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Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: Beginning

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1999 · 25 tracks

01Adams: Harmonium: I. Negative Love10:32
02Adams: Harmonium: II. Because I Could Not Stop for Death9:41
03Adams: Harmonium: III. Wild Nights11:40
04Adams: Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling8:25
05Adams: Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews5:08
06Adams: Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses6:56
07Adams: Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking3:52
08Adams: The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)12:31
09Adams: Grand Pianola Music: Pt. IA15:12
10Adams: Grand Pianola Music: Pt. IB7:46
11Adams: Grand Pianola Music: On the Dominant Divide7:54
12Adams: Fearful Symmetries28:02
13Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: Beginning2:53
14Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky"2:48
15Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "The People Are the Heroes Now"2:49
16Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: Landing of the Spirit of '762:22
17Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?"1:19
18Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "News Has a Kind of Mystery"7:03
19Nixon in China, Act 1, Scene 3: "Mr. Premier, distinguished guests"6:37
20Act 1, Scene 3: "Mr. Premier, distinguished guests," (2)2:36
21Nixon in China, Act 1, Scene 3: Cheers3:45
22Adams: Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 1: "This Is Prophetic!"8:32
23Adams: Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: Beginning2:53
24Adams: Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "Oh What a Day I Thought I'd Die!"4:47
25Adams: Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "Whip Her to Death!"2:29