer: John Adams
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Nonesuch
Catalogue: 7559793229
Release: 2022
Size: 7.18 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover

CD 01
01. Harmonielehre, Pt. I
02. Harmonielehre, Pt. II: the Anfortas Wound
03. Harmonielehre, Pt. III: Meister Eckhardt and Quackie

CD 02
01. The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
02. Christian Zeal and Activity
03. Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Tromba Lontana
04. Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
05. Common Tones in Simple Time

CD 03
01. Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: Beginning
02. Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: “Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky”
03. Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: “The People Are the Heroes Now”
04. Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: Landing of the Spirit of ’76
05. Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: “Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?”
06. Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: “News Has a Kind of Mystery”
07. Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: Beginning
08. Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: “You Know We’ll Meet with Your Confrere The Democratic Candidate
09. Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: “You’ve Said That There’s a Certain Well-known Tree”
10. Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: “Founders Come First, then Profiteers”
11. Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: “We No Longer Need Confucius”
12. Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: “Like the Ming Tombs”
13. Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 3: Beginning
14. Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 3: “Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends”
15. Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 3: “Mr. Premier, Distinguished Guests”
16. Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 3: Cheers

CD 04
01. Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 1: Beginning
02. Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 1: “Look Down at the Earth”
03. Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 1: “This Is Prophetic!”
04. Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 1: “At Last the Weather’s Warming up”
05. Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: Beginning
06. Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: “Oh What a Day I Thought I’d Die!”
07. Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: “Whip Her to Death!”
08. Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: Tropical Storm
09. Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: “Flesh Rebels”
10. Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: “I Have My Brief”
11. Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: “It Seems so Strange”
12. Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: “I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung”

CD 05
01. Nixon in China, Act III: Beginning
02. Nixon in China, Act III: “Some Men You Cannot Satisfy”
03. Nixon in China, Act III: “I Am No One”
04. Nixon in China, Act III: The Maos Dance
05. Nixon in China, Act III: “Sitting around the Radio”
06. Nixon in China, Act III: “Let Us Examine What You Did”
07. Nixon in China, Act III: “When I Woke Up”
08. Nixon in China, Act III: “I Have No Offspring”
09. Nixon in China, Act III: “I Can Keep Still”
10. Nixon in China, Act III: “After that the Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform”
11. Nixon in China, Act III: “Peking Watches the Stars”
12. Nixon in China, Act III: “You Won at Poker”
13. Nixon in China, Act III: “I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep”

CD 06
01. The Wound-Dresser
02. Fearful Symmetries

CD 07
01. The Unanswered Question (Late Version)
02. Five Songs: Thoreau
03. Five Songs: Down East
04. Five Songs: Cradle Song
05. Five Songs: At The River
06. Five Songs: Serenity
07. Fog Tropes
08. Madame Press Died Last Week At Ninety
09. Eros Piano
10. Elegy In Memory Of Maurice Ravel

CD 08
01. The Death of Klinghoffer, Prologue: Chorus of Exiled Palestinians
02. The Death of Klinghoffer, Prologue: Chorus of Exiled Jews
03. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: “It was just after 1:15”
04. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: “My Grandson Didi, who was two”
05. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: “Give these orders”
06. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: “So I said to my grandson”
07. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: “We are sorry for you”
08. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: Ocean Chorus
09. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: “Now it is night”
10. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: “I think if you could talk like this”
11. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: “I have often reflected that this is no ship”
12. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: “I kept my distance”
13. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: “Those birds flying above us”
14. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: Night Chorus

CD 09
01. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: Hagar Chorus
02. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: “Come here. Look.”
03. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: “I’ve never been a violent man”
04. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: “You are always complaining of your suffering”
05. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: “I must have been hysterical”
06. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: “It is as if our earthly life were spent miserably”
07. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: Desert Chorus
08. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: “My one consolation”
09. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: Klinghoffer’s Death
10. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: “Every fifteen minutes, one more will be shot”
11. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: Aria of the Falling Body (Gymnopédie)
12. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: Day Chorus
13. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: “Mrs. Klinghoffer, please sit down.”
14. The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: “You embraced them!”

