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Nixon in China
classical · 1988 · 41 tracks

Nixon in China

John Adams

1988 · Nonesuch

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Tracklist · 41 Tracks
01
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. Beginning
2:53
02
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "Soldiers of heaven hold the sky"
2:48
03
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "The people are the heroes now"
2:49
04
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: Landing of the Spirit of '76
2:23
05
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "Your flight was smooth, I hope?"
1:19
06
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "News has a kind of mystery"
7:03
07
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. Beginning
4:05
08
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "You know we'll meet with your confrere the Democratic candidate if he should win"
2:23
09
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "You've said that there's a certain well-known tree"
2:44
10
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "Founders come first, then profiteers"
6:53
11
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "We no longer need confucius"
3:03
12
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "Like the Ming Tombs"
5:18
13
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. Beginning
6:14
14
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 3: "Ladies and Gentleman"
6:37
15
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. "Mr. Premier, distinguished guests"
2:37
16
Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. Cheers
3:45
17
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. Beginning
3:34
18
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. "Look down at the earth"
5:26
19
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. "This is prophetic!"
8:32
20
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. "At last the weather's warming up"
3:03
21
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. Beginning
2:54
22
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "Oh what a day I thought I'd die!"
4:48
23
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "Whip her to death!"
2:30
24
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. Tropical storm
4:45
25
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "Flesh rebels"
3:08
26
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "I have my brief"
1:05
27
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "It seems so strange"
2:52
28
Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung"
6:30
29
Nixon in China: Act III. Beginning
1:11
30
Nixon in China: Act III. "Some men you cannot satisfy"
3:17
31
Nixon in China: Act III. "I am no one"
4:01
32
Nixon in China: Act III. The Maos dance
2:01
33
Nixon in China: Act III. "Sitting around the radio"
1:16
34
Nixon in China: Act III. "Let us examine what you did"
2:43
35
Nixon in China: Act III. "When I woke up, I dimly realized the Jap Bombers had given us a miss"
1:21
36
Nixon in China: Act III. "I have no offspring"
1:55
37
Nixon in China: Act III. "I can keep still"
2:11
38
Nixon in China: Act III. "After that the sweat had soaked my uniform"
2:28
39
Nixon in China: Act III. "Peking watches the stars"
2:43
40
Nixon in China: Act III. "You won at poker"
3:14
41
Nixon in China: Act III. "I am old and I cannot sleep"
4:24

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