John Adams
Nixon in China (Colorado Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Marin Alsop)
2009

CD 1
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Act I Scene 1: Beginning (Orchestra) 2:44
2 Act I Scene 1: Soldiers of heaven hold the sky (Chorus) 2:45
3 Act I Scene 1: The people are the heroes now (Chorus) 2:50
4 Act I Scene 1: Landing of the Spirit of '76 (Orchestra) 2:33
5 Act I Scene 1: Your flight was smooth, I hope (Chou, Nixon) 1:26
6 Act I Scene 1: News has a kind of mystery (Nixon, Chou, Kissinger, Chorus) 7:29
7 Act I Scene 2: Beginning (Mao, Nixon, Chou, Kissinger, Secretaries) 4:19
8 Act I Scene 2: You know we'll meet with your confrere, the Democratic candidate (Mao, Nixon, Kissinger) 2:40
9 Act I Scene 2: You've Said That There's a Certain Well-known Tree (Chou, Nixon, Mao, Kissinger, Secretaries) 2:48
10 Act I Scene 2: Founders come first, then profiteers (Mao, 3 Secretaries, Nixon, Chou, Kissinger) 7:25
11 Act I Scene 2: We no longer need Confucius (Mao, 3 Secretaries) 3:09
12 Act I Scene 2: Like the Ming Tombs (Nixon, 3 Secretaries, Mao, Chou) 5:39
13 Act I Scene 3: Beginning (Nixon, Pat, Chou, Kissinger, Chorus) 6:27
14 Act I Scene 3: Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends (Chou, Chorus, Pat, Kissinger) 6:60
15 Act I Scene 3: Mr. Premier, distinguished guests (Nixon, Chorus) 2:48
16 Act I Scene 3: Cheers! (Chorus, Nixon, Chou, Pat, Kissinger) 4:16
Total time 66:20
CD 2
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Act II Scene 1: Beginning (Pat) 3:47
2 Act II Scene 1: Look Down at the Earth (Chorus, Pat) 5:51
3 Act II Scene 1: This is Prophetic! (Pat) 7:58
4 Act II Scene 1: At Last the Weather's Warming Up (Pat) 3:19
5 Act II Scene 2: Beginning (Secretaries) 3:02
6 Act II Scene 2: Oh, What a Day (Kissinger, Pat) 4:41
7 Act II Scene 2: Whip Her to Death (Kissinger, Pat, Nixon) 2:58
8 Act II Scene 2: Tropical Storm (Pat) 4:57
9 Act II Scene 2: Flesh Rebels (Chorus) 3:09
10 Act II Scene 2: I Have My Brief (Kissinger, Nixon) 1:11
11 Act II Scene 2: It Seems so Strange (Mao's Wife, Pat, Nixon) 3:02
12 Act II Scene 2: I am the Wife of Mao Tse-Tung (Mao's Wife) 7:05
Total time 51:02
CD 3
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Act III Scene 1: Beginning (Orchestra) 1:08
2 Act III Scene 1: Some Men You Cannot Satisfy (Kissinger, Nixon, Pat) 3:09
3 Act III Scene 1: I Am No One (Mao, Chou, Kissinger) 3:47
4 Act III Scene 1: The Maos Dance (Mao's Wife, Mao, Pat, Nixon) 2:05
5 Act III Scene 1: Sitting around the Radio (Nixon, Pat) 1:17
6 Act III Scene 1: Let Us Examine What You Did (Mao, Mao's Wife) 2:55
7 Act III Scene 1: When I Woke Up (Nixon, Pat) 1:22
8 Act III Scene 1: I Have No Offspring (Chou, Mao, Mao's Wife) 2:05
9 Act III Scene 1: I Can Keep Still (Mao's Wife) 3:14
10 Act III Scene 1: The Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform (Nixon, Mao, etc) 2:55
11 Act III Scene 1: Peking Watches the Stars (Pat, Nixon, Mao, Mao's Wife) 3:30
12 Act III Scene 1: You Won at Poker (Mao's Wife, Mao, Pat, Nixon) 4:02
13 Act III Scene 1: I am Old and I Cannot Sleep (Chou) 4:57
Total time 36:25



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