Nixon in China
Nixon in China (2009), CD, on Naxos. Music by John Adams, performed by Marin Alsop, Colorado Symphony, Yuan Chenye; 41 tracks.
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Tracklist
Disc 1
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 1: Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky (Chorus)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "Soldiers of heaven hold the sky" (Chorus)
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 1: The People are the Heroes Now (Chorus)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "The people are the heroes now" (Chorus)
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 1: Landing of the Spirit of '76
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. Landing of the Spirit of '76
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 1: Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope (Chou, Nixon)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "Your flight was smooth, I hope?" (Chou En-lai, Nixon)
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 1: News Has a Kind of Mystery (Nixon, Chou, Kissinger, Chorus)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "News has a kind of mystery:" (Nixon, Chou En-lai, Kissinger)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: Beginning - I Can't Talk Very Well. My Throat… (Mao, Nixon, Chou, Kissinger, 3 Secretaries)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: You Know We'll Meet With Your Confrere, the Democratic Candidate (Mao, Nixon, Kissinger)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: You've Said That There's a Certain Well-Known Tree (Chou, Nixon, Mao, Kissinger, 3 Secretaries)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: Founders Come First, Then Profiteers (Mao, 3 Secretaries, Nixon, Chou, Kissinger)
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 2: We No Longer Need Confucius (Mao, 3 Secretaries)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: We No Longer Need Confucius (Mao, 3 Secretaries)
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 2: Like the Ming Tombs (Nixon, 3 Secretaries, Mao, Chou)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: Like the Ming Tombs (Nixon, 3 Secretaries, Mao, Chou)
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 3: Beginning - The Night Is Young (Nixon, Pat, Chou, Kissinger, Chorus)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III: Beginning - The Night Is Young (Nixon, Pat, Chou, Kissinger, Chorus)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. "Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends," (Chou En-lai)
Disc 2
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 1: Beginning - I Don't Daydream and Don't look Back (Pat)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act II, Scene 1: Beginning - I Don't Daydream and Don't Look Back (Pat)
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 1: Look Down at the Earth (Chorus, Pat)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act II Scene 1: Look Down at the Earth (Chorus, Pat)
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 1: This Is Prophetic! (Pat)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. "This is prophetic!" (Pat Nixon)
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 1: At Last the Weather's Warming Up (Pat)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act II, Scene 1: At Last the Weather's Warming Up (Pat)
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 2: Beginning - Young as We Are (3 Secretaries)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. Opening (Chorus)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "Oh what a day / I thought I'd die!" (Kissinger (as Lao Szu), Chorus (as Wu Ching-hua))
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 2: Whip Her to Death! (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Pat, Nixon)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "Whip her to death!" (Kissinger (as Lao Szu), Pat Nixon, Nixon)
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 2: Tropical Storm: There There, There There (Pat)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: Tropical Storm: There There, There There (Pat)
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 2: Flesh Rebels (Chorus as Militia)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: Flesh Rebels (Chorus as Militia)
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 2: I Have My Brief (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Nixon)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: I Have My Brief (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Nixon)
Disc 3
Nixon in China: Act III: Some Men You Cannot Satisfy (Kissinger, Nixon, Pat, Chou, Chiang Ch'ing)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act III: Some Men You Cannot Satisfy (Kissinger, Nixon, Pat, Chou, Chiang Ch'ing)
Nixon in China: Act III: I Am No One (Mao, Chou, Kissinger, Chiang Ch'ing, Pat)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act III: I Am No One (Mao, Chou, Kissinger, Chiang Ch'ing, Pat)
Nixon in China: Act III: The Maos Dance (Chiang Ch'ing, Mao, Pat, Nixon, Chou)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act III: The Maos Dance (Chiang Ch'ing, Mao, Pat, Nixon, Chou)
Nixon in China: Act III: Sitting Around the Radio (Nixon, Pat)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act III: Sitting Around the Radio (Nixon, Pat)
Nixon in China: Act III: Let Us Examine What You Did (Mao, Chiang Ch'ing, Chou)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act III. "Let Us Examine What You Did." (Mao, Chiang Ch'ing, Chou En-lai)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act III: When I Woke Up I Dimly Realized the Jap Bombers Had Given Us a Miss (Nixon, Pat)
Nixon in China: Act III: I Have No Offspring (Chou, Mao, Chiang Ch'ing)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act III. "I have no offspring." (Chou En-lai, Mao, Chiang Ch'ing)
Nixon in China: Act III: I Can Keep Still (Chiang Ch'ing)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act III. "I Can Keep Still," (Chiang Ch'ing)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act III. "After that - / The sweat / Had soaked my uniform" (Nixon, Pat Nixon, Mao, Chou En-lai)
Nixon in China: Act III: Peking Watches the Stars (Chiang Ch'ing, Mao)
John Adams - Nixon in China: Act III. "Peking Watches the Stars," (Chiang Ch'ing, Mao)