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John Adams (15 Feb 1947 - )

Male Person - United States American minimalist composer

Recordings by (122)

  1. Meerstille 3:58 (1983)
  2. Shaker Loops 26:14 (1984)
  3. Light Over Water Part III (excerpt) 9:25 (1986)
  4. Nixon in China: News Has a Kind of Mystery 6:44 (1987)
  5. Nixon in China: Act 2: This Is Prophetic 8:41 (1987)
  6. Short Ride on a Fast Machine - Part 1 3:02 (1990)
  7. Short Ride on a Fast Machine - Part 2 1:12 (1990)
  8. Beginning (Nixon in China) 2:56 (1992)
  9. Coast 9:11 (1993)
  10. Disappointment Lake 8:14 (1993)
  11. Tourist Song 4:32 (1993)
  12. Tundra 10:34 (1993)
  13. Bump 5:12 (1993)
  14. Cerulean 5:26 (1993)
  15. Hoodoo Zephyr 10:18 (1993)
  16. The Chairman Dances (1985) 12:01 (1993)
  17. Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?" 1:19 (19 Oct 1999)
  18. Gnarly Buttons, for clarinet and small orchestra: I. The Perilous Shore 9:47 (1999)
  19. Gnarly Buttons, for clarinet and small orchestra: II. Hoedown (Mad Cow) 6:16 (1999)
  20. Gnarly Buttons, for clarinet and small orchestra: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me 8:53 (1999)
  21. The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra 12:37 (05 Oct 2005)
  22. Christian Zeal and Activity 5:55 (05 Oct 2005)
  23. Common Tones in Simple Time 20:33 (05 Oct 2005)
  24. Grand Pianola Music: Part 1A 7:04 (05 Oct 2005)
  25. Grand Pianola Music: Part 1B 7:06 (05 Oct 2005)
  26. Harmonielehre: Part I 15:29 (05 Oct 2005)
  27. Harmonielehre: Part II. The Anfortas Wound 10:10 (05 Oct 2005)
  28. Harmonielehre: Part III. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie 7:55 (05 Oct 2005)
  29. The People Are The Heroes Now 2:33 (05 Oct 2005)
  30. Shaker Loops: I. Shaking And Trembling 4:59 (05 Oct 2005)
  31. Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews 5:08 (05 Oct 2005)
  32. Shaker Loops: III. Loops And Verses 3:02 (05 Oct 2005)
  33. Two Fanfares: Tromba Lontana 4:02 (05 Oct 2005)
  34. Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne: Body Through Which The Dream Flows 11:31 (05 Oct 2005)
  35. I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky: Act II: One last look at the angel in your eyes 2:25 (2006)
  36. Tromba lontana (Distant Trumpet) (1 of 5) 1:05 (01 Feb 2007)
  37. Tromba lontana (Distant Trumpet) (2 of 5) 0:42 (01 Feb 2007)
  38. Tromba lontana (Distant Trumpet) (3 of 5) 1:15 (01 Feb 2007)
  39. Tromba lontana (Distant Trumpet) (4 of 5) 0:17 (01 Feb 2007)
  40. Tromba lontana (Distant Trumpet) (5 of 5) 0:54 (01 Feb 2007)
  41. A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 4: Kumudha and the Beggar Minstrels 7:11 (07 Oct 2008)
  42. Grand Pianola Music: On the dominant divide (extract) 4:41 (2009)
  43. Road Movies: I. Relaxed Groove 4:59 (20 Jan 2017)
  44. Road Movies: II. Meditative 6:24 (20 Jan 2017)
  45. Road Movies: III. 40% Swing 5:04 (20 Jan 2017)
  46. Hallelujah Junction, 1st movement 7:09 (03 Nov 2017)
  47. Harmonielehre: 1. First Movement 18:18 (13 Sep 2019)
  48. Harmonielehre: 2. The Anfortas Wound 12:56 (13 Sep 2019)
  49. Harmonielehre: 3. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie 11:48 (13 Sep 2019)
  50. Short Ride in a Fast Machine 4:06 (13 Sep 2019)
  51. Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?: II. Much Slower, Gently, Relaxed 7:07 (17 Apr 2020)
  52. Century Rolls: II. Manny's Gym 6:22 (02 Oct 2020)
  53. Two Fanfares for Orchestra / Short Ride in a Fast Machine 4:14 (02 Oct 2020)
  54. Three Weeks And I’m Still Outta My Mind 5:09 (02 Oct 2020)
  55. Roll Over Beethoven (Transc. Antonsen for 2 Pianos): I. Allegro molto 7:45 (01 Jul 2022)
  56. Roll Over Beethoven (Transc. Antonsen for 2 Pianos): II. Andantino 11:35 (01 Jul 2022)
  57. Scratchband 14:56 (01 Jul 2022)
  58. Nixon in China: Opening Credits and Introduction by Thomas Hampson 2:15 (01 Jul 2022)
  59. Nixon in China: Act I: Introduction 3:49 (01 Jul 2022)
  60. Nixon in China: Act I: "Soldiers of heaven hold the sky" 2:53 (01 Jul 2022)
  61. Nixon in China: Act I: "The people are the heroes now" 4:36 (01 Jul 2022)
  62. Nixon in China: Act I: "Your flight was smooth, I hope?" ?:?? (01 Jul 2022)
