"Nixon in China"
Considered to be the second most important minimalist opera of the XX century, one of the cornerstones of American minimalist music. It tells the story of Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972, where he met with Mao Zedong and other Chinese officials.
Music by the American composer John Adams, libretto by Alice Goodman
File format: lossless, .ape (Monkey's Audio)
CD 1:
01. Act 1, Scene 1: (Beginning)
02. Soldiers of heaven hold the sky
03. The people are the heroes now
04. Landing of the Spirit of '76
05. Your flight was smooth, I hope?
06. News has a kind of mystery:
07. Act 1, Scene 2: (Beginning)
08. You know, we'll meet with your confrere, the Democratic candidate, if he shou...
09. You've said that there's a certain well-known tree
10. Founders come first, then profiteers
11. We no longer need Confucius
12. Like the Ming Tombs
13. Act 1, Scene 3: (Beginning)
14. Ladies and gentlemen, Comrades and friends
15. Mr. Premier, distinguished guests
16. Cheers
CD 2:
01. Act 2, Scene 1: (Beginning)
02. Look down at the earth
03. This is prophetic!
04. At last the weather's warming up
05. Act 2, Scene 2: (Beginning)
06. Oh what a day I thought I'd die!
07. Whip her to death!
08. Tropical storm
09. Flesh rebels
10. I have my brief
11. It seems so strange
12. I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung
CD 3:
01. Act 3: (Beginning)
02. Some men you cannot satisfy
03. I am no one
04. The Maos dance
05. Sitting around the radio
06. Let us examine what you did
07. When I woke up, I dimly realized the Jap bombers had given us a miss
08. I have no offspring
09. I can keep still
10. After that the sweat had soaked my uniform
11. Peking watches the stars
12. You won at poker
13. I am old and I cannot sleep