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BBC Symphony Orchestra & John Adams feat. Gerald Finley

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Five hundred U.S. Superfortresses are raining bombs"

BBC Symphony Orchestra & John Adams feat. Gerald Finley

Collected Works

4 MINUTES AND 7 SECONDS • JUN 29 2018

Album tracklist

1
Harmonielehre, Pt. I
17:04
2
Harmonielehre, Pt. II: the Anfortas Wound
12:26
3
Harmonielehre, Pt. III: Meister Eckhardt and Quackie
10:34
4
The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
12:31
5
Christian Zeal and Activity
10:05
6
Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Tromba Lontana
04:12
7
Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
04:15
8
Common Tones in Simple Time
20:36
9
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: Beginning
02:53
10
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky"
02:48
11
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "The People Are the Heroes Now"
02:49
12
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: Landing of the Spirit of '76
02:23
13
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?"
01:20
14
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "News Has a Kind of Mystery"
07:03
15
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: Beginning
04:05
16
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: "You Know We'll Meet with Your Confrere The Democratic Candidate
02:23
17
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: "You've Said That There's a Certain Well-known Tree"
02:44
18
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: "Founders Come First, then Profiteers"
06:53
19
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: "We No Longer Need Confucius"
03:03
20
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 2: "Like the Ming Tombs"
05:18
21
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 3: Beginning
06:14
22
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 3: "Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends"
06:37
23
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 3: "Mr. Premier, Distinguished Guests"
02:37
24
Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 3: Cheers
03:46
25
Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 1: Beginning
03:34
26
Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 1: "Look Down at the Earth"
05:26
27
Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 1: "This Is Prophetic!"
08:32
28
Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 1: "At Last the Weather's Warming up"
03:03
29
Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: Beginning
02:54
30
Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "Oh What a Day I Thought I'd Die!"
04:48
31
Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "Whip Her to Death!"
02:30
32
Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: Tropical Storm
04:45
33
Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "Flesh Rebels"
03:08
34
Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "I Have My Brief"
01:05
35
Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "It Seems so Strange"
02:52
36
Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung"
06:30
37
Nixon in China, Act III: Beginning
01:11
38
Nixon in China, Act III: "Some Men You Cannot Satisfy"
03:17
39
Nixon in China, Act III: "I Am No One"
04:01
40
Nixon in China, Act III: The Maos Dance
02:01
41
Nixon in China, Act III: "Sitting around the Radio"
01:16
42
Nixon in China, Act III: "Let Us Examine What You Did"
02:44
43
Nixon in China, Act III: "When I Woke Up"
01:21
44
Nixon in China, Act III: "I Have No Offspring"
01:55
45
Nixon in China, Act III: "I Can Keep Still"
02:11
46
Nixon in China, Act III: "After that the Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform"
02:28
47
Nixon in China, Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars"
02:43
48
Nixon in China, Act III: "You Won at Poker"
03:14
49
Nixon in China, Act III: "I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep"
04:24
50
The Wound-Dresser
19:04
51
Fearful Symmetries
28:03
52
The Unanswered Question (Late Version)
04:56
53
Five Songs: Thoreau
01:56
54
Five Songs: Down East
02:28
55
Five Songs: Cradle Song
01:25
56
Five Songs: At The River
01:17
57
Five Songs: Serenity
01:59
58
Fog Tropes
10:06
59
Madame Press Died Last Week At Ninety
04:16
60
Eros Piano
14:53
61
Elegy In Memory Of Maurice Ravel
06:20
62
The Death of Klinghoffer, Prologue: Chorus of Exiled Palestinians
08:34
63
The Death of Klinghoffer, Prologue: Chorus of Exiled Jews
08:35
64
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "It was just after 1:15"
08:09
65
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "My Grandson Didi, who was two"
05:11
66
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "Give these orders"
02:01
67
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "So I said to my grandson"
01:18
68
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "We are sorry for you"
01:22
69
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: Ocean Chorus
05:48
70
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "Now it is night"
06:58
71
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "I think if you could talk like this"
01:12
72
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "I have often reflected that this is no ship"
02:29
73
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "I kept my distance"
03:09
74
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: "Those birds flying above us"
04:24
75
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act I: Night Chorus
03:33
76
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: Hagar Chorus
05:27
77
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "Come here. Look."
