John Adams
Nixon in China (Orchestra of St. Luke's feat. conductor: Edo De Waart)
1988

CD 1
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. Beginning 2:53
2 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "Soldiers of heaven hold the sky" 2:48
3 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "The people are the heroes now" 2:49
4 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "Landing of the Spirit of '76" 2:23
5 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "Your flight was smooth, I hope?" 1:19
6 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "News has a kind of mystery" 7:03
7 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. Beginning 4:05
8 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "You know we'll meet with your confrere the Democratic candidate if he should win" 2:23
9 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "You've said that there's a certain well-known tree" 2:44
10 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "Founders come first, then profiteers" 6:53
11 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "We no longer need confucius" 3:03
12 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "Like the Ming Tombs" 5:18
13 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. Beginning 6:14
14 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. "Ladies and gentlemen, Comrades and friends" 6:37
15 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. "Mr. Premier, distinguished guests" 2:37
16 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. Cheers 3:45
Total time 62:54
CD 2
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. Beginning 3:34
2 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. "Look down at the earth" 5:26
3 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. "This is prophetic!" 8:32
4 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. "At last the weather's warming up" 3:03
5 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. Beginning 2:54
6 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "Oh what a day I thought I'd die!" 4:48
7 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "Whip her to death!" 2:30
8 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. Tropical storm 4:45
9 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "Flesh rebels" 3:08
10 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "I have my brief" 1:05
11 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "It seems so strange" 2:52
12 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung" 6:30
Total time 49:07
CD 3
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Nixon in China: Act III. Beginning 1:11
2 Nixon in China: Act III. "Some men you cannot satisfy" 3:17
3 Nixon in China: Act III. "I am no one" 4:01
4 Nixon in China: Act III. The Maos dance 2:01
5 Nixon in China: Act III. "Sitting around the radio" 1:16
6 Nixon in China: Act III. "Let us examine what you did" 2:43
7 Nixon in China: Act III. "When I woke up, I dimly realized the Jap Bombers had given us a miss" 1:21
8 Nixon in China: Act III. "I have no offspring" 1:55
9 Nixon in China: Act III. "I can keep still" 2:11
10 Nixon in China: Act III. "After that the sweat had soaked my uniform" 2:28
11 Nixon in China: Act III. "Peking watches the stars" 2:43
12 Nixon in China: Act III. "You won at poker" 3:14
13 Nixon in China: Act III. "I am old and I cannot sleep" 4:24
Total time 32:46



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