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Collected Works
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Collected Works

John Adams

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Tracklist

  • Harmonielehre, Pt. I
  • Harmonielehre, Pt. II: the Anfortas Wound
  • Harmonielehre, Pt. III: Meister Eckhardt and Quackie
  • The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
  • Christian Zeal and Activity
  • Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Tromba Lontana
  • Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
  • Common Tones in Simple Time
  • Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: Beginning
  • Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky"
  • Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "The People Are the Heroes Now"
  • Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: Landing of the Spirit of '76
  • Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?"
  • Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "News Has a Kind of Mystery"
  • Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: Beginning
  • Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: "You Know We'll Meet with Your Confrere The Democratic Candidate
  • Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: "You've Said That There's a Certain Well-known Tree"
  • Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: "Founders Come First, then Profiteers"
  • Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: "We No Longer Need Confucius"
  • Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: "Like the Ming Tombs"
  • Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 3: Beginning
  • Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 3: "Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends"
  • Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 3: "Mr. Premier, Distinguished Guests"
  • Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 3: Cheers
  • Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 1: Beginning
  • 26Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 1: "Look Down at the Earth"
  • 27Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 1: "This Is Prophetic!"
  • 28Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 1: "At Last the Weather's Warming up"
  • 29Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: Beginning
  • 30Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "Oh What a Day I Thought I'd Die!"
  • 31Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "Whip Her to Death!"
  • 32Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: Tropical Storm
  • 33Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "Flesh Rebels"
  • 34Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "I Have My Brief"
  • 35Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "It Seems so Strange"
  • 36Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung"
  • 37Nixon in China, Act III: Beginning
  • 38Nixon in China, Act III: "Some Men You Cannot Satisfy"
  • 39Nixon in China, Act III: "I Am No One"
  • 40Nixon in China, Act III: The Maos Dance
  • 41Nixon in China, Act III: "Sitting around the Radio"
  • 42Nixon in China, Act III: "Let Us Examine What You Did"
  • 43Nixon in China, Act III: "When I Woke Up"
  • 44Nixon in China, Act III: "I Have No Offspring"
  • 45Nixon in China, Act III: "I Can Keep Still"
  • 46Nixon in China, Act III: "After that the Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform"
  • 47Nixon in China, Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars"
  • 48Nixon in China, Act III: "You Won at Poker"
  • 49Nixon in China, Act III: "I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep"
  • 50The Wound-Dresser
  • 51Fearful Symmetries
  • 52The Unanswered Question (Late Version)
  • 53Five Songs: Thoreau
  • 54Five Songs: Down East
  • 55Five Songs: Cradle Song
  • 56Five Songs: At The River
  • 57Five Songs: Serenity
  • 58Fog Tropes
  • 59Madame Press Died Last Week At Ninety
  • 60Eros Piano
  • 61Elegy In Memory Of Maurice Ravel
  • 62The Death of Klinghoffer, Prologue: Chorus of Exiled Palestinians
  • 63The Death of Klinghoffer, Prologue: Chorus of Exiled Jews
  • 64The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "It was just after 1:15"
  • 65The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "My Grandson Didi, who was two"
  • 66The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "Give these orders"
  • 67The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "So I said to my grandson"
  • 68The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "We are sorry for you"
  • 69The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: Ocean Chorus
  • 70The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "Now it is night"
  • 71The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "I think if you could talk like this"
  • 72The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "I have often reflected that this is no ship"
  • 73The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "I kept my distance"
  • 74The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "Those birds flying above us"
  • 75The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: Night Chorus
  • 76The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: Hagar Chorus
  • 77The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "Come here. Look."
  • 78The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "I've never been a violent man"
  • 79The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "You are always complaining of your suffering"
  • 80The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "I must have been hysterical"
  • 81The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "It is as if our earthly life were spent miserably"
  • 82The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: Desert Chorus
  • 83The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "My one consolation"
  • 84The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: Klinghoffer's Death
  • 85The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "Every fifteen minutes, one more will be shot"
  • 86The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: Aria of the Falling Body (Gymnopédie)
  • 87The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: Day Chorus
  • 88The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "Mrs. Klinghoffer, please sit down."
  • 89The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "You embraced them!"