03:58
78
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "I've never been a violent man"
03:29
79
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "You are always complaining of your suffering"
05:14
80
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "I must have been hysterical"
04:44
81
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "It is as if our earthly life were spent miserably"
06:47
82
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: Desert Chorus
05:05
83
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "My one consolation"
05:25
84
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: Klinghoffer's Death
03:24
85
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "Every fifteen minutes, one more will be shot"
05:12
86
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: Aria of the Falling Body (Gymnopédie)
07:24
87
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: Day Chorus
04:33
88
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "Mrs. Klinghoffer, please sit down."
03:53
89
The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: "You embraced them!"
07:46
90
Coast
09:12
91
Disappointment Lake
08:14
92
Tourist Song
04:33
93
Tundra
10:35
94
Bump
05:13
95
Cerulean
05:26
96
Hoodoo Zephyr
10:21
97
Chamber Symphony: I. Mongrel Airs
07:47
98
Chamber Symphony: II. Aria with Walking Bass
08:09
99
Chamber Symphony: III. Roadrunner
05:45
100
Grand Pianola Music: Pt. IA
15:13
101
Grand Pianola Music: Pt. IB
07:47
102
Grand Pianola Music: On the Dominant Divide
07:55
103
Violin Concerto: I. Quarter note = 78
14:56
104
Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne - "Body through which the dream flows"
11:31
105
Violin Concerto: III. Toccare
07:40
106
Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling
08:25
107
Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews
05:08
108
Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses
06:56
109
Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking
03:52
110
El Dorado: Pt. I. A Dream of Gold
12:35
111
El Dorado: Pt. II. Soledades
16:10
112
Berceuse elegiaque (des Mannes Wiegenlied am Sarge seiner Mutter)
08:09
113
The Black Gondola
09:49
114
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean
02:30
115
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Toot Nipple
01:15
116
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Dogjam
02:32
117
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Pavane - She's So Fine
06:32
118
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Rag the Bone
02:59
119
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Habanera
04:45
120
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Stubble Crotchet
02:39
121
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Hammer and Chisel
01:11
122
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Alligator Escalator
03:49
123
John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Ständchen: The Little Serenade
04:52
124
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean (reprise)
02:31
125
Gnarly Buttons: The Perilous Shore
09:55
126
Gnarly Buttons: II. Hoe-down (Mad Cow)
05:47
127
Gnarly Buttons: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me
08:32
128
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
07:59
129
A Sermon on Romance
03:08
130
Consuelo's Dream
04:52
131
Mike's Song about Arresting a Particular Individual
03:19
132
Tiffany's Solo
04:50
133
Song About The On-Site Altercation
02:46
134
Song About The Bad Boys And The News
06:20
135
Your Honor My Client He's A Young Black Man
05:40
136
Leila's song: Alone (Again or at Last)
04:15
137
Three Weeks and Still I'm Outta My Mind
05:09
138
Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On
04:35
139
Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise
05:30
140
¡Este Pais! / This Country
04:24
141
One Last Look at the Angel in your Eyes
01:57
142
Finale
04:36
143
Harmonium: I. Negative Love
10:32
144
Harmonium: II. Because I Could Not Stop for Death
09:41
145
Harmonium: III. Wild Nights
11:41
146
Century Rolls: I. First Movement
14:56
147
Century Rolls: II. Manny's Gym
06:23
148
Century Rolls: III. Hail Bop
07:55
149
Lollapalooza
06:39
150
Slonimsky's Earbox
13:21
151
El Niño: I Sing of a Maiden
06:19
152
El Niño: Hail Mary, Gracious!
