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Earbox by John Adams.

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May 4, 1999

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654m 32s

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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

01Adams: The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)12:31

02Adams: Grand Pianola Music: Pt. IA15:12

03Adams: Grand Pianola Music: Pt. IB7:46

04Adams: Grand Pianola Music: On the Dominant Divide7:54

05Adams: Fearful Symmetries28:02

01Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: Beginning2:53

02Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky"2:48

03Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "The People Are the Heroes Now"2:49

04Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: Landing of the Spirit of '762:22

05Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?"1:19

06Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "News Has a Kind of Mystery"7:03

07Nixon in China, Act 1, Scene 3: "Mr. Premier, distinguished guests"6:37

08Act 1, Scene 3: "Mr. Premier, distinguished guests," (2)2:36

09Nixon in China, Act 1, Scene 3: Cheers3:45

10Adams: Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 1: "This Is Prophetic!"8:32

11Adams: Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: Beginning2:53

12Adams: Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "Oh What a Day I Thought I'd Die!"4:47

13Adams: Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "Whip Her to Death!"2:29

14Adams: Nixon in China, Act II, Scene 2: "I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung"6:30

15Adams: Nixon in China, Act III: "Let Us Examine What You Did"2:43

16Adams: Nixon in China, Act III: "When I Woke Up"1:20

17Adams: Nixon in China, Act III: "I Have No Offspring"1:54

18Adams: Nixon in China, Act III: "I Can Keep Still"2:11

19Adams: Nixon in China, Act III: "After that the Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform"2:28

20Adams: Nixon in China, Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars"2:43

21Adams: Nixon in China, Act III: "You Won at Poker"3:13

22Adams: Nixon in China, Act III: "I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep"4:24

01Adams: The Wound-Dresser19:04

02Adams: Christian Zeal and Activity10:05

03Five Songs: Thoreau1:49

04Five Songs: Down East2:24

05Five Songs: Cradle Song1:20

06Five Songs: At The River1:12

07Five Songs: Serenity1:58

01Chorus of Exiled Palestinians8:31

02Chorus of Exiled Jews8:33

03The Captain: "It Was Just After One Fifteen"8:09

04Swiss Grandmother: "My Grandson Didi, Who Was Two"5:10

05Molqi: "Give These Orders"2:01

06Swiss Grandmother: "So I Said To My Grandson"1:17

07Mamoud: "We Are Sorry For You"1:16

10Leon Klinghoffer: "I've Never Been a Violent Man"3:28

12Aria of the Falling Body7:23

01Adams: Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Tromba Lontana4:11

02Adams: Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine4:14

03Adams: Common Tones in Simple Time20:35

04Adams: El Dorado: Pt. I. A Dream of Gold12:35

05Adams: El Dorado: Pt. II. Soledades16:09

01Adams: Harmonielehre, Pt. I17:03

02Adams: Harmonielehre, Pt. II: the Anfortas Wound12:25

03Adams: Harmonielehre, Pt. III: Meister Eckhardt and Quackie10:34

04Adams: Violin Concerto: I. Quarter note = 7814:56

05Adams: Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne - "Body through which the dream flows"11:30

06Adams: Violin Concerto: III. Toccare7:39

01Adams: Chamber Symphony: I. Mongrel Airs7:46

02Adams: Chamber Symphony: II. Aria with Walking Bass8:08

03Adams: Chamber Symphony: III. Roadrunner5:44

05Disappointment Lake8:14

06Hoodoo Zephyr10:20

07Adams: Gnarly Buttons: I. The Perilous Shore9:54

08Adams: Gnarly Buttons: II. Hoe-down (Mad Cow)5:46

09Adams: Gnarly Buttons: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me8:32

01I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky7:59

02A Sermon on Romance3:07

03Consuelo's Dream4:52

04Mike's Song about Arresting a Particular Individual3:18

05Tiffany's Solo4:49

06Song About The On-Site Altercation2:45

07Song About the Bad Boys and the News6:14

08Your Honor My Client is a Young Black Man5:38

09Leila's song: Alone (Again or at Last)4:15

10Three Weeks and Still I'm Outta My Mind5:09

11Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On4:35

12Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise5:29

13¡Este Pais! / This Country4:24

14One Last Look at the Angel in your Eyes1:57

01Adams: Lollapalooza6:38

02Adams: John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean2:30

03Adams: John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Toot Nipple1:14

04Adams: John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Dogjam2:31

05Adams: John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Pavane - She's So Fine6:32

06Adams: John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Rag the Bone2:59

07Adams: John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Habanera4:44

08Adams: John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Stubble Crotchet2:39

09Adams: John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Hammer and Chisel1:11

10Adams: John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Alligator Escalator3:49

11Adams: John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Standchen: The Little Serenade4:51

12Adams: John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean (reprise)2:31

13Adams: Slonimsky's Earbox13:20