J. Adams
J. Adams: Two Fanfares for Orchestra
"Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?"
James Maddalena · Sanford Sylvan · Orchestra of St. Luke's · Edo de Waart
"News Has a Kind of Mystery"
Edo de Waart · Sanford Sylvan · Thomas Hammons · Orchestra of St. Luke's · James Maddalena
Beginning
Edo de Waart · Orchestra of St. Luke's · James Maddalena · John Duykers · Sanford Sylvan · Thomas Hammons
"You Know We'll Meet with Your Confrere The Democratic Candidate
John Duykers · Edo de Waart · Thomas Hammons · James Maddalena · Orchestra of St. Luke's
"You've Said That There's a Certain Well-known Tree"
Orchestra of St. Luke's · James Maddalena · John Duykers · Sanford Sylvan · Edo de Waart · Thomas Hammons
"Founders Come First, then Profiteers"
John Duykers · Edo de Waart · James Maddalena · Orchestra of St. Luke's · Thomas Hammons
"We No Longer Need Confucius"
James Maddalena · Orchestra of St. Luke's · John Duykers · Edo de Waart
"Like the Ming Tombs"
Thomas Hammons · Sanford Sylvan · Marion Dry · Orchestra of St. Luke's · Edo de Waart · James Maddalena · John Duykers · Mari Opatz
Beginning
Carolann Page · Orchestra of St. Luke's · Edo de Waart · Sanford Sylvan · Thomas Hammons · James Maddalena
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends"
Sanford Sylvan · Edo de Waart · Orchestra of St. Luke's
Cheers
Carolann Page · James Maddalena · Edo de Waart · Sanford Sylvan · Orchestra of St. Luke's · Thomas Hammons
"Oh What a Day I Thought I'd Die!"
Thomas Hammons · Orchestra of St. Luke's · Edo de Waart · Carolann Page
J. Adams: Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2
"It Seems so Strange"
Edo de Waart · James Maddalena · Trudy Ellen Craney · Orchestra of St. Luke's · Carolann Page
"Some Men You Cannot Satisfy"
Sanford Sylvan · Trudy Ellen Craney · James Maddalena · Orchestra of St. Luke's · Thomas Hammons · Carolann Page · Edo de Waart
"I Am No One"
Carolann Page · Sanford Sylvan · Trudy Ellen Craney · James Maddalena · John Duykers · Edo de Waart · Thomas Hammons · Orchestra of St. Luke's
The Maos Dance
Edo de Waart · James Maddalena · Orchestra of St. Luke's · John Duykers · Sanford Sylvan · Trudy Ellen Craney · Carolann Page
"Let Us Examine What You Did"
Orchestra of St. Luke's · Edo de Waart · John Duykers · Sanford Sylvan · Trudy Ellen Craney
"After that the Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform"
Sanford Sylvan · Edo de Waart · James Maddalena · Orchestra of St. Luke's · John Duykers · Carolann Page
"Peking Watches the Stars"
Trudy Ellen Craney · John Duykers · Edo de Waart · Orchestra of St. Luke's
The Wound-Dresser
Naoko Tanaka · John Adams · Chris Gekker · Sanford Sylvan · Orchestra of St. Luke's
J. Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I
"It was just after 1:15"
Kent Nagano · James Maddalena · Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon
"My Grandson Didi, who was two"
James Maddalena · Thomas Hammons · Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon · Janice Felty · Kent Nagano
"Give these orders"
Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon · Thomas Young · Kent Nagano · Janice Felty
"So I said to my grandson"
Kent Nagano · Janice Felty · Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon · Thomas Young
"We are sorry for you"
Kent Nagano · Eugene Perry · Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon · James Maddalena
J. Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I
"I think if you could talk like this"
Kent Nagano · Eugene Perry · James Maddalena · Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon
"I have often reflected that this is no ship"
Kent Nagano · James Maddalena · Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon
"I kept my distance"
Kent Nagano · Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon · Janice Felty
"Those birds flying above us"
Kent Nagano · Eugene Perry · Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon
J. Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II
"Come here. Look."
Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon · James Maddalena · Kent Nagano · Thomas Young
"I've never been a violent man"
Sanford Sylvan · Kent Nagano · Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon
"You are always complaining of your suffering"
Kent Nagano · Thomas Hammons · Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon
J. Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II
"I must have been hysterical"
Kent Nagano · Janice Felty · Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon
"It is as if our earthly life were spent miserably"
Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon · Kent Nagano
J. Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II
"My one consolation"
Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon · Sheila Nadler · Kent Nagano · Thomas Young
"Every fifteen minutes, one more will be shot"
Kent Nagano · Eugene Perry · Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon · Thomas Hammons · Thomas Young · James Maddalena
Aria of the Falling Body (Gymnopédie)
Sanford Sylvan · Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon · Kent Nagano · Eugene Perry
J. Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II
"Mrs. Klinghoffer, please sit down."
Kent Nagano · The Opera De Lyon · Chorus of the Royal Opera House · James Maddalena
"You embraced them!"
Chorus of the Royal Opera House · The Opera De Lyon · Sheila Nadler · Kent Nagano
J. Adams
II. Chaconne - "Body through which the dream flows"
Judah to Ocean (reprise)
Kronos Quartet · John Sherba · David Harrington · Hank Durt · Joan Jeanrenaud
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
John Adams · Marin Mazzie · Audra McDonald · Michael McElroy · Richard Muenz · Darius de Haas
A Sermon on Romance
John Adams · Audra McDonald · Darius de Haas · Michael McElroy · Richard Muenz · Marin Mazzie
Consuelo's Dream
John Adams · Marin Mazzie · Audra McDonald · Darius de Haas · Richard Muenz · Michael McElroy
Mike's Song about Arresting a Particular Individual
John Adams · Audra McDonald · Darius de Haas · Marin Mazzie · Richard Muenz · Michael McElroy
Tiffany's Solo
John Adams · Marin Mazzie · Richard Muenz · Audra McDonald · Darius de Haas · Michael McElroy
Song About The On-Site Altercation
John Adams · Darius de Haas · Richard Muenz · Michael McElroy · Marin Mazzie · Audra McDonald
Song About The Bad Boys And The News
John Adams · Audra McDonald · Darius de Haas · Michael McElroy · Richard Muenz · Marin Mazzie
Your Honor My Client He's A Young Black Man
John Adams · Audra McDonald · Darius de Haas · Marin Mazzie · Michael McElroy · Richard Muenz
Alone (Again or at Last)
John Adams · Richard Muenz · Marin Mazzie · Michael McElroy · Audra McDonald · Darius de Haas
Three Weeks and Still I'm Outta My Mind
John Adams · Marin Mazzie · Audra McDonald · Darius de Haas · Richard Muenz · Michael McElroy
Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On
John Adams · Darius de Haas · Richard Muenz · Michael McElroy · Marin Mazzie · Audra McDonald
Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise
John Adams · Marin Mazzie · Audra McDonald · Darius de Haas · Michael McElroy · Richard Muenz
¡Este Pais! / This Country
John Adams · Audra McDonald · Richard Muenz · Michael McElroy · Darius de Haas · Marin Mazzie
One Last Look at the Angel in your Eyes
John Adams · Darius de Haas · Marin Mazzie · Michael McElroy · Richard Muenz · Audra McDonald
Finale
John Adams · Darius de Haas · Richard Muenz · Audra McDonald · Marin Mazzie · Michael McElroy
II. Because I Could Not Stop for Death
J. Adams: Century Rolls
J. Adams: El Niño
I Sing of a Maiden
Kent Nagano · The London Voices · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Theatre of Voices
Hail Mary, Gracious!