04:48
153
El Niño: La Annunciacion
09:35
154
El Niño: For with God Nothing Shall Be Impossible
01:16
155
El Niño: The Babe Leaped in Her Womb
03:30
156
El Niño: Magnificat
03:23
157
El Niño: Now She Was Sixteen Years Old
03:20
158
El Niño: Joseph's Dream
04:32
159
El Niño: Shake the Heavens
05:54
160
El Niño: Se Habla De Gabriel
08:26
161
El Niño: The Christmas Star
06:46
162
El Niño: Pues Mi Dios Ha Nacido A Penar
04:33
163
El Niño: When Herod Heard
02:28
164
El Niño: Woe Unto Them That Call Evil Good
04:22
165
El Niño: And the Star Went Before Them
02:26
166
El Niño: The Three Kings
05:25
167
El Niño: And When They Were Departed
01:12
168
El Niño: Dawn Air
04:23
169
El Niño: And He Slew All the Children
01:43
170
El Niño: Memorial Del Tlateloloco
09:13
171
El Niño: In the Day of the Great Slaughter
03:21
172
El Niño: Pues Esta Tiritando
03:35
173
El Niño: Jesus and the Dragons
02:50
174
El Niño: A Palm Tree
07:58
175
Naïve and Sentimental Music: I. Naive and Sentimental Music
18:11
176
Naïve and Sentimental Music: II. Mother of the Man
15:09
177
Naive and Sentimental Music: Pt. III - Chain to the Rhythm
10:54
178
Road Movies: I. Relaxed Groove
04:55
179
Road Movies: II. Meditative
05:38
180
Road Movies: III. 40% Swing
05:00
181
Hallelujah Junction: 1st Movement
07:10
182
Hallelujah Junction: 2nd Movement
02:36
183
Hallelujah Junction: 3rd Movement
06:44
184
China Gates
04:35
185
American Berserk
06:08
186
Phrygian Gates, Pt. 1
14:23
187
Phrygian Gates, Pt. 2 (A System of Weights and Measures)
03:25
188
Phrygian Gates, Pt. 3
07:29
189
On the Transmigration of Souls
25:04
190
The Dharma at Big Sur, Pt. I: A New Day
14:30
191
The Dharma at Big Sur, Pt. II: Sri Moonshine
12:20
192
My Father Knew Charles Ives: I. Concord
09:36
193
My Father Knew Charles Ives: II. The Lake
06:41
194
My Father Knew Charles Ives: III. The Mountain
10:11
195
A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 1: "Children, / I Want To Tell You a Story"
03:52
196
A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 1: "One Morning"
08:41
197
A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 1: Kumudha's Prayer
06:40
198
A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 2: “¡Lindas flores!”
02:43
199
A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 2: "Kumudha and Her Sister"
08:54
200
A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 3: Audience with the King
02:25
201
A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 3: "Mamá Mamá, ¿Por qué nos pegas?"
