John ADAMS Nixon In China 3CDs

Description:

C'te. Orth, Kanyova, Hammons, Opera Colorado SO & Ch/ Alsop (Nx) libretto

Track Listing:

CD1

Adams, John
Goodman, Alice, lyricist(s)
Nixon in China
Orth, Robert, baritone
Kanyova, Maria, soprano
Hammons, Thomas, bass-baritone
Heller, Marc, tenor
Dahl, Tracy, soprano
Yuan, Chen-Ye, baritone
Malde, Melissa, mezzo-soprano
Simson, Julie, mezzo-soprano
DeDominici, Jennifer, mezzo-soprano
Opera Colorado Chorus
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Alsop, Marin, Conductor

1. Act I Scene 1: Beginning 00:02:46
2. Act I Scene 1: Soldiers of heaven hold the sky (Chorus) 00:02:45
3. Act I Scene 1: The people are the heroes now (Chorus) 00:02:51
4. Act I Scene 1: Landing of the Spirit of '76 00:02:34
5. Act I Scene 1: Your flight was smooth, I hope (Chou, Nixon) 00:01:25
6. Act I Scene 1: News has a kind of mystery (Nixon, Chou, Kissinger, Chorus) 00:07:29
7. Act I Scene 2: Beginning - I can't talk very well. My throat… (Mao, Nixon, Chou, Kissinger, 3 Secretaries) 00:04:19
8. Act I Scene 2: You know we'll meet with your confrere, the Democratic candidate (Mao, Nixon, Kissinger) 00:02:40
9. Act I Scene 2: You've said that there's a certain well - known tree (Chou, Nixon, Mao, Kissinger, 3 Secretaries) 00:02:48
10. Act I Scene 2: Founders come first, then profiteers (Mao, 3 Secretaries, Nixon, Chou, Kissinger) 00:07:25
11. Act I Scene 2: We no longer need Confucius (Mao, 3 Secretaries) 00:03:10
12. Act I Scene 2: Like the Ming Tombs (Nixon, 3 Secretaries, Mao, Chou) 00:05:34
13. Act I Scene 3: Beginning - The night is young (Nixon, Pat, Chou, Kissinger, Chorus) 00:06:32
14. Act I Scene 3: Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends (Chou, Chorus, Pat, Kissinger) 00:07:00
15. Act I Scene 3: Mr. Premier, distinguished guests (Nixon, Chorus) 00:02:48
16. Act I Scene 3: Cheers! (Chorus, Nixon, Chou, Pat, Kissinger) 00:04:16

CD2
Adams, John
Goodman, Alice, lyricist(s)
Nixon in China
1. Act II Scene 1: Beginning - I don't daydream and don't look back (Pat) 00:03:49
2. Act II Scene 1: Look down at the earth (Chorus, Pat, 3 Secretaries) 00:05:51
3. Act II Scene 1: This is prophetic! (Pat) 00:07:58
4. Act II Scene 1: At last the weather's warming up (Pat, Chorus) 00:03:19
5. Act II Scene 2: Beginning - Young as we are (3 Secretaries) 00:03:02
6. Act II Scene 2: O what a day I thought I'd die! (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Chorus as Ching - hua, 3 Secretaries, Pat) 00:04:41
7. Act II Scene 2: Whip her to death! (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Pat, Nixon) 00:02:58
8. Act II Scene 2: Tropical Storm: There there, there there (Pat) 00:04:57
9. Act II Scene 2: Flesh Rebels (Chorus as Militia) 00:03:09
10. Act II Scene 2: I have my brief (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Nixon) 00:01:11
11. Act II Scene 2: It seems so strange (Chorus as Ching - hua, Chiang Ch'ing, Pat, Nixon, 3 Secretaries) 00:03:02
12. Act II Scene 2: I am the wife of Mao Tse - tung (Chiang Ch'ing, Chorus) 00:07:05

CD3
Adams, John
Goodman, Alice, lyricist(s)
1. Act III: Beginning 00:01:10
2. Act III: Some men you cannot satisfy (Kissinger, Nixon, Pat, Chou, Chiang Ch'ing) 00:03:09
3. Act III: I am no one (Mao, Chou, Kissinger, Chiang Ch'ing, Pat) 00:03:47
4. Act III: The Maos Dance (Chiang Ch'ing, Mao, Pat, Nixon, Chou) 00:02:05
5. Act III: Sitting around the radio (Nixon, Pat) 00:01:17
6. Act III: Let us examine what you did (Mao, Chiang Ch'ing, Chou) 00:02:55
7. Act III: When I woke up I dimly realized the Jap Bombers had given us a miss (Nixon, Pat) 00:01:22
8. Act III: I have no offspring (Chou, Mao, Chiang Ch'ing) 00:02:05
9. Act III: I can keep still (Chiang Ch'ing) 00:03:14
10. Act III: After that the sweat had soaked my uniform (Nixon, Pat, Chiang Ch'ing, Mao, Chou) 00:02:55
11. Act III: Peking watches the stars (Chiang Ch'ing, Mao) 00:03:30
12. Act III: You won at poker (Pat, Nixon, Chiang Ch'ing, Mao) 00:04:02
13. Act III: I am old and I cannot sleep (Chou) 00:04:57

Total Playing Time: 02:33:52