The John Adams Earbox

Album by John Adams

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Harmonium: I. Negative Love
    10:32
  2. 2.
    Harmonium: II. Because I Could Not Stop for Death
    9:41
  3. 3.
    Harmonium: III. Wild Nights
    11:43
  4. 4.
    Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling
    8:25
  5. 5.
    Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews
    5:08
  6. 6.
    Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses
    6:54
  7. 7.
    Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking
    3:56

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
    12:36
  2. 3.
    Grand Pianola Music: First Movement
    15:12
  3. 4.
    Grand Pianola Music: Second Movement
    7:50
  4. 5.
    Grand Pianola Music: Third Movement: On the Dominant Divide
    7:59
  5. 6.
    Fearful Symmetries
    28:02

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I: Opening
    2:53
  2. 4.
    Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I: "Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky"
    2:48
  3. 5.
    Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: "The People Are the Heroes Now"
    2:49
  4. 6.
    Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: Landing of the Spirit of '76
    2:22
  5. 7.
    Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?"
    1:19
  6. 8.
    Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: "News Has a Kind of Mystery:"
    7:09
  7. 9.
    Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III: "Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends,"
    6:37
  8. 10.
    Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III: "Mr. Premier, Distinguished Guests,"
    2:36
  9. 11.
    Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III: Cheers
    3:50
  10. 12.
    Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I: "This Is Prophetic!"
    8:31
  11. 13.
    Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: Opening
    2:53
  12. 14.
    Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: "Oh What a Day / I Thought I'd Die!"
    4:48
  13. 15.
    Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: "Whip Her to Death!"
    2:33
  14. 16.
    Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: "I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-Tung"
    6:33
  15. 17.
    Nixon in China: Act III: "Let Us Examine What You Did."
    2:43
  16. 18.
    Nixon in China: Act III: "When I Woke Up"
    1:20
  17. 19.
    Nixon in China: Act III: "I Have No Offspring."
    1:54
  18. 20.
    Nixon in China: Act III: "I Can Keep Still,"
    2:11
  19. 21.
    Nixon in China: Act III: "After That - / The Sweat/ Had Soaked My Uniform"
    2:28
  20. 22.
    Nixon in China: Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars,"
    2:42
  21. 23.
    Nixon in China: Act III: "You Won at Poker."
    3:14
  22. 24.
    Nixon in China: Act III: "I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep"
    4:24

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    The Wound-Dresser
    19:11
  2. 5.
    Christian Zeal and Activity
    10:06
  3. 6.
    Five Songs, Part 1: Thoreau
    1:56
  4. 7.
    Five Songs, Part 2: Down East
    2:28
  5. 8.
    Five Songs, Part 3: Cradle Song
    1:25
  6. 9.
    Five Songs, Part 4: At the River
    1:16
  7. 10.
    Five Songs, Part 5: Serenity
    2:02
  8. 11.
    Eros Piano
    14:52

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    The Death of Klinghoffer: Prologue: I. Chorus of the Exiled Palestinians
    8:34
  2. 6.
    The Death of Klinghoffer: Prologue: II. Chorus of the Exiled Jews
    8:33
  3. 7.
    The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: I. "It Was Just After 1:15"
    8:09
  4. 8.
    The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: II. "My Grandson Didi, Who Was Two"
    5:10
  5. 9.
    The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: III. "Give These Orders"
    2:01
  6. 10.
    The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: IV. "So I Said to My Grandson"
    1:17
  7. 11.
    The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: V. "We Are Sorry for You"
    1:17
  8. 12.
    The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: VI. Night Chorus
    3:38
  9. 13.
    The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: VII. Chorus of Hagar and the Angel
    5:24
  10. 14.
    The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene I: I. "I've Never Been a Violent Man"
    3:28
  11. 15.
    The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene I: II. "You Are Always Complaining of Your Suffering"
    5:13
  12. 16.
    The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene II: I. Aria of the Falling Body (Gymnopédie)
    7:23
  13. 17.
    The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene II: II. Day Chorus
    4:30