  63. Nixon in China: Act I: "News has a kind of mystery" 5:15 (01 Jul 2022)
  64. Nixon in China: Act I: "The rats began to chew the sheets" 2:02 (01 Jul 2022)
  65. Nixon in China: Act I: "I can't talk very well" ?:?? (01 Jul 2022)
  66. Nixon in China: Act I: "You've said that there's a certain well-known tree" 2:50 (01 Jul 2022)
  67. Nixon in China: Act I: "Founders come first" 4:45 (01 Jul 2022)
  68. Nixon in China: Act I: "The world to come has come" 2:21 (01 Jul 2022)
  69. Nixon in China: Act I: "We no longer need Confucius" 3:35 (01 Jul 2022)
  70. Nixon in China: Act I: "Like the Ming Tombs" 5:42 (01 Jul 2022)
  71. Nixon in China: Act I: "The night is young" 5:26 (01 Jul 2022)
  72. Nixon in China: Act I: "Gam bei! Gam bei!" 1:25 (01 Jul 2022)
  73. Nixon in China: Act I: "Ladies and gentlemen" 7:15 (01 Jul 2022)
  74. Nixon in China: Act I: "Mr. Premier, distinguished guests" 6:49 (01 Jul 2022)
  75. Nixon in China: Interview with James Maddalena and Janis Kelly 2:31 (01 Jul 2022)
  76. Nixon in China: Interview with Peter Sellars 4:22 (01 Jul 2022)
  77. Nixon in China: Interview with Winston Lord and Adrianne Lobel 3:12 (01 Jul 2022)
  78. Nixon in China: Interview with John Adams 3:00 (01 Jul 2022)
  79. Nixon in China: Act II: "I don’t daydream and don’t look back" 4:15 (01 Jul 2022)
  80. Nixon in China: Act II: "Look down, look down" 0:41 (01 Jul 2022)
  81. Nixon in China: Act II: "This little elephant in glass" 1:25 (01 Jul 2022)
  82. Nixon in China: Act II: "Come, come see the pigs" 2:14 (01 Jul 2022)
  83. Nixon in China: Act II: "This is prophetic!" 7:59 (01 Jul 2022)
  84. Nixon in China: Act II: "At last the weather's warming up" 3:47 (01 Jul 2022)
  85. Nixon in China: Act II: "Young as we are" 3:08 (01 Jul 2022)
  86. Nixon in China: Act II: "Oh what a day I thought I'd die!" 4:40 (01 Jul 2022)
  87. Nixon in China: Act II: "Thank God you came" 3:14 (01 Jul 2022)
  88. Nixon in China: Act II: Ballet pas de deux 1:37 (01 Jul 2022)
  89. Nixon in China: Act II: "Flesh rebels" 2:25 (01 Jul 2022)
  90. Nixon in China: Act II: "I have my brief" 4:33 (01 Jul 2022)
  91. Nixon in China: Act II: "I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung" 6:48 (01 Jul 2022)
  92. Nixon in China: Interview with Russell Braun and Richard Paul Fink 2:52 (01 Jul 2022)
  93. Nixon in China: Act III: "Some men you cannot satisfy" 3:39 (01 Jul 2022)
  94. Nixon in China: Act III: "Hit it, boys" 3:32 (01 Jul 2022)
  95. Nixon in China: Act III: "And to what end?" 4:33 (01 Jul 2022)
  96. Nixon in China: Act III: "Sitting around the radio" 4:32 (01 Jul 2022)
  97. Nixon in China: Act III: "When I woke up" 3:19 (01 Jul 2022)
  98. Nixon in China: Act III: "I can keep still" 4:43 (01 Jul 2022)
  99. Nixon in China: Act III: "Peking watches the stars" 2:44 (01 Jul 2022)
  100. Nixon in China: Act III: "You won at poker" 3:11 (01 Jul 2022)
  101. Nixon in China: Act III: "I am old and cannot sleep forever" 5:03 (01 Jul 2022)
  102. Nixon in China: Bows and Closing Credits 7:16 (01 Jul 2022)
  103. China Gates 4:10 (2022)
  104. Shaker Loops - 2. Hymning Slews 6:30 (2022)
  105. Shaker Loops - 4. A Final Shaking 3:37 (2022)
  106. Shaker Loops - 3. Loops and Verses 7:24 (2022)
  107. Pat's Aria 7:50 (2022)
  108. American Standard: John Philip Sousa 4:28 (24 Nov 2023)
  109. American Standard: Christian Zeal and Activity 9:13 (24 Nov 2023)
  110. American Standard: Sentimentals 5:17 (24 Nov 2023)
  111. City Noir: I. The City and Its Double 13:00 (Apr 2024)
  112. City Noir: II. The Song Is for You 12:10 (Apr 2024)
  113. City Noir: III. Boulevard Night 12:10 (Apr 2024)
  114. Fearful Symmetries 29:14 (Apr 2024)
  115. Girls of the Golden West: Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance 5:52 (Apr 2024)
  116. [talking] 3:22 ()
  117. Two Fanfares: Tromba Lontana / Short Ride In A Fast Machine ?:?? ()
  118. Shaker Loops: Shaking And Trembling / Hymning Slews / Loops And Verses / A Final Shaking ?:?? ()
  119. A Short Ride in a Fast Machine - Part 1/4 1:05 ()
  120. A Short Ride in a Fast Machine - Part 2/4 0:40 ()
  121. A Short Ride in a Fast Machine - Part 3/4 1:14 ()
  122. A Short Ride in a Fast Machine - Part 4/4 1:15 ()