A Flowering Tree

Album by John Adams

A Flowering Tree is an opera by American composer John Adams, premiered in 2006. Musically it employs Adams's post-minimalist language with lush orchestral colours, lyrical vocal writing and elements drawn from a traditional folk tale, representing a mature turn towards narrative opera in his output.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    A Flowering Tree: Act I Scene 1
    3:52
  2. 2.
    A Flowering Tree: One Morning…
    8:41
  3. 3.
    A Flowering Tree: Kumudha’s Prayer
    6:40
  4. 4.
    A Flowering Tree: Scene 2: Flores Chorus
    2:44
  5. 5.
    A Flowering Tree: Kumudha and Her Sister…
    8:53
  6. 6.
    A Flowering Tree: Scene 3: Audience With the King
    2:25
  7. 7.
    A Flowering Tree: Mamá Mamá, ¿Por Qué Nos Pegas?
    4:43
  8. 8.
    A Flowering Tree: Scene 4: The Wedding
    3:50
  9. 9.
    A Flowering Tree: They Brought Her to Me
    5:38
  10. 10.
    A Flowering Tree: Bride and Groom
    6:24
  11. 11.
    A Flowering Tree: The Bride Sunk Her Face…
    5:45

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    A Flowering Tree: Act Il Scene 1: Orchestral Prelude
    6:58
  2. 3.
    A Flowering Tree: “You Are Cruel.”
    3:50
  3. 4.
    A Flowering Tree: “Kumudha Once More…”
    5:44
  4. 5.
    A Flowering Tree: “Days Passed…”
    5:11
  5. 6.
    A Flowering Tree: Scene 3: Before I Laughed With Him Nightly
    6:30
  6. 7.
    A Flowering Tree: Scene 4: Kumudha and the Beggar Minstrels
    10:03
  7. 8.
    A Flowering Tree: Scene 5: We Had All but Forgotten You, Prince
    5:43
  8. 9.
    A Flowering Tree: The Prince Recognizes Kumudha
    5:40
  9. 10.
    A Flowering Tree: Kumudha’s Final Transformation
    3:14

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