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Music CD 1

Act I, Scene I: Beginning - Orch Of St. Luke's/Edo De Waart
Act I, Scene I: 'Soldiers Of Heaven Hold The Sky'
Act I, Scene I: 'The People Are The Heroes Now'
Act I, Scene I: Landing Of The Spirit Of '76
Act I, Scene I: 'Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?'
Act I, Scene I: 'News Has A Kind Of Mystery:'
Act I, Scene II: Beginning - Orch Of St. Luke's/Edo De Waart
Act I, Scene II: 'You Know We'll Meet With Your Confrere The Democratic Candidate If He Should Win.'
Act I, Scene II: 'You've Said That There's A Certain Well-Known Tree'
Act I, Scene II: 'Founders Come First, Then Profiteers.'
Act I, Scene II: 'We No Longer Need Confucius.'
Act I, Scene II: 'Like The Ming Tombs.'
Act I, Scene III: Beginning - Orch Of St. Luke's/Edo De Waart
Act I, Scene III: 'Ladies And Gentlemen, Comrades And Friends,'
Act I, Scene III: 'Mr. Premier, Distinguished Guests,'
Act I, Scene III: Cheers

Music CD 2

Act II, Scene I: Beginning - Orch Of St. Luke's/Edo De Waart
Act II, Scene I: 'Look Down At The Earth,'
Act II, Scene I: 'This Is Prophetic!'
Act II, Scene I: 'At Last The Weather's Warming Up.'
Act II, Scene II: Beginning - Orch Of St. Luke's/Edo De Waart
Act II, Scene II: 'Oh What A Day I Thought I'd Die!'
Act II, Scene II: 'Whip Her To Death!'
Act II, Scene II: Tropical Storm
Act II, Scene II: 'Flesh Rebels'
Act II, Scene II: 'I Have My Brief'
Act II, Scene II: 'It Seems So Strange'
Act II, Scene II: 'I Am The Wife Of Mao Tse-Tung'

Music CD 3

Act III: Beginning - Orch Of St. Luke's/Edo De Waart
Act III: 'Some Men You Cannot Satisfy.'
Act III: 'I Am No One.'
Act III: The Maos Dance
Act III: 'Sitting Around The Radio'
Act III: 'Let Us Examine What You Did.'
Act III: 'When I Woke Up I Dimly Realized The Jap Bombers Had Given...
Act III: 'I Have No Offspring.'
Act III: 'I Can Keep Still,'
Act III: 'After That The Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform'
Act III: 'Peking Watches The Stars,'
Act III: 'You Won At Poker.'
Act III: 'I Am Old And I Cannot Sleep'

This is a reissue of the Grammy Award Winning recording of Nixon in China. The 1988 Grammy Award Winner, John Adams, describes this landmark as "part epic, part satire, part parody of political posturing, and part serious examination of historical, philosophical, and even gender issues." The Boston Globe called the Grammy-winning 1987 work "a milestone in American operatic history." This first recording, featuring the original cast, says Los Angeles Times music critic Mark Swed, "has an eloquence not since matched, with terrific packaging and Michael Steinberg's program notes, which really are a revelation."

Adams: Nixon in China

Adams: Nixon in China

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