The John Adams Earbox mp3 Artist Compilation by John Adams
1999

The John Adams Earboxby John Adams

  • 103 Tracks
  • 320 kbps
  • 10:59:46

Tracks

Disk #1

1.Harmonium: I. Negative Love10:33
2.Harmonium: II. Because I Could Not Stop for Death9:41
3.Harmonium: III. Wild Nights11:43
4.Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling8:25
5.Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews5:08
6.Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses6:55
7.Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking3:56

Disk #2

1.The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)12:37
2.Grand Pianola Music: First Movement15:13
3.Grand Pianola Music: Second Movement7:51
4.Grand Pianola Music: Third Movement: On the Dominant Divide8:00
5.Fearful Symmetries28:03

Disk #3

1.Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I: Opening2:53
2.Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I: "Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky"2:48
3.Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: "The People Are the Heroes Now"2:49
4.Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: Landing of the Spirit of '762:23
5.Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?"1:19
6.Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: "News Has a Kind of Mystery:"7:09
7.Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III: "Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends,"6:38
8.Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III: "Mr. Premier, Distinguished Guests,"2:37
9.Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III: Cheers3:50
10.Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I: "This Is Prophetic!"8:31
11.Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: Opening2:54
12.Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: "Oh What a Day / I Thought I'd Die!"4:48
13.Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: "Whip Her to Death!"2:33
14.Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: "I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-Tung"6:34
15.Nixon in China: Act III: "Let Us Examine What You Did."2:44
16.Nixon in China: Act III: "When I Woke Up"1:21
17.Nixon in China: Act III: "I Have No Offspring."1:55
18.Nixon in China: Act III: "I Can Keep Still,"2:11
19.Nixon in China: Act III: "After That - / The Sweat/ Had Soaked My Uniform"2:28
20.Nixon in China: Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars,"2:43
21.Nixon in China: Act III: "You Won at Poker."3:14
22.Nixon in China: Act III: "I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep"4:24

Disk #4

1.The Wound-Dresser19:11
2.Christian Zeal and Activity10:07
3.Five Songs, Part 1: Thoreau1:56
4.Five Songs, Part 2: Down East2:28
5.Five Songs, Part 3: Cradle Song1:25
6.Five Songs, Part 4: At the River1:17
7.Five Songs, Part 5: Serenity2:02
8.Eros Piano14:52

Disk #5

1.The Death of Klinghoffer: Prologue: I. Chorus of the Exiled Palestinians8:34
2.The Death of Klinghoffer: Prologue: II. Chorus of the Exiled Jews8:33
3.The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: I. "It Was Just After 1:15"8:09
4.The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: II. "My Grandson Didi, Who Was Two"5:10
5.The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: III. "Give These Orders"2:01
6.The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: IV. "So I Said to My Grandson"1:18
7.The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: V. "We Are Sorry for You"1:18
8.The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: VI. Night Chorus3:39
9.The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: VII. Chorus of Hagar and the Angel5:25
10.The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene I: I. "I've Never Been a VIolent Man"3:29
11.The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene I: II. "You Are Always Complaining of Your Suffering"5:13
12.The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene II: I. Aria of the Falling Body (Gymnopédie)7:24
13.The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene II: II. Day Chorus4:31

Disk #6

1.Two Fanfares for Orchestra: I. Tromba Lontana4:18
2.Two Fanfares for Orchestra: II. Short Ride in a Fast Machine4:20
3.Common Tones in Simple Time20:44
4.El Dorado, Part I: A Dream of Gold12:40
5.El Dorado, Part II: Soledades16:10

Disk #7

1.Harmonielehre, Part I (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Edo de Waart)17:13
2.Harmonielehre, Part II: The Anfortas Wound (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Edo de Waart)12:25
3.Harmonielehre, Part III: Meister Eckhardt and Quackie (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Edo de Waart)10:42
4.Violin Concerto: I. (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Kent Nagano, violin: Gidon Kremer)14:56
5.Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne: "Body Through Which the Dream Flows" (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Kent Nagano, violin: Gidon Kremer)11:31
6.Violin Concerto: III. Toccare (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Kent Nagano, violin: Gidon Kremer)7:40

Disk #8

1.Chamber Symphony: I. Mongrel Airs7:50
2.Chamber Symphony: II. Aria With Walking Bass8:13
3.Chamber Symphony: III. Roadrunner5:52
4.Hoodoo Zephyr: Tundra10:34
5.Hoodoo Zephyr: Disappointment Lake8:15
6.Hoodoo Zephyr: Hoodoo Zephyr10:31
7.Gnarly Buttons: I. The Perilous Shore10:01
8.Gnarly Buttons: II. Hoe-Down (Mad Cow)5:51
9.Gnarly Buttons: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me8:32

Disk #9

1.Ensemble: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky8:06
2.A Sermon on Romance3:12
3.Consuelo's Dream4:56
4.Mike's Song About Arresting a Particular Individual3:22
5.Tiffany's Solo4:52
6.Song About the On-Site Altercation2:52
7.Song About the Bad Boys and the News6:20
8.Your Honor My Client He's a Young Black Man5:40
9.Leila's Song: Alone (Again or at Last)4:18
10.Three Weeks and Still I'm Outta My Mind5:12
11.Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On4:38
12.Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise5:30
13.¡Este País! (This Country!)4:27
14.One Last Look at the Angel in Your Eyes2:01
15.Finale4:36

Disk #10

1.Lollapalooza6:47
2.John's Book of Alleged Dances: I. Judah to Ocean2:34
3.John's Book of Alleged Dances: II. Toot Nipple1:16
4.John's Book of Alleged Dances: III. Dogjam2:35
5.John's Book of Alleged Dances: IV. Pavane: She's So Fine6:34
6.John's Book of Alleged Dances: V. Rag the Bone3:04
7.John's Book of Alleged Dances: VI. Habenera4:49
8.John's Book of Alleged Dances: VII. Stubble Crotchet2:44
9.John's Book of Alleged Dances: VIII. Hammer & Chisel1:16
10.John's Book of Alleged Dances: IX. Alligator Escalator3:55
11.John's Book of Alleged Dances: X. Ständchen: The Little Serenade4:59
12.John's Book of Alleged Dances: XI. Judah to Ocean (reprise)2:39
13.Slonimsky's Earbox13:21