Girls of the Golden West
Album by John Adams & Los Angeles Philharmonic & John Adams
Girls of the Golden West is an opera by American composer John Adams, premiered in 2017. The work employs Adams's post-minimalist language with rich orchestral colour and expressive vocal writing to examine episodes of American history, representing a later-career engagement with large-scale dramatic narrative in his output.

First released: 26th April 2024
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- 1.Girls of the Golden West: Act I: Scene 1: It was a driving, vigorous, restless population8:56
- 2.Girls of the Golden West: Act I: Scene 1: Wagon Ride - Ned Peters was a hustler5:06
- 3.Girls of the Golden West: Act I: Scene 2: My name is Joe11:01
- 4.Girls of the Golden West: Act I: Scene 2: Now he consoles himself2:36
- 5.Girls of the Golden West: Act I: Scene 3: A gambler’s life I do admire10:49
- 6.Girls of the Golden West: Act I: Scene 3: Josefa, you remember4:14
- 7.Girls of the Golden West: Act I: Scene 4: It’s bone, it’s backbone12:20
- 8.Girls of the Golden West: Act I: Scene 4: Comin’ up from Red Dog3:29
- 9.Girls of the Golden West: Act II: Scene 1: The Raven5:08
- 10.Girls of the Golden West: Act II: Scene 2: The attack on the Mexicans11:04
- 11.Girls of the Golden West: Act II: Scene 3: It seems like midnight7:59
- 12.Girls of the Golden West: Act II: Scene 3: What is this celebration to me?6:57
- 13.Girls of the Golden West: Act II: Scene 4: This very nearly was the cause2:45
- 14.Girls of the Golden West: Act II: Scene 4: Ven esta noche3:02
- 15.Girls of the Golden West: Act II: Scene 4: Blessed and praised0:59
- 16.Girls of the Golden West: Act II: Scene 4: I’m going far away from my creditors8:54
- 17.Girls of the Golden West: Act II: Scene 5: The Downieville mob5:40
- 18.Girls of the Golden West: Act II: Scene 5: Tú me quieres alba6:11
- 19.Girls of the Golden West: Act II: Scene 5: It’s four long years (Lousy Miner)4:37
- 20.Girls of the Golden West: Act II: Epilogue: Sometimes I lounge forlornly to the window4:51