Dawn Upshaw · Kent Nagano · Patrick Marco · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Theatre of Voices
La Annunciacion
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Kent Nagano · Patrick Marco · Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
For with God Nothing Shall Be Impossible
Patrick Marco · The London Voices · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Kent Nagano
The Babe Leaped in Her Womb
Patrick Marco · The London Voices · Kent Nagano · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Theatre of Voices
Magnificat
Patrick Marco · The London Voices · Kent Nagano · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Theatre of Voices · Dawn Upshaw
Now She Was Sixteen Years Old
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Theatre of Voices · Patrick Marco · Willard White · Kent Nagano · Dawn Upshaw
Joseph's Dream
Kent Nagano · Patrick Marco · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Theatre of Voices · Willard White
Shake the Heavens
Patrick Marco · The London Voices · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Theatre of Voices · Willard White · Kent Nagano · Lorraine Hunt Lieberson · Dawn Upshaw
Se Habla De Gabriel
Patrick Marco · Kent Nagano · Lorraine Hunt Lieberson · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Willard White · Dawn Upshaw
The Christmas Star
Kent Nagano · Willard White · The London Voices · Lorraine Hunt Lieberson · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Theatre of Voices · Dawn Upshaw · Patrick Marco
Pues Mi Dios Ha Nacido A Penar
Patrick Marco · The London Voices · Kent Nagano · Lorraine Hunt Lieberson · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
When Herod Heard
Willard White · Kent Nagano · Patrick Marco · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Theatre of Voices
Woe Unto Them That Call Evil Good
Willard White · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Kent Nagano · The London Voices
And the Star Went Before Them
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Dawn Upshaw · Kent Nagano · Willard White · Lorraine Hunt Lieberson · Patrick Marco
The Three Kings
Dawn Upshaw · Patrick Marco · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Theatre of Voices · Kent Nagano
And When They Were Departed
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Kent Nagano · Patrick Marco · The London Voices
And He Slew All the Children
Kent Nagano · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Patrick Marco · The London Voices
Memorial Del Tlateloloco
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Kent Nagano · Dawn Upshaw · Patrick Marco · The London Voices
In the Day of the Great Slaughter
The London Voices · Kent Nagano · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Patrick Marco
Pues Esta Tiritando
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Lorraine Hunt Lieberson · Patrick Marco · The London Voices · Kent Nagano · Willard White
Jesus and the Dragons
Patrick Marco · Dawn Upshaw · Kent Nagano · Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin · Theatre of Voices
J. Adams: Naïve and Sentimental Music
On the Transmigration of Souls
"Children, / I Want To Tell You a Story"
Eric Owens · John Adams · London Symphony Orchestra · Russell Thomas · Jessica Rivera
Kumudha's Prayer
Eric Owens · John Adams · Jessica Rivera · London Symphony Orchestra · Russell Thomas
“¡Lindas flores!”
London Symphony Orchestra · John Adams · Schola Cantorum de Venezuela · Russell Thomas · Jessica Rivera · Eric Owens
"Kumudha and Her Sister"
Russell Thomas · John Adams · London Symphony Orchestra · Schola Cantorum de Venezuela · Eric Owens · Jessica Rivera
Audience with the King
Schola Cantorum de Venezuela · London Symphony Orchestra · Eric Owens · John Adams · Russell Thomas · Jessica Rivera
"Mamá Mamá, ¿Por qué nos pegas?"
