Marin Alsop

Nixon in China

Featuring
Release date September 28, 2009

Tracklist

1
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 1: Beginning
2:43
2:43
2
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 1: Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky (Chorus)
2:45
2:45
3
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 1: The People are the Heroes Now (Chorus)
2:50
2:50
4
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 1: Landing of the Spirit of '76
2:33
2:33
5
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 1: Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope (Chou, Nixon)
1:25
1:25
6
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 1: News Has a Kind of Mystery (Nixon, Chou, Kissinger, Chorus)
7:29
7:29
7
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 2: Beginning - I Can't Talk Very Well. My Throat… (Mao, Nixon, Chou, Kissinger, 3 Secretaries)
4:19
4:19
8
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 2: You Know We'll Meet With Your Confrere, the Democratic Candidate (Mao, Nixon, Kissinger)
2:40
2:40
9
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 2: You've Said That There's a Certain Well-Known Tree (Chou, Nixon, Mao, Kissinger, 3 Secretaries)
2:48
2:48
10
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 2: Founders Come First, Then Profiteers (Mao, 3 Secretaries, Nixon, Chou, Kissinger)
7:25
7:25
11
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 2: We No Longer Need Confucius (Mao, 3 Secretaries)
3:09
3:09
12
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 2: Like the Ming Tombs (Nixon, 3 Secretaries, Mao, Chou)
5:38
5:38
13
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 3: Beginning - The Night Is Young (Nixon, Pat, Chou, Kissinger, Chorus)
6:27
6:27
14
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 3: Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends (Chou, Chorus, Pat, Kissinger)
6:59
6:59
15
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 3: Mr. Premier, Distinguished Guests (Nixon, Chorus)
2:47
2:47
16
Nixon in China: Act I Scene 3: Cheers! (Chorus, Nixon, Chou, Pat, Kissinger)
4:16
4:16
17
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 1: Beginning - I Don't Daydream and Don't look Back (Pat)
3:47
3:47
18
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 1: Look Down at the Earth (Chorus, Pat)
5:51
5:51
19
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 1: This Is Prophetic! (Pat)
7:57
7:57
20
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 1: At Last the Weather's Warming Up (Pat)
3:19
3:19
21
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 2: Beginning - Young as We Are (3 Secretaries)
3:01
3:01
22
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 2: O What a Day I Thought I'd Die! (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Chorus as Ching-hua, 3 Secretaries, Pat)
4:40
4:40
23
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 2: Whip Her to Death! (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Pat, Nixon)
2:58
2:58
24
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 2: Tropical Storm: There There, There There (Pat)
4:57
4:57
25
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 2: Flesh Rebels (Chorus as Militia)
3:09
3:09
26
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 2: I Have My Brief (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Nixon)
1:11
1:11
27
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 2: It Seems So Strange (Chorus as Ching-hua, Chiang Ch'ing, Pat, Nixon, 3 Secretaries)
3:01
3:01
28
Nixon in China: Act II Scene 2: I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung (Chiang Ch'ing, Chorus)
7:05
7:05
29
Nixon in China: Act III: Beginning
1:08
1:08
30
Nixon in China: Act III: Some Men You Cannot Satisfy (Kissinger, Nixon, Pat, Chou, Chiang Ch'ing)
3:09
3:09
31
Nixon in China: Act III: I Am No One (Mao, Chou, Kissinger, Chiang Ch'ing, Pat)
3:47
3:47
32
Nixon in China: Act III: The Maos Dance (Chiang Ch'ing, Mao, Pat, Nixon, Chou)
2:04
2:04
33
Nixon in China: Act III: Sitting Around the Radio (Nixon, Pat)
1:17
1:17
34
Nixon in China: Act III: Let Us Examine What You Did (Mao, Chiang Ch'ing, Chou)
2:54
2:54
35
Nixon in China: Act III: When I Woke Up I Dimly Realized the Jap Bombers Had Given Us a Miss (Nixon, Pat)
1:21
1:21
36
Nixon in China: Act III: I Have No Offspring (Chou, Mao, Chiang Ch'ing)
2:04
2:04
37
Nixon in China: Act III: I Can Keep Still (Chiang Ch'ing)
3:13
3:13
38
Nixon in China: Act III: After That the Sweat Had Soaked my Uniform (Nixon, Pat, Chiang Ch'ing, Mao, Chou)
2:55
2:55
39
Nixon in China: Act III: Peking Watches the Stars (Chiang Ch'ing, Mao)
3:29
3:29
40
Nixon in China: Act III: You Won at Poker (Pat, Nixon, Chiang Ch'ing, Mao)
4:01
4:01
41
Nixon in China: Act III: I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep (Chou)
4:56
4:56

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