04:43
202
A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 4 - The Wedding: "Serving in Endless Bounty"
03:50
203
A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 4 - The Wedding: "They Brought Her to Me"
05:38
204
A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 4 - The Wedding: "Bride and Groom"
06:25
205
A Flowering Tree, Act I, Scene 4 - The Wedding: "The Bride Sunk Her Face"
05:46
206
A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 1: Orchestral Prelude—"The King's Elder Daughter"
06:58
207
A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 2: "You Are Cruel"
03:51
208
A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 2: "Kumudha Once More"
05:45
209
A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 2: "Days Passed"
05:12
210
A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 3: "Before I Laughed with Him Nightly"
06:31
211
A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 4: "Kumudha and the Beggar Minstrels"
10:03
212
A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 5: "We Had All But Forgotten You, Prince"
05:43
213
A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 5: The Prince Recognizes Kumudha
05:41
214
A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 5: Kumudha's Final Transformation
03:14
215
Doctor Atomic Symphony: I. The Laboratory
02:33
216
Doctor Atomic Symphony: II. Panic
14:31
217
Doctor Atomic Symphony: III. Trinity
07:11
218
Guide to Strange Places
22:40
219
Son of Chamber Symphony I
08:46
220
Son of Chamber Symphony II
07:44
221
Son of Chamber Symphony III
07:13
222
First Quartet I
21:21
223
First Quartet II
08:49
224
City Noir: I. The City and its Double
13:48
225
City Noir: II. The Song is for You
09:23
226
City Noir: III. Boulevard Night
12:15
227
Saxophone Concerto: I. Animato
12:29
228
Saxophone Concerto: I. (Cont'd.) Moderato
09:20
229
Saxophone Concerto: II. Molto vivo (a hard driving pulse)
05:51
230
Scheherazade 2: I. Tale of the Wise Young Woman-Pursuit by the True Believers
15:01
231
Scheherazade 2: II. A Long Desire (Love Scene)
14:24
232
Scheherazade 2: III. Scheherazade and the Men with Beards
09:46
233
Scheherazade 2: IV. Escape, Flight, Sanctuary
08:25
234
Violin Concerto: I. Quarter-note = 78
14:46
235
Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne - Body Through Which the Dream Flows
10:59
236
Violin Concerto: III. Toccare
07:24
237
Doctor Atomic: Overture
05:11
238
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "The end of June 1945"
04:19
239
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "First of all, let me say"
02:16
240
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "We surround the plutonium core"
01:43
241
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "We are bedeviled by faulty detonators"
01:31
242
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "Many of us are inclined to say"
02:27
243
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "The nation's fate..."
02:17
244
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "This is a petition"
02:43
245
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "What if it's a dud?"
02:03
246
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "The test must go on as scheduled"
03:21
247
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "No, before the bomb is used"
04:07
248
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: "Am I in your light?"
04:31
249
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: "Long let me inhale, deeply..."
06:27
250
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: "The motive of it all was loneliness"
04:25
251
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: Electrical storm
02:18
252
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "What the hell is wrong with the weather?"
02:34
253
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Five hundred U.S. Superfortresses are raining bombs"
04:07
254
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "I'll sign the report, sir"
01:19
255
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "With respect, sir, anyone with two good eyes"
03:01
256
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "I have been preoccupied with many matters"
02:32
257
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Get them out of here. From now on, I'm making my own weather predictions"
04:05
258
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude"
03:18
259
Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Batter my heart"
07:34
260
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: "Easter Eve, 1945"
12:00
261
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: Interlude - Rain over the Sangre de Cristo
02:57
262
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: "In the north the cloud-flower blossoms"
01:55
263
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "It's midnight, Jack"
05:12
264
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "I've dreamed the same dream"
02:49
265
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "To the farthest west, the sea and the striped country"
03:36
266
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "A delay in the Potsdam Ultimatum"
01:01
267
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "Fermi is taking wagers"
02:16
268
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "I've spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies"
03:37
269
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "Edward, the test will be delayed an hour"
03:02
270
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: Panic
02:53
271
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "This program has been plagued from the start"
01:30
272
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "To keep the weakness secret"
02:12
273
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "I just finished reading The Magic Mountain"
02:15
274
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "The winter dawned, but the dead did not come back"
01:54
275
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "And love, which contains all human spirit"
03:01
276
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "The only saviors are the ham sandwiches"
02:28
277
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: Chorus - "At the sight of this"
04:42
278
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "Lieutenant Bush, keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer"
01:33
279
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "To what benevolent demon do I owe the joy of being thus surrounded"
02:42
280
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "That's their signal!"
02:18
281
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "The sky is clear to the east"
02:59
282
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "In the midnight, in the flame-brilliant midnight"
03:06
283
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "Zero minus two minutes"
01:04
284
Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: Countdown
06:05
285
I Still Play
05:23
286
Scratchband
14:57
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Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Five hundred U.S. Superfortresses are raining bombs"
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