London Symphony Orchestra · John Adams · Schola Cantorum de Venezuela · Eric Owens · Russell Thomas · Jessica Rivera
"Serving in Endless Bounty"
London Symphony Orchestra · John Adams · Russell Thomas · Jessica Rivera · Eric Owens
"They Brought Her to Me"
John Adams · London Symphony Orchestra · Jessica Rivera · Russell Thomas · Eric Owens
"Bride and Groom"
Jessica Rivera · London Symphony Orchestra · John Adams · Eric Owens · Russell Thomas
"The Bride Sunk Her Face"
London Symphony Orchestra · Eric Owens · John Adams · Russell Thomas · Jessica Rivera
Orchestral Prelude—"The King's Elder Daughter"
Schola Cantorum de Venezuela · Eric Owens · London Symphony Orchestra · John Adams · Jessica Rivera · Russell Thomas
"You Are Cruel"
Jessica Rivera · London Symphony Orchestra · John Adams · Russell Thomas · Eric Owens
"Kumudha Once More"
John Adams · Jessica Rivera · Eric Owens · Schola Cantorum de Venezuela · London Symphony Orchestra · Russell Thomas
"Days Passed"
Eric Owens · London Symphony Orchestra · Schola Cantorum de Venezuela · John Adams · Jessica Rivera · Russell Thomas
"Before I Laughed with Him Nightly"
John Adams · Jessica Rivera · London Symphony Orchestra · Eric Owens · Russell Thomas
"Kumudha and the Beggar Minstrels"
London Symphony Orchestra · Jessica Rivera · John Adams · Schola Cantorum de Venezuela · Eric Owens · Russell Thomas
"We Had All But Forgotten You, Prince"
London Symphony Orchestra · Eric Owens · John Adams · Jessica Rivera · Russell Thomas
The Prince Recognizes Kumudha
London Symphony Orchestra · Schola Cantorum de Venezuela · Russell Thomas · John Adams · Eric Owens · Jessica Rivera
Kumudha's Final Transformation
John Adams · Schola Cantorum de Venezuela · London Symphony Orchestra · Russell Thomas · Eric Owens · Jessica Rivera
J. Adams: Doctor Atomic Symphony
J. Adams
I. Tale of the Wise Young Woman-Pursuit by the True Believers
III. Scheherazade and the Men with Beards
II. Chaconne - Body Through Which the Dream Flows
"We are bedeviled by faulty detonators"
"Many of us are inclined to say"
"This is a petition"
"What if it's a dud?"
"The test must go on as scheduled"
"No, before the bomb is used"
"The motive of it all was loneliness"
"What the hell is wrong with the weather?"
BBC Symphony Orchestra · Gerald Finley · Aubrey Allicock · Marcus Farnsworth · John Adams
"Five hundred U.S. Superfortresses are raining bombs"
BBC Symphony Orchestra · Gerald Finley · Aubrey Allicock · Marcus Farnsworth · John Adams
"I'll sign the report, sir"
Aubrey Allicock · BBC Symphony Orchestra · Gerald Finley · John Adams · Marcus Farnsworth
"With respect, sir, anyone with two good eyes"
Samuel Sakker · BBC Symphony Orchestra · John Adams · Gerald Finley · Aubrey Allicock
"I have been preoccupied with many matters"
Aubrey Allicock · Samuel Sakker · Gerald Finley · BBC Symphony Orchestra · John Adams
"Get them out of here. From now on, I'm making my own weather predictions"
BBC Symphony Orchestra · John Adams · Aubrey Allicock
"General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude"
BBC Symphony Orchestra · Aubrey Allicock · John Adams · Gerald Finley
"I've dreamed the same dream"
"To the farthest west, the sea and the striped country"
"A delay in the Potsdam Ultimatum"
Aubrey Allicock · John Adams · BBC Symphony Orchestra · Jennifer Johnston
"Fermi is taking wagers"
Brindley Sherratt · John Adams · BBC Symphony Orchestra · Aubrey Allicock · Gerald Finley
"I've spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies"
"Edward, the test will be delayed an hour"
Gerald Finley · John Adams · BBC Symphony Orchestra · Marcus Farnsworth · Aubrey Allicock · Brindley Sherratt · Jennifer Johnston
"This program has been plagued from the start"
BBC Singers · BBC Symphony Orchestra · Aubrey Allicock · Gerald Finley · John Adams
"To keep the weakness secret"
"I just finished reading The Magic Mountain"
"The winter dawned, but the dead did not come back"
"And love, which contains all human spirit"
"The only saviors are the ham sandwiches"
Aubrey Allicock · Gerald Finley · John Adams · Brindley Sherratt · BBC Symphony Orchestra
"Lieutenant Bush, keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer"
Brindley Sherratt · BBC Symphony Orchestra · Aubrey Allicock · John Adams
"To what benevolent demon do I owe the joy of being thus surrounded"
"The sky is clear to the east"
"In the midnight, in the flame-brilliant midnight"
J. Adams
J. Adams: Scratchband