Adams, J.: Nixon in China - CD

CD - 1

John Adams

Nixon in China (1987)

 

1. Act I Scene 1: Beginning

00:02:46

 

2. Act I Scene 1: Soldiers of heaven hold the sky (Chorus)

00:02:45

 

3. Act I Scene 1: The people are the heroes now (Chorus)

00:02:51

 

4. Act I Scene 1: Landing of the Spirit of '76

00:02:34

 

5. Act I Scene 1: Your flight was smooth, I hope? (Chou, Nixon)

00:01:25

 

6. Act I Scene 1: News has a kind of mystery (Nixon, Chou, Kissinger, Chorus)

00:07:29

 

7. Act I Scene 2: Beginning - I can't talk very well. My throat… (Mao, Nixon, Chou, Kissinger, 3 Secretaries)

00:04:19

 

8. Act I Scene 2: You know we'll meet with your confrere, the Democratic candidate (Mao, Nixon, Kissinger)

00:02:40

 

9. Act I Scene 2: You've said that there's a certain well-known tree (Chou, Nixon, Mao, Kissinger, 3 Secretaries)

00:02:48

 

10. Act I Scene 2: Founders come first, then profiteers (Mao, 3 Secretaries, Nixon, Chou, Kissinger)

00:07:25

 

11. Act I Scene 2: We no longer need Confucius (Mao, 3 Secretaries)

00:03:10

 

12. Act I Scene 2: Like the Ming Tombs (Nixon, 3 Secretaries, Mao, Chou)

00:05:34

 

13. Act I Scene 3: Beginning - The night is young (Nixon, Pat, Chou, Kissinger, Chorus)

00:06:32

 

14. Act I Scene 3: Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends (Chou, Chorus, Pat, Kissinger)

00:07:00

 

15. Act I Scene 3: Mr. Premier, distinguished guests (Nixon, Chorus)

00:02:48

 

16. Act I Scene 3: Cheers! (Chorus, Nixon, Chou, Pat, Kissinger)

00:04:16

CD - 2

John Adams

Nixon in China (1987)

 

1. Act II Scene 1: Beginning - I don't daydream and don't look back (Pat)

00:03:49

 

2. Act II Scene 1: Look down at the earth (Chorus, Pat, 3 Secretaries)

00:05:51

 

3. Act II Scene 1: This is prophetic! (Pat)

00:07:58

 

4. Act II Scene 1: At last the weather's warming up (Pat, Chorus)

00:03:19

 

5. Act II Scene 2: Beginning - Young as we are (3 Secretaries)

00:03:02

 

6. Act II Scene 2: O what a day I thought I'd die! (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Chorus as Ching-hua, 3 Secretaries, Pat)

00:04:41

 

7. Act II Scene 2: Whip her to death! (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Pat, Nixon)

00:02:58

 

8. Act II Scene 2: Tropical Storm: There there, there there (Pat)

00:04:57

 

9. Act II Scene 2: Flesh Rebels (Chorus as Militia)

00:03:09

 

10. Act II Scene 2: I have my brief (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Nixon)

00:01:11

 

11. Act II Scene 2: It seems so strange (Chorus as Ching-hua, Chiang Ch'ing, Pat, Nixon, 3 Secretaries)

00:03:02

 

12. Act II Scene 2: I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung (Chiang Ch'ing, Chorus)

00:07:05

CD - 3

John Adams

Nixon in China (1987)

 

1. Act III: Beginning

00:01:10

 

2. Act III: Some men you cannot satisfy (Kissinger, Nixon, Pat, Chou, Chiang Ch'ing)

00:03:09

 

3. Act III: I am no one (Mao, Chou, Kissinger, Chiang Ch'ing, Pat)

00:03:47

 

4. Act III: The Maos Dance (Chiang Ch'ing, Mao, Pat, Nixon, Chou)

00:02:05

 

5. Act III: Sitting around the radio (Nixon, Pat)

00:01:17

 

6. Act III: Let us examine what you did (Mao, Chiang Ch'ing, Chou)

00:02:55

 

7. Act III: When I woke up I dimly realized the Jap Bombers had given us a miss (Nixon, Pat)

00:01:22

 

8. Act III: I have no offspring (Chou, Mao, Chiang Ch'ing)

00:02:05

 

9. Act III: I can keep still (Chiang Ch'ing)

00:03:14

 

10. Act III: After that the sweat had soaked my uniform (Nixon, Pat, Chiang Ch'ing, Mao, Chou)

00:02:55

 

11. Act III: Peking watches the stars (Chiang Ch'ing, Mao)

00:03:30

 

12. Act III: You won at poker (Pat, Nixon, Chiang Ch'ing, Mao)

00:04:02

 

13. Act III: I am old and I cannot sleep (Chou)

00:04:57