Album · 1999
The John Adams Earbox
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Harmonium: I. Negative Love
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10:33
2
Harmonium: II. Because I Could Not Stop for Death
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9:41
3
Harmonium: III. Wild Nights
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11:43
4
Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling
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8:25
5
Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews
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5:08
6
Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses
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6:55
7
Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking
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3:56
Disc 2
1
The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
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12:37
2
Grand Pianola Music: First Movement
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15:13
3
Grand Pianola Music: Second Movement
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7:51
4
Grand Pianola Music: Third Movement: On the Dominant Divide
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8:00
5
Fearful Symmetries
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28:03
Disc 3
1
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I: Opening
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2:53
2
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I: "Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky"
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2:48
3
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: "The People Are the Heroes Now"
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2:49
4
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: Landing of the Spirit of '76
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2:23
5
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?"
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1:19
6
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: "News Has a Kind of Mystery:"
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7:09
7
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III: "Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends,"
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6:38
8
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III: "Mr. Premier, Distinguished Guests,"
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2:37
9
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III: Cheers
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3:50
10
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I: "This Is Prophetic!"
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8:31
11
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: Opening
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2:54
12
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: "Oh What a Day / I Thought I'd Die!"
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4:48
13
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: "Whip Her to Death!"
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2:33
14
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II: "I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-Tung"
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6:34
15
Nixon in China: Act III: "Let Us Examine What You Did."
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2:44
16
Nixon in China: Act III: "When I Woke Up"
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1:21
17
Nixon in China: Act III: "I Have No Offspring."
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1:55
18
Nixon in China: Act III: "I Can Keep Still,"
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2:11
19
Nixon in China: Act III: "After That - / The Sweat/ Had Soaked My Uniform"
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2:28
20
Nixon in China: Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars,"
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2:43
21
Nixon in China: Act III: "You Won at Poker."
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3:14
22
Nixon in China: Act III: "I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep"
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4:24
Disc 4
1
The Wound-Dresser
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19:11
2
Christian Zeal and Activity
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10:07
3
Five Songs, Part 1: Thoreau
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1:56
4
Five Songs, Part 2: Down East
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2:28
5
Five Songs, Part 3: Cradle Song
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1:25
6
Five Songs, Part 4: At the River
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1:17
7
Five Songs, Part 5: Serenity
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2:02
8
Eros Piano
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14:52
Disc 5
1
The Death of Klinghoffer: Prologue: I. Chorus of the Exiled Palestinians
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8:34
2
The Death of Klinghoffer: Prologue: II. Chorus of the Exiled Jews
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8:33
3
The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: I. "It Was Just After 1:15"
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8:09
4
The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: II. "My Grandson Didi, Who Was Two"
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5:10
5
The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: III. "Give These Orders"
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2:01
6
The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: IV. "So I Said to My Grandson"
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1:18
7
The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: V. "We Are Sorry for You"
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1:18
8
The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: VI. Night Chorus
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3:39
9
The Death of Klinghoffer: Act I, Scene I: VII. Chorus of Hagar and the Angel
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5:25
10
The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene I: I. "I've Never Been a Violent Man"
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3:29
11
The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene I: II. "You Are Always Complaining of Your Suffering"
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5:13
12
The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene II: I. Aria of the Falling Body (Gymnopédie)
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7:24
13
The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene II: II. Day Chorus
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4:31
Disc 6
1
Two Fanfares for Orchestra: I. Tromba Lontana
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4:18
2
Two Fanfares for Orchestra: II. Short Ride in a Fast Machine
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4:20
3
Common Tones in Simple Time
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20:44
4
El Dorado, Part I: A Dream of Gold
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12:40
5
El Dorado, Part II: Soledades
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16:10
Disc 7
1
Harmonielehre: I. (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Edo de Waart)
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17:13
2
Harmonielehre: II. The Anfortas Wound (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Edo de Waart)
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12:25
3
Harmonielehre: III. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Edo de Waart)
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10:42
4
Violin Concerto: I. (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Kent Nagano, violin: Gidon Kremer)
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14:56
5
Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne: "Body Through Which the Dream Flows" (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Kent Nagano, violin: Gidon Kremer)
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11:31
6
Violin Concerto: III. Toccare (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Kent Nagano, violin: Gidon Kremer)
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7:40
Disc 8
1
Chamber Symphony: I. Mongrel Airs
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7:50
2
Chamber Symphony: II. Aria With Walking Bass
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8:13
3
Chamber Symphony: III. Roadrunner
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5:52
4
Hoodoo Zephyr: Tundra
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10:34
5
Hoodoo Zephyr: Disappointment Lake
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8:15
6
Hoodoo Zephyr: Hoodoo Zephyr
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10:31
7
Gnarly Buttons: I. The Perilous Shore
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10:01
8
Gnarly Buttons: II. Hoe-Down (Mad Cow)
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5:51
9
Gnarly Buttons: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me
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8:32
Disc 9
1
Ensemble: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
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8:06
2
A Sermon on Romance
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3:12
3
Consuelo's Dream
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4:56
4
Mike's Song About Arresting a Particular Individual
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3:22
5
Tiffany's Solo
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4:52
6
Song About the On-Site Altercation
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2:52
7
Song About the Bad Boys and the News
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6:20
8
Your Honor My Client He's a Young Black Man
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5:40
9
Leila's Song: Alone (Again or at Last)
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4:18
10
Three Weeks and Still I'm Outta My Mind
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5:12
11
Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On
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4:38
12
Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise
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5:30
13
¡Este País! (This Country!)
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4:27
14
One Last Look at the Angel in Your Eyes
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2:01
15
Finale
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4:36
Disc 10
1
Lollapalooza
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6:47
2
John's Book of Alleged Dances: I. Judah to Ocean
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2:34
3
John's Book of Alleged Dances: II. Toot Nipple
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1:16
4
John's Book of Alleged Dances: III. Dogjam
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2:35
5
John's Book of Alleged Dances: IV. Pavane: She's So Fine
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6:34
6
John's Book of Alleged Dances: V. Rag the Bone
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3:04
7
John's Book of Alleged Dances: VI. Habenera
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4:49
8
John's Book of Alleged Dances: VII. Stubble Crotchet
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2:44
9
John's Book of Alleged Dances: VIII. Hammer & Chisel
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1:16
10
John's Book of Alleged Dances: IX. Alligator Escalator
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3:55
11
John's Book of Alleged Dances: X. Ständchen: The Little Serenade
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4:59
12
John's Book of Alleged Dances: XI. Judah to Ocean (reprise)
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2:39
13
Slonimsky's Earbox
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13:21
In print
First pressed 1999 — 2 pressings.