Orchestra of St. Luke's & Chorus - Edo de Waart - John Adams : Nixon in China

1 - Act I, Scene 1 : Beginning - 00:02:53
2 - Act I, Scene 1 : "Soldiers of Heaven hold the sky' (Chorus) - 00:02:48
3 - Act I, Scene 1 : "The People are the heroes now" (Chorus) - 00:02:49
4 - Act I, Scene 1 : Landing of the Spirit of '76 (Orchestra) - 00:02:22
5 - Act I, Scene 1 : "Your flight was smooth, I hope ?" (Chou, Nixon) - 00:01:19
6 - Act I, Scene 1 : "News has a kind of mystery" (Nixon, Chou, Kissinger, Chorus) - 00:07:03
7 - Act I, Scene 2 : (Beginning) - I can't talk very well... (Mao, Nixon, Chou, Kissinger, 3 Secretaries) - 00:04:05
8 - Act I, Scene 2 : "You know we'll meet with your confrere the democratic candidate (Mao, Nixon, Kissinger) - 00:02:22
9 - Act I, Scene 2 : "You've said that there's a certain well-known tree" (Chou, Nixon, Mao, Kissinger, 3 Secretaries) - 00:02:44
10 - Act I, Scene 2 : "Founders came first, then profiteers." (Mao, 3 Secretaries, Nixon, Chou, Kissinger) - 00:06:53
11 - Act I, Scene 2 : "We no longer need Confucius." (Mao, 3 Secretaries) - 00:03:02
12 - Act I, Scene 2 : "Like the Ming Tombs." (Nixon, Mao, Chou, Secretaries) - 00:05:17
13 - Act I, Scene 3 : (Beginning) The night is young (Nixon, Pat, Chou, Kissinger, Chorus) - 00:06:13
14 - Act I, Scene 3 : "Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends," (Chou, Chorus, Pat, Kissinger) - 00:06:36
15 - Act I, Scene 3 : "Mr. Premier, distinguished guests" (Nixon, Chorus) - 00:02:36
16 - Act I, Scene 3 : Cheers ! (Chorus, Nixon, Chou, Pat, Kissinger) - 00:03:45
17 - Act II, Scene 1 : (Beginning) - I don't daydream and don't look back (Pat) - 00:03:33
18 - Act II, Scene 1 : "Look down at the Earth" (Chorus, Pat, 3 Secretaries) - 00:05:26
19 - Act II, Scene 1 : "This is prophetic !" (Pat) - 00:08:32
20 - Act II, Scene 1 : "At least the weather's warming up" (Pat, Chorus) - 00:03:03
21 - Act II, Scene 2 : (Beginning) - Young as we are (3 Secretaries) - 00:02:53
22 - Act II, Scene 2 : "Oh what a day I thought I'd die !" (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Chorus as Ching-hua, Secretaries, Pat) - 00:04:48
23 - Act II, Scene 2 : "Whip her to death !" (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Pat, Nixon) - 00:02:29
24 - Act II, Scene 2 : Tropical Storm : There there, there there (Orchestra, Pat) - 00:04:44
25 - Act II, Scene 2 : "Flesh Rebels" (Chorus as Militia) - 00:03:08
26 - Act II, Scene 2 : "I have my brief" (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Nixon) - 00:01:05
27 - Act II, Scene 2 : "It seems so strange" (Chorus as Ching-hua, Chiang Ch'ing, Pat, Nixon, Secretaries) - 00:02:51
28 - Act II, Scene 2 : "I am the wife of Mao Tse-Tung (Chiang Ch'ing, Chorus) - 00:06:29
29 - Act III : Beginning. Orchestral introduction - 00:01:10
30 - Act III : "Some men you cannot satisfy" (Kissinger, Nixon, Pat, Chou, Chiang Ch'ing) - 00:03:17
31 - Act III : "I am no one" (Mao, Chou, Kissinger, Chiang Ch'ing, Pat)Explicit - 00:04:01
32 - Act III : The Maos Dance (Chiang Ch'ing, Mao, Pat, Nixon, Chou) - 00:02:00
33 - Act III : "Sitting around the Radio" (Nixon, Pat) - 00:01:16
34 - Act III : "Let us examine what you did" (Mao, Chiang Ch'ing, Chou) - 00:02:43
35 - Act III : "When I woke up I dimly realized the Jap Bombers had given us a miss (Nixon, Pat) - 00:01:20
36 - Act III : "I have no offspring" (Chou, Mao, Chiang Ch'ing) - 00:01:54
37 - Act III : "I can keep still" (Chiang Ch'ing) - 00:02:11
38 - Act III : "After that the sweat had soaked my uniform" (Nixon, Pat, Chiang Ch'ing, Mao, Chou) - 00:02:28
39 - Act III : "Peking watches the Stars" (Chiang Ch'ing, Mao) - 00:02:43
40 - Act III : "You won at poker" (Pat, Nixon, Chiang Ch'ing, Mao) - 00:03:14
41 - Act III : "I am old and I cannot sleep" (Chou En-lai) - 00:04:23