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Nixon in China [Box set]

~ J. Adams
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  • Performer: Sanford Sylvan, James Maddalena, Thomas Hammons, Mari Opatz, Stephanie Friedman, et al.
  • Orchestra: St Luke's Chorus, St Luke's Orchestra
  • Conductor: Edo de Waart
  • Composer: John Adams
  • Audio CD (1 Oct 1999)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • ASIN: B000005IYW
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 68,676 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  1. Act I, Scene 1: (Beginning) 2:51£0.69
Listen  2. Act I, Scene 1: "Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky' 2:48£0.69
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Listen  6. Act I, Scene 1: "News Has a Kind of Mystery:" 7:09£0.69
Listen  7. Act I, Scene 2: (Beginning) 4:05£0.69
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Listen  9. Act I, Scene 2: "You've Said That There's a Certain Well-known Tree" 2:44£0.69
Listen10. Act I, Scene 2: "Founders Came First, then Profiteers." 6:53£0.69
Listen11. Act I, Scene 2: "We No Longer Need Confucius." 3:03£0.69
Listen12. Act I, Scene 2: "Like the Ming Tombs." 5:17£0.69
Listen13. Act I, Scene 3: (Beginning) 6:13£0.69
Listen14. Act I, Scene 3: "Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends," 6:37£0.69
Listen15. Act I, Scene 3: "Mr. Premier, Distinguished Guests," 2:36£0.69
Listen16. Act I, Scene 3: Cheers 3:45£0.69
Listen17. Act II, Scene 1: (Beginning) 3:34£0.69
Listen18. Act II, Scene 1: "Look Down at the Earth," 5:26£0.69
Listen19. Act II, Scene 1: "This Is Prophetic!" 8:28£0.69
Listen20. Act II, Scene 1: "At Least the Weather's Warming up." 3:03£0.69
Listen21. Act II, Scene 2: (Beginning) 2:53£0.69
Listen22. Act II, Scene 2: "Oh What a Day I Thought I'd Die!" 4:48£0.69
Listen23. Act II, Scene 2: "Whip Her to Death!" 2:29£0.69
Listen24. Act II, Scene 2: Tropical Storm 4:44£0.69
Listen25. Act II, Scene 2: "Flesh Rebels" 3:08£0.69
Listen26. Act II, Scene 2: "I Have My Brief" 1:05£0.69
Listen27. Act II, Scene 2: "It Seems so Strange" 2:51£0.69
Listen28. Act II, Scene 2: "I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung 6:30£0.69
Listen29. Act III: (Beginning) 1:10£0.69
Listen30. Act III: "Some Men You Cannot Satisfy." 3:17£0.69
Listen31. Act III: "I Am No One." 4:01£0.69
Listen32. Act III: The Maos Dance 2:00£0.69
Listen33. Act III: "Sitting around the Radio" 1:16£0.69
Listen34. Act III: "Let Us Examine What You Did." 2:43£0.69
Listen35. Act III: "When I Woke up I Dimly Realized the Jap Bombers Had Given Us a 1:20£0.69
Listen36. Act III: "I Have No Offspring." 1:54£0.69
Listen37. Act III: "I Can Keep Still," 2:11£0.69
Listen38. Act III: "After that the Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform" 2:28£0.69
Listen39. Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars," 2:42£0.69
Listen40. Act III: "You Won at Poker." 3:14£0.69
Listen41. Act III: "I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep" 4:24£0.69



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4.0 out of 5 stars Listenable yet challenging minimalist opera, 21 Dec 2000
The interesting thing about "Nixon in China" is that, in spite of its subject matter being historical, it is not an historical opera. Both John Adams, the composer, and Alice Goodman, its librettist, described it as an heroic opera. The aim was to find a new mythology for a modern generation: in Adams' terms, most people have to learn who Odysseus was from books, but speak of Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin or Richard Nixon and everyone knows who you are talking about -- and these names have faces and personalities ready-attached.

The aim of the opera seems to have been to take an event -- Richard Nixon's (remarkable) visit to China in 1972, and to present it as a human drama. I think it succeeds in this very well. We see a rarely glimpsed sympathetic side to Nixon, particularly in dialogue with his wife Pat, herself a key player in the opera, seeming to represent Nixon's idealism. Mao-Tse-Tung is enigmatic, but again, we see a side of him not usually seen in the West -- less of the noble statesman and more of the man-in-the-street. Kissinger is a delightful (though rather sinister) buffoon, and Chiang Ch'ing (madame Mao) is formidable and terrifying (much as she was in the "cultural revolution" then in progress).

For me, though, the most interesting character is Chou-En-Lai, the premier. More taciturn than Mao, yet still powerful, he is a perfect gentleman with a sinister side, even to himself. It is this self-doubt and self-examination which, to me, makes him so fascinating.

As far as I know this is the first and only recording of the work, and although mostly excellent I think some of the changes of time-signature are not handled completely smoothly. This will no doubt be rectified in later recordings.

I would reccomend this to anyone who enjoys the exciting and the new in music.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not at all sure about this, 5 May 2008
By Aquinas "summa" (celestial heights, UK) - See all my reviews
There is a lot of energy in Adam's music but I am never quite sure whether it is up to much; I have never really got into this opera - its less memorable than "Klinghoffer" albiet less static; I accept that this may be a failing on my part.
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