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John Adams / Alice Goodman, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Edo De Waart - Nixon In China

John Adams / Alice Goodman, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Edo De Waart - Nixon In China

Musician: John Adams
Album title: Nixon In China
Style: Opera, Contemporary
Released: 1988
Country: US
Size MP3 version: 1380 mb
Size APE version: 1651 mb
Size WMA version: 1189 mb
Rating ✫: 4.2
Votes: 252
Format: TTA MPC AU MIDI VQF ASF MP4
Genre: Classical

John Adams / Alice Goodman, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Edo De Waart - Nixon In China


Tracklist

Act I, Scene I
1-1 (Beginning) 2:53
1-2 "Soldiers Of Heaven Hold The Sky" 2:48
1-3 "The People Are The Heroes Now" 2:49
1-4 Landing Of The Spirit Of '76 2:23
1-5 "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?" 1:19
1-6 "News Has A Kind Of Mystery:" 7:03
Act I, Scene II
1-7 (Beginning) 4:05
1-8 "You Know We'll Meet With Your Confrere The Democratic Candidate" 2:23
1-9 "You've Said That There's A Certain Well-Known Tree" 2:44
1-10 "Founders Come First, Then Profiteers." 6:53
1-11 "We No Longer Need Confucius." 3:03
1-12 "Like The Ming Tombs." 5:18
Act I, Scene III
1-13 (Beginning) 6:14
1-14 "Ladies And Gentlemen, Comrades And Friends," 6:37
1-15 "Mr. Premier, Distinguished Guests," 2:37
1-16 Cheers 3:45
Act II, Scene I
2-1 (Beginning) 3:34
2-2 "Look Down At The Earth," 5:26
2-3 "This Is Prophetic!" 8:32
2-4 "At Last The Weather's Warming Up." 3:03
Act II, Scene II
2-5 (Beginning) 2:54
2-6 "Oh What A Day I Thought I'd Die!" 4:48
2-7 "Whip Her To Death!" 2:29
2-8 Tropical Storm 4:45
2-9 "Flesh Rebels" 3:08
2-10 "I Have My Brief" 1:05
2-11 "It Seems So Strange" 2:52
2-12 "I Am The Wife Of Mao Tse-Tung 6:30
Act III
3-1 (Beginning) 1:10
3-2 "Some Men You Cannot Satisfy." 3:17
3-3 "I Am No One." 4:02
3-4 The Maos Dance 2:00
3-5 "Sitting Around The Radio" 1:17
3-6 "Let Us Examine What You Did." 2:43
3-7 "When I Woke Up I Dimly Realized The Jap Bombers Had Given Us A Miss-" 1:21
3-8 "I Have No Offspring." 1:54
3-9 "I Can Keep Still," 2:12
3-10 "After That The Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform" 2:28
3-11 "Peking Watches The Stars," 2:43
3-12 "You Won At Poker." 3:14
3-13 "I Am Old And I Cannot Sleep" 4:24

Credits

  • Baritone Vocals [Chou En-lai] – Sanford Sylvan
  • Baritone Vocals [Henry Kissinger] – Thomas Hammons
  • Baritone Vocals [Richard Nixon] – James Maddalena
  • Chorus – Chorus Of St. Luke's
  • Composed By – John Adams
  • Conductor – Edo De Waart
  • Directed By [Original Production] – Peter Sellars
  • Engineer [Assistant Recording Engineer], Edited By [Tape Editor] – Henk Kooistra
  • Engineer [Balance Engineer] – John Newton
  • Executive-Producer – Robert Hurwitz
  • Libretto By – Alice Goodman
  • Liner Notes [Editorial Direction] – Joseph Horowitz
  • Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Nancy T'ang ( First Secretary To Mao )] – Mari Opatz
  • Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Second Secretary To Mao] – Stephanie Friedman
  • Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Third Secretary To Mao] – Marion Dry
  • Orchestra – Orchestra Of St. Luke's
  • Producer – Wilhelm Hellweg
  • Producer [Production Assistant] – Jennifer Keats
  • Soprano Vocals [Chiang Ch'ing ( Madame Mao Tse-tung )] – Trudy Ellen Craney
  • Soprano Vocals [Pat Nixon] – Carolann Page
  • Tenor Vocals [Mao Tse-tung] – John Duykers

Notes

℗ & © 1988 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records,
A Division of Warner Communications Inc., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10019,
9229 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90069.
Printed in U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 0 7559-79177-2 7
  • Barcode (String): 075597917727

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
9 79177-1 John Adams / Alice Goodman, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Edo de Waart John Adams / Alice Goodman, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Edo de Waart - Nixon In China (An Opera In Three Acts) ‎(3xLP + Box) Elektra Nonesuch 9 79177-1 US 1988
79177-2 John Adams / Alice Goodman, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Edo de Waart, Peter Sellars John Adams / Alice Goodman, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Edo de Waart, Peter Sellars - Nixon In China (An Opera In Three Acts) ‎(3xCD, RE + Box, RE) Nonesuch 79177-2 US 2011
7559-79177-2, 979 177-2 John Adams Nixon In China ‎(3xCD, Album + Box) Elektra Nonesuch, Elektra Nonesuch 7559-79177-2, 979 177-2 Europe 1988
9 79177-1 John Adams, Alice Goodman, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Edo de Waart John Adams, Alice Goodman, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Edo de Waart - Nixon In China (An Opera In Three Acts) ‎(3xLP + Box) Elektra Nonesuch 9 79177-1 Europe 1988

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