CD 10
01. Coast
02. Disappointment Lake
03. Tourist Song
04. Tundra
05. Bump
06. Cerulean
07. Hoodoo Zephyr

CD 11
01. Chamber Symphony: I. Mongrel Airs
02. Chamber Symphony: II. Aria with Walking Bass
03. Chamber Symphony: III. Roadrunner
04. Grand Pianola Music: Pt. IA
05. Grand Pianola Music: Pt. IB
06. Grand Pianola Music: On the Dominant Divide

CD 12
01. Violin Concerto: I. Quarter note = 78
02. Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne – “Body through which the dream flows”
03. Violin Concerto: III. Toccare
04. Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling
05. Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews
06. Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses
07. Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking

CD 13
01. El Dorado: Pt. I. A Dream of Gold
02. El Dorado: Pt. II. Soledades
03. Berceuse elegiaque (des Mannes Wiegenlied am Sarge seiner Mutter)
04. The Black Gondola

CD 14
01. John’s Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean
02. John’s Book Of Alleged Dances: Toot Nipple
03. John’s Book Of Alleged Dances: Dogjam
04. John’s Book Of Alleged Dances: Pavane – She’s So Fine
05. John’s Book Of Alleged Dances: Rag the Bone
06. John’s Book Of Alleged Dances: Habanera
07. John’s Book Of Alleged Dances: Stubble Crotchet
08. John’s Book Of Alleged Dances: Hammer and Chisel
09. John’s Book Of Alleged Dances: Alligator Escalator
10. John’s Book Of Alleged Dances – Ständchen: The Little Serenade
11. John’s Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean (reprise)
12. Gnarly Buttons: The Perilous Shore
13. Gnarly Buttons: II. Hoe-down (Mad Cow)
14. Gnarly Buttons: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me

CD 15
01. I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
02. A Sermon on Romance
03. Consuelo’s Dream
04. Mike’s Song about Arresting a Particular Individual
05. Tiffany’s Solo
06. Song About The On-Site Altercation
07. Song About The Bad Boys And The News
08. Your Honor My Client He’s A Young Black Man
09. Leila’s song: Alone (Again or at Last)
10. Three Weeks and Still I’m Outta My Mind
11. Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On
12. Dewain’s Song of Liberation and Surprise
13. ¡Este Pais! / This Country
14. One Last Look at the Angel in your Eyes
15. Finale

CD 16
01. Harmonium: I. Negative Love
02. Harmonium: II. Because I Could Not Stop for Death
03. Harmonium: III. Wild Nights

CD 17
01. Century Rolls: I. First Movement
02. Century Rolls: II. Manny’s Gym
03. Century Rolls: III. Hail Bop
04. Lollapalooza
05. Slonimsky’s Earbox

CD 18
01. El Niño: I Sing of a Maiden
02. El Niño: Hail Mary, Gracious!
03. El Niño: La Annunciacion
04. El Niño: For with God Nothing Shall Be Impossible
05. El Niño: The Babe Leaped in Her Womb
06. El Niño: Magnificat
07. El Niño: Now She Was Sixteen Years Old
08. El Niño: Joseph’s Dream
09. El Niño: Shake the Heavens
10. El Niño: Se Habla De Gabriel
11. El Niño: The Christmas Star

CD 19
01. El Niño: Pues Mi Dios Ha Nacido A Penar
02. El Niño: When Herod Heard
03. El Niño: Woe Unto Them That Call Evil Good
04. El Niño: And the Star Went Before Them
05. El Niño: The Three Kings
06. El Niño: And When They Were Departed
07. El Niño: Dawn Air
08. El Niño: And He Slew All the Children
09. El Niño: Memorial Del Tlateloloco
10. El Niño: In the Day of the Great Slaughter
11. El Niño: Pues Esta Tiritando
12. El Niño: Jesus and the Dragons
13. El Niño: A Palm Tree

CD 20
01. Naïve and Sentimental Music: I. Naive and Sentimental Music
02. Naïve and Sentimental Music: II. Mother of the Man
03. Naive and Sentimental Music: Pt. III – Chain to the Rhythm

CD 21
01. Road Movies: I. Relaxed Groove
02. Road Movies: II. Meditative
03. Road Movies: III. 40% Swing
04. Hallelujah Junction: 1st Movemen
05. Hallelujah Junction: 2nd Movemen
06. Hallelujah Junction: 3rd Movemen
07. China Gates
08. American Berserk
09. Phrygian Gates, Pt. 1
10. Phrygian Gates, Pt. 2 (A System of Weights and Measures)
11. Phrygian Gates, Pt. 3

CD 22
01. On the Transmigration of Souls

CD 23
01. The Dharma at Big Sur, Pt. I: A New Day
02. The Dharma at Big Sur, Pt. II: Sri Moonshine

CD 24
01. My Father Knew Charles Ives: I. Concord
02. My Father Knew Charles Ives: II. The Lake
03. My Father Knew Charles Ives: III. The Mountain