  • 90Coast
  • 91Disappointment Lake
  • 92Tourist Song
  • 93Tundra
  • 94Bump
  • 95Cerulean
  • 96Hoodoo Zephyr10:18
  • 97Chamber Symphony: I. Mongrel Airs
  • 98Chamber Symphony: II. Aria with Walking Bass
  • 99Chamber Symphony: III. Roadrunner
  • 100Grand Pianola Music: Pt. IA
  • 101Grand Pianola Music: Pt. IB
  • 102Grand Pianola Music: On the Dominant Divide
  • 103Violin Concerto: I. Quarter note = 78
  • 104Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne - "Body through which the dream flows"
  • 105Violin Concerto: III. Toccare
  • 106Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling
  • 107Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews
  • 108Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses
  • 109Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking
  • 110El Dorado: Pt. I. A Dream of Gold
  • 111El Dorado: Pt. II. Soledades
  • 112Berceuse elegiaque (des Mannes Wiegenlied am Sarge seiner Mutter)
  • 113The Black Gondola
  • 114John's Book of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean
  • 115John's Book of Alleged Dances: Toot Nipple
  • 116John's Book of Alleged Dances: Dogjam
  • 117John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Pavane - She's So Fine
  • 118John's Book of Alleged Dances: Rag the Bone
  • 119John's Book of Alleged Dances: Habanera
  • 120John's Book of Alleged Dances: Stubble Crotchet
  • 121John's Book of Alleged Dances: Hammer and Chisel
  • 122John's Book of Alleged Dances: Alligator Escalator
  • 123John's Book of Alleged Dances: Ständchen: The Little Serenade
  • 124John's Book of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean (Reprise)
  • 125Gnarly Buttons: The Perilous Shore
  • 126Gnarly Buttons: II. Hoe-down (Mad Cow)
  • 127Gnarly Buttons: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me
  • 128I Was Looking At The Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
  • 129A Sermon on Romance
  • 130Consuelo's Dream
  • 131Mike's Song about Arresting a Particular Individual
  • 132Tiffany's Solo
  • 133Song About The On-Site Altercation
  • 134Song About The Bad Boys And The News
  • 135Your Honor My Client He's A Young Black Man
  • 136Leila's song: Alone (Again or at Last)
  • 137Three Weeks and Still I'm Outta My Mind
  • 138Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On
  • 139Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise
  • 140¡Este Pais! / This Country
  • 141One Last Look at the Angel in your Eyes
  • 142Finale
  • 143Harmonium: I. Negative Love
  • 144Harmonium: II. Because I Could Not Stop for Death
  • 145Harmonium: III. Wild Nights
  • 146Century Rolls: I. First Movement
  • 147Century Rolls: II. Manny's Gym
  • 148Century Rolls: III. Hail Bop
  • 149Lollapalooza
  • 150Slonimsky's Earbox
  • 151El Niño: I Sing of a Maiden
  • 152El Niño: Hail Mary, Gracious!
  • 153El Niño: La Annunciacion
  • 154El Niño: For with God Nothing Shall Be Impossible
  • 155El Niño: The Babe Leaped in Her Womb
  • 156El Niño: Magnificat
  • 157El Niño: Now She Was Sixteen Years Old
  • 158El Niño: Joseph's Dream
  • 159El Niño: Shake the Heavens
  • 160El Niño: Se Habla De Gabriel
  • 161El Niño: The Christmas Star
  • 162El Niño: Pues Mi Dios Ha Nacido A Penar
  • 163El Niño: When Herod Heard
  • 164El Niño: Woe Unto Them That Call Evil Good
  • 165El Niño: And the Star Went Before Them
  • 166El Niño: The Three Kings
  • 167El Niño: And When They Were Departed
  • 168El Niño: Dawn Air
  • 169El Niño: And He Slew All the Children
  • 170El Niño: Memorial Del Tlateloloco
  • 171El Niño: In the Day of the Great Slaughter
  • 172El Niño: Pues Esta Tiritando
  • 173El Niño: Jesus and the Dragons
  • 174El Niño: A Palm Tree
  • 175Naïve and Sentimental Music: I. Naive and Sentimental Music
  • 176Naïve and Sentimental Music: II. Mother of the Man
  • 177Naive and Sentimental Music: Pt. III - Chain to the Rhythm
  • 178Road Movies: I. Relaxed Groove
  • 179Road Movies: II. Meditative
  • 180Road Movies: III. 40% Swing
  • 181Hallelujah Junction: 1st Movement
  • 182Hallelujah Junction: 2nd Movement
  • 183Hallelujah Junction: 3rd Movement
  • 184China Gates4:34
  • 185American Berserk6:08
  • 186Phrygian Gates, Pt. 1
  • 187Phrygian Gates, Pt. 2 (A System of Weights and Measures)
  • 188Phrygian Gates, Pt. 3
  • 189On the Transmigration of Souls
  • 190The Dharma at Big Sur, Pt. I: A New Day
  • 191The Dharma at Big Sur, Pt. II: Sri Moonshine
  • 192My Father Knew Charles Ives: I. Concord
  • 193My Father Knew Charles Ives: II. The Lake
  • 194My Father Knew Charles Ives: III. The Mountain
  • 195A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 1: "Children, / I Want To Tell You a Story"
  • 196A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 1: "One Morning"
  • 197A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 1: Kumudha's Prayer
  • 198A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 2: “¡Lindas flores!”