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Two Fanfares for Orchestra: I. Tromba Lontana
    4:17
  2. 7.
    Two Fanfares for Orchestra: II. Short Ride in a Fast Machine
    4:19
  3. 8.
    Common Tones in Simple Time
    20:43
  4. 9.
    El Dorado, Part I: A Dream of Gold
    12:39
  5. 10.
    El Dorado, Part II: Soledades
    16:09

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Harmonielehre: I. (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Edo de Waart)
    17:12
  2. 8.
    Harmonielehre: II. The Anfortas Wound (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Edo de Waart)
    12:24
  3. 9.
    Harmonielehre: III. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Edo de Waart)
    10:41
  4. 10.
    Violin Concerto: I. (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Kent Nagano, violin: Gidon Kremer)
    14:56
  5. 11.
    Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne: "Body Through Which the Dream Flows" (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Kent Nagano, violin: Gidon Kremer)
    11:30
  6. 12.
    Violin Concerto: III. Toccare (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Kent Nagano, violin: Gidon Kremer)
    7:40

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    Chamber Symphony: I. Mongrel Airs
    7:50
  2. 9.
    Chamber Symphony: II. Aria With Walking Bass
    8:13
  3. 10.
    Chamber Symphony: III. Roadrunner
    5:52
  4. 11.
    Hoodoo Zephyr: Tundra
    10:34
  5. 12.
    Hoodoo Zephyr: Disappointment Lake
    8:15
  6. 13.
    Hoodoo Zephyr: Hoodoo Zephyr
    10:30
  7. 14.
    Gnarly Buttons: I. The Perilous Shore
    10:01
  8. 15.
    Gnarly Buttons: II. Hoe-Down (Mad Cow)
    5:50
  9. 16.
    Gnarly Buttons: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me
    8:31

Disc 9

  1. 9.
    Ensemble: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
    8:05
  2. 10.
    A Sermon on Romance
    3:11
  3. 11.
    Consuelo's Dream
    4:55
  4. 12.
    Mike's Song About Arresting a Particular Individual
    3:22
  5. 13.
    Tiffany's Solo
    4:52
  6. 14.
    Song About the On-Site Altercation
    2:51
  7. 15.
    Song About the Bad Boys and the News
    6:20
  8. 16.
    Your Honor My Client He's a Young Black Man
    5:40
  9. 17.
    Leila's Song: Alone (Again or at Last)
    4:17
  10. 18.
    Three Weeks and Still I'm Outta My Mind
    5:12
  11. 19.
    Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On
    4:37
  12. 20.
    Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise
    5:29
  13. 21.
    ¡Este País! (This Country!)
    4:27
  14. 22.
    One Last Look at the Angel in Your Eyes
    2:00
  15. 23.
    Finale
    4:36

Disc 10

  1. 10.
    Lollapalooza
    6:47
  2. 11.
    John's Book of Alleged Dances: I. Judah to Ocean
    2:34
  3. 12.
    John's Book of Alleged Dances: II. Toot Nipple
    1:15
  4. 13.
    John's Book of Alleged Dances: III. Dogjam
    2:34
  5. 14.
    John's Book of Alleged Dances: IV. Pavane: She's So Fine
    6:34
  6. 15.
    John's Book of Alleged Dances: V. Rag the Bone
    3:04
  7. 16.
    John's Book of Alleged Dances: VI. Habenera
    4:49
  8. 17.
    John's Book of Alleged Dances: VII. Stubble Crotchet
    2:44
  9. 18.
    John's Book of Alleged Dances: VIII. Hammer & Chisel
    1:16
  10. 19.
    John's Book of Alleged Dances: IX. Alligator Escalator
    3:54
  11. 20.
    John's Book of Alleged Dances: X. Ständchen: The Little Serenade
    4:58
  12. 21.
    John's Book of Alleged Dances: XI. Judah to Ocean (reprise)
    2:38
  13. 22.
    Slonimsky's Earbox
    13:20

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