CD 25
01. A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 1: “Children, / I Want To Tell You a Story”
02. A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 1: “One Morning”
03. A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 1: Kumudha’s Prayer
04. A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 2: “¡Lindas flores!”
05. A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 2: “Kumudha and Her Sister”
06. A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 3: Audience with the King
07. A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 3: “Mamá Mamá, ¿Por qué nos pegas?”
08. A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 4 – The Wedding: “Serving in Endless Bounty”
09. A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 4 – The Wedding: “They Brought Her to Me”
10. A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 4 – The Wedding: “Bride and Groom”
11. A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 4 – The Wedding: “The Bride Sunk Her Face”

CD 26
01. A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 1: Orchestral Prelude—”The King’s Elder Daughter”
02. A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 2: “You Are Cruel”
03. A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 2: “Kumudha Once More”
04. A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 2: “Days Passed”
05. A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 3: “Before I Laughed with Him Nightly”
06. A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 4: “Kumudha and the Beggar Minstrels”
07. A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 5: “We Had All But Forgotten You, Prince”
08. A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 5: The Prince Recognizes Kumudha
09. A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 5: Kumudha’s Final Transformation

CD 27
01. Doctor Atomic Symphony: I. The Laboratory
02. Doctor Atomic Symphony: II. Panic
03. Doctor Atomic Symphony: III. Trinity
04. Guide to Strange Places

CD 28
01. Son of Chamber Symphony I
02. Son of Chamber Symphony II
03. Son of Chamber Symphony III
04. First Quartet I
05. First Quartet II

CD 29
01. City Noir: I. The City and its Double
02. City Noir: II. The Song is for You
03. City Noir: III. Boulevard Night
04. Saxophone Concerto: I. Animato
05. Saxophone Concerto: I. (Cont’d.) Moderato
06. Saxophone Concerto: II. Molto vivo (a hard driving pulse)

CD 30
01. Scheherazade 2: I. Tale of the Wise Young Woman-Pursuit by the True Believers
02. Scheherazade 2: II. A Long Desire (Love Scene)
03. Scheherazade 2: III. Scheherazade and the Men with Beards
04. Scheherazade 2: IV. Escape, Flight, Sanctuary

CD 31
01. Violin Concerto: I. Quarter-note = 78
02. Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne – Body Through Which the Dream Flows
03. Violin Concerto: III. Toccare

CD 32
01. Doctor Atomic: Overture
02. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: “The end of June 1945”
03. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: “First of all, let me say”
04. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: “We surround the plutonium core”
05. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: “We are bedeviled by faulty detonators”
06. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: “Many of us are inclined to say”
07. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: “The nation’s fate…”
08. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: “This is a petition”
09. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: “What if it’s a dud?”
10. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: “The test must go on as scheduled”
11. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: “No, before the bomb is used”
12. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: “Am I in your light?”
13. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: “Long let me inhale, deeply…”
14. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: “The motive of it all was loneliness”
15. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: Electrical storm
16. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: “What the hell is wrong with the weather?”
17. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: “Five hundred U.S. Superfortresses are raining bombs”
18. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: “I’ll sign the report, sir”
19. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: “With respect, sir, anyone with two good eyes”
20. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: “I have been preoccupied with many matters”
21. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: “Get them out of here. From now on, I’m making my own weather predictions”
22. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: “General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude”
23. Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: “Batter my heart”

CD 33
01. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: “Easter Eve, 1945”
02. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: Interlude – Rain over the Sangre de Cristo
03. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: “In the north the cloud-flower blossoms”
04. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: “It’s midnight, Jack”
05. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: “I’ve dreamed the same dream”
06. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: “To the farthest west, the sea and the striped country”
07. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: “A delay in the Potsdam Ultimatum”
08. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: “Fermi is taking wagers”
09. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: “I’ve spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies”
10. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: “Edward, the test will be delayed an hour”
11. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: Panic
12. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: “This program has been plagued from the start”
13. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: “To keep the weakness secret”
14. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: “I just finished reading The Magic Mountain”
15. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: “The winter dawned, but the dead did not come back”
16. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: “And love, which contains all human spirit”
17. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: “The only saviors are the ham sandwiches”
18. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: Chorus – “At the sight of this”
19. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: “Lieutenant Bush, keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer”
20. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: “To what benevolent demon do I owe the joy of being thus surrounded”
21. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: “That’s their signal!”
22. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: “The sky is clear to the east”
23. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: “In the midnight, in the flame-brilliant midnight”
24. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: “Zero minus two minutes”
25. Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: Countdown

CD 34
01. I Still Play
02. Scratchband

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