  • 199A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 2: "Kumudha and Her Sister"
  • 200A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 3: Audience with the King
  • 201A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 3: "Mamá Mamá, ¿Por qué nos pegas?"
  • 202A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 4 - The Wedding: "Serving in Endless Bounty"
  • 203A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 4 - The Wedding: "They Brought Her to Me"
  • 204A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 4 - The Wedding: "Bride and Groom"
  • 205A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 4 - The Wedding: "The Bride Sunk Her Face"
  • 206A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 1: Orchestral Prelude—"The King's Elder Daughter"
  • 207A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 2: "You Are Cruel"
  • 208A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 2: "Kumudha Once More"
  • 209A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 2: "Days Passed"
  • 210A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 3: "Before I Laughed with Him Nightly"
  • 211A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 4: "Kumudha and the Beggar Minstrels"
  • 212A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 5: "We Had All But Forgotten You, Prince"
  • 213A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 5: The Prince Recognizes Kumudha
  • 214A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 5: Kumudha's Final Transformation
  • 215Doctor Atomic Symphony: I. The Laboratory
  • 216Doctor Atomic Symphony: II. Panic
  • 217Doctor Atomic Symphony: III. Trinity
  • 218Guide to Strange Places
  • 219Son of Chamber Symphony I
  • 220Son of Chamber Symphony II
  • 221Son of Chamber Symphony III
  • 222First Quartet I
  • 223First Quartet II
  • 224City Noir: I. The City and its Double
  • 225City Noir: II. The Song is for You
  • 226City Noir: III. Boulevard Night
  • 227Saxophone Concerto: I. Animato
  • 228Saxophone Concerto: I. (Cont'd.) Moderato
  • 229Saxophone Concerto: II. Molto vivo (a hard driving pulse)
  • 230Scheherazade 2: I. Tale of the Wise Young Woman-Pursuit by the True Believers
  • 231Scheherazade 2: II. A Long Desire (Love Scene)
  • 232Scheherazade 2: III. Scheherazade and the Men with Beards
  • 233Scheherazade 2: IV. Escape, Flight, Sanctuary
  • 234Violin Concerto: I. Quarter-note = 78
  • 235Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne - Body Through Which the Dream Flows
  • 236Violin Concerto: III. Toccare
  • 237Doctor Atomic: Overture
  • 238Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "The end of June 1945"
  • 239Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "First of all, let me say"
  • 240Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "We surround the plutonium core"
  • 241Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "We are bedeviled by faulty detonators"
  • 242Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "Many of us are inclined to say"
  • 243Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "The nation's fate..."
  • 244Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "This is a petition"
  • 245Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "What if it's a dud?"
  • 246Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "The test must go on as scheduled"
  • 247Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "No, before the bomb is used"
  • 248Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: "Am I in your light?"
  • 249Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: "Long let me inhale, deeply..."
  • 250Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: "The motive of it all was loneliness"
  • 251Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: Electrical storm
  • 252Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "What the hell is wrong with the weather?"
  • 253Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Five hundred U.S. Superfortresses are raining bombs"
  • 254Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "I'll sign the report, sir"
  • 255Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "With respect, sir, anyone with two good eyes"
  • 256Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "I have been preoccupied with many matters"
  • 257Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Get them out of here. From now on, I'm making my own weather predictions"
  • 258Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude"
  • 259Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Batter my heart"
  • 260Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: "Easter Eve, 1945"
  • 261Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: Interlude - Rain over the Sangre de Cristo
  • 262Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: "In the north the cloud-flower blossoms"
  • 263Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "It's midnight, Jack"
  • 264Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "I've dreamed the same dream"
  • 265Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "To the farthest west, the sea and the striped country"
  • 266Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "A delay in the Potsdam Ultimatum"
  • 267Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "Fermi is taking wagers"
  • 268Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "I've spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies"
  • 269Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "Edward, the test will be delayed an hour"
  • 270Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: Panic
  • 271Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "This program has been plagued from the start"
  • 272Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "To keep the weakness secret"
  • 273Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "I just finished reading The Magic Mountain"
  • 274Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "The winter dawned, but the dead did not come back"
  • 275Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "And love, which contains all human spirit"
  • 276Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "The only saviors are the ham sandwiches"
  • 277Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: Chorus - "At the sight of this"
  • 278Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "Lieutenant Bush, keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer"
  • 279Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "To what benevolent demon do I owe the joy of being thus surrounded"
  • 280Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "That's their signal!"
  • 281Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "The sky is clear to the east"
  • 282Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "In the midnight, in the flame-brilliant midnight"
  • 283Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "Zero minus two minutes"
  • 284Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: Countdown
  • 285I Still Play
  • 286Scratchband

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