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John Adams - Nixon In China Mp3

John Adams Europe Elektra Nonesuch Opera Contemporary 1988

Performer: John Adams
Album: Nixon In China
Label: Elektra Nonesuch
Catalog #: 7559-79177-2, 979 177-2
MP3: 1988 mb | FLAC: 1994 mb
Released: Apr 1988
Country: Europe
Style: Opera, Contemporary
Rating: 4.5/5
Votes: 636
Category: Classical

Tracklist

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

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
9 79177-2, 79177-2	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 ‎(3xCD)	Elektra Nonesuch	9 79177-2, 79177-2	US	1988
9 79177-1, 979 177-1	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, Elektra Nonesuch	9 79177-1, 979 177-1	Europe	1988

Credits

Alto Vocals – Barbara Rearick, Jay Ann Lee, Karen Leigh , Mary Runyan Marathe, Patty Davis , Ruth Porter
Baritone Vocals [Chou En-Lai] – Sanford Sylvan
Baritone Vocals [Henry Kissinger] – Thomas Hammons
Baritone Vocals [Richard Nixon] – James Maddalena
Bass – John Feeney, John T. Kulowitsch
Bass Clarinet, Clarinet – Gerhardt Koch
Bass Vocals – Christopher Arneson, Frank Curtis , Joseph Shockler, Leslie Dorsey , Roger Andrews , Todd Thomas
Cello – Karl Bennion, Myron Lutzke, Rosalyn Clarke
Cello [Co-Principal] – Maxine Neuman
Chorus – Chorus Of St. Luke's
Chorus Master [Chorus Of St. Luke's] – Conoley E. Ballard, Jr.
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – David Stanton
Clarinet, Clarinet [E-Flat Clarinet] – William Blount
Composed By – John Adams
Conductor – Edo De Waart
Contractor [Chorus Contractor] [Chorus Of St. Luke's] – Jacqueline Pierce
Directed By [Artistic Director] [Orchestra Of St. Luke's] – Michael Feldman
Directed By [Associate Music Director] [Orchestra Of St. Luke's] – Louise Schulman
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
Flute, Piccolo Flute [Piccolo] – Sheryl Henze, Timothy Malosh
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
Oboe – Stephen Taylor
Oboe, English Horn – Melanie Feld
Orchestra – Orchestra Of St. Luke's
Percussion – Randall Maz
Piano – Edmund Niemann, Martin Goldray
Producer – Wilhelm Hellweg
Producer [Production Assistant] – Jennifer Keats
Production Manager [Orchestra Of St. Luke's] – Howard Jang
Saxophone – Albert Regni, Lawrence Feldman, Roger Rosenberg, Ted Nash
Soprano Vocals – Dana Hanchard, Judy Berry, Karen Grahn, Lorraine Kelley, Michele McBride, Sharon Daniels
Soprano Vocals [Chiang Ch'ing (Madame Mao Tse-Tung )] – Trudy Ellen Craney
Soprano Vocals [Pat Nixon] – Carolann Page
Synthesizer [Yamaha HX-1 Synthesizer] – John McGinn
Tenor Vocals – Edgar Moore , James Bassi, Martin Pierce, Mukund Marathe, Rodne Brown
Tenor Vocals [Mao Tse-Tung] – John Duykers
Trombone – John Rojak, Kenneth Finn, Michael Powell
Trumpet – Carl Albach, Chris Gekker, Susan Radcliffe
Viola – Jennie Hansen, Louise Schulman, Stephanie Fricker
Violin – Amy Hiraga, Anca Nicolau, Mayuki Fukuhara, Mineko Yajima

Notes

Card slipcase.
Thick 3CD jewel case.
Booklet (66 pages).

Recorded December 1987 at RCA Studio A, New York City
Mixed January 1988 at Soundmirror, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts