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Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. "This is prophetic!"

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1988 · 41 tracks

01Nixon in China: Act III. Beginning1:11
01Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. Beginning2:53
01Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. Beginning3:34
02Nixon in China: Act III. "Some men you cannot satisfy"3:17
02Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. "Look down at the earth"5:26
02Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "Soldiers of heaven hold the sky"2:48
03Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. "This is prophetic!"8:32
03Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "The people are the heroes now"2:49
03Nixon in China: Act III. "I am no one"4:01
04Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. "At last the weather's warming up"3:03
04Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "Landing of the Spirit of '76"2:23
04Nixon in China: Act III. The Maos dance2:01
05Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. Beginning2:54
05Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "Your flight was smooth, I hope?"1:19
05Nixon in China: Act III. "Sitting around the radio"1:16
06Nixon in China: Act III. "Let us examine what you did"2:43
06Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "News has a kind of mystery"7:03
06Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "Oh what a day I thought I'd die!"4:48
07Nixon in China: Act III. "When I woke up, I dimly realized the Jap Bombers had given us a miss"1:21
07Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. Beginning4:05
07Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "Whip her to death!"2:30
08Nixon in China: Act III. "I have no offspring"1:55
08Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "You know we'll meet with your confrere the Democratic candidate if he should win"2:23
08Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. Tropical storm4:45
09Nixon in China: Act III. "I can keep still"2:11
09Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "You've said that there's a certain well-known tree"2:44
09Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "Flesh rebels"3:08
10Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "I have my brief"1:05
10Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "Founders come first, then profiteers"6:53
10Nixon in China: Act III. "After that the sweat had soaked my uniform"2:28
11Nixon in China: Act III. "Peking watches the stars"2:43
11Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "It seems so strange"2:52
11Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "We no longer need confucius"3:03
12Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "Like the Ming Tombs"5:18
12Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung"6:30
12Nixon in China: Act III. "You won at poker"3:14
13Nixon in China: Act III. "I am old and I cannot sleep"4:24
13Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. Beginning6:14
14Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. "Ladies and gentlemen, Comrades and friends"6:37
15Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. "Mr. Premier, distinguished guests"2:37
16Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. Cheers3:45