John Adams
The John Adams Earbox
1999

CD 1
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Harmonium: I. Negative Love 10:34
2 Harmonium: II. Because I Could Not Stop for Death 9:43
3 Harmonium: III. Wild Nights 11:43
4 Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling 8:25
5 Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews 5:09
6 Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses 6:55
7 Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking 3:56
Total time 56:25
CD 2
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra) 12:37
2 Grand Pianola Music: First Movement 15:13
3 Grand Pianola Music: Second Movement 7:51
4 Grand Pianola Music: Third Movement: On the Dominant Divide 7:60
5 Fearful Symmetries 28:03
Total time 71:42
CD 3
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I: Opening 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 II: "The People Are the Heroes Now" 2:49
4 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: Landing of the Spirit of '76 2:23
5 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?" 1:19
6 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: "News Has a Kind of Mystery:" 7:09
7 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III: "Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends," 6:37
8 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III: "Mr. Premier, Distinguished Guests," 2:37
9 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III: Cheers 3:50
10 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I: "This Is Prophetic!" 8:32
11 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: Opening 2:54
12 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: "Oh What a Day / I Thought I'd Die!" 4:48
13 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: "Whip Her to Death!" 2:33
14 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: "I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-Tung" 6:34
15 Nixon in China: Act III: "Let Us Examine What You Did." 2:43
16 Nixon in China: Act III: "When I Woke Up" 1:21
17 Nixon in China: Act III: "I Have No Offspring." 1:55
18 Nixon in China: Act III: "I Can Keep Still," 2:11
19 Nixon in China: Act III: "After That - / The Sweat/ Had Soaked My Uniform" 2:28
20 Nixon in China: Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars," 2:43
21 Nixon in China: Act III: "You Won at Poker." 3:14
22 Nixon in China: Act III: "I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep" 4:24
Total time 78:47
CD 4
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 The Wound-Dresser 19:11
2 Christian Zeal and Activity 10:07
3 Five Songs, Part 1: Thoreau 1:56
4 Five Songs, Part 2: Down East 2:28
5 Five Songs, Part 3: Cradle Song 1:25
6 Five Songs, Part 4: At the River 1:17
7 Five Songs, Part 5: Serenity 2:02
8 Eros Piano 14:53
Total time 53:19
CD 5
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 The Death of Klinghoffer: Prologue: I. Chorus of the Exiled Palestinians 8:34
2 The Death of Klinghoffer: Prologue: II. Chorus of the Exiled Jews 8:33
3 The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: I. "It Was Just After 1:15" 8:09
4 The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: II. "My Grandson Didi, Who Was Two" 5:10
5 The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: III. "Give These Orders" 2:01
6 The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: IV. "So I Said to My Grandson" 1:18
7 The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: V. "We Are Sorry for You" 1:18
8 The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: VI. Night Chorus 3:39
9 The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: VII. Chorus of Hagar and the Angel 5:25
10 The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene I: I. "I've Never Been a Violent Man" 3:29
11 The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene I: II. "You Are Always Complaining of Your Suffering" 5:13
12 The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene II: I. Aria of the Falling Body (Gymnopédie) 7:24
13 The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene II: II. Day Chorus 4:31
Total time 64:44
CD 6
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Two Fanfares for Orchestra: I. Tromba Lontana 4:18
2 Two Fanfares for Orchestra: II. Short Ride in a Fast Machine 4:20
3 Common Tones in Simple Time 20:44
4 El Dorado, Part I: A Dream of Gold 12:40
5 El Dorado, Part II: Soledades 16:10
Total time 58:11
CD 7
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Harmonielehre: I. (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Edo de Waart) 17:13
2 Harmonielehre: II. The Anfortas Wound (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Edo de Waart) 12:25
3 Harmonielehre: III. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Edo de Waart) 10:42
4 Violin Concerto: I. (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Kent Nagano, violin: Gidon Kremer) 14:56
5 Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne: "Body Through Which the Dream Flows" (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Kent Nagano, violin: Gidon Kremer) 11:31
6 Violin Concerto: III. Toccare (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Kent Nagano, violin: Gidon Kremer) 7:40
Total time 74:26
CD 8
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Chamber Symphony: I. Mongrel Airs 7:50
2 Chamber Symphony: II. Aria With Walking Bass 8:13
3 Chamber Symphony: III. Roadrunner 5:51
4 Hoodoo Zephyr: Tundra 10:34
5 Hoodoo Zephyr: Disappointment Lake 8:15
6 Hoodoo Zephyr: Hoodoo Zephyr 10:31
7 Gnarly Buttons: I. The Perilous Shore 10:01
8 Gnarly Buttons: II. Hoe-Down (Mad Cow) 5:51
9 Gnarly Buttons: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me 8:32
Total time 75:38
CD 9
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Ensemble: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky 8:06
2 A Sermon on Romance 3:12
3 Consuelo's Dream 4:56
4 Mike's Song About Arresting a Particular Individual 3:22
5 Tiffany's Solo 4:52
6 Song About the On-Site Altercation 2:52
7 Song About the Bad Boys and the News 6:20
8 Your Honor My Client He's a Young Black Man 5:40
9 Leila's Song: Alone (Again or at Last) 4:18
10 Three Weeks and Still I'm Outta My Mind 5:12
11 Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On 4:38
12 Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise 5:30
13 ¡Este País! (This Country!) 4:27
14 One Last Look at the Angel in Your Eyes 2:01
15 Finale 4:36
Total time 70:02
CD 10
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Lollapalooza 6:47
2 John's Book of Alleged Dances: I. Judah to Ocean 2:34
3 John's Book of Alleged Dances: II. Toot Nipple 1:16
4 John's Book of Alleged Dances: III. Dogjam 2:35
5 John's Book of Alleged Dances: IV. Pavane: She's So Fine 6:34
6 John's Book of Alleged Dances: V. Rag the Bone 3:04
7 John's Book of Alleged Dances: VI. Habenera 4:49
8 John's Book of Alleged Dances: VII. Stubble Crotchet 2:44
9 John's Book of Alleged Dances: VIII. Hammer & Chisel 1:16
10 John's Book of Alleged Dances: IX. Alligator Escalator 3:55
11 John's Book of Alleged Dances: X. Ständchen: The Little Serenade 4:59
12 John's Book of Alleged Dances: XI. Judah to Ocean (reprise) 2:39
13 Slonimsky's Earbox 13:21
Total time 56:33



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