The Chairman Dances

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Named one of the 50 essential classical albums by NPR’s Performance Today, The Chairman Dances features the title piece, which anticipates Adams’s landmark Nixon in China—in the composer’s words, “a kind of warm-up for embarking on the creation of the full opera”—as well as Christian Zeal and Activity, Two Fanfares for Orchestra, and Common Tones in Simple Time.

Description

Named one of the 50 essential classical albums by NPR’s Performance Today, The Chairman Dances features the title piece, which anticipates Adams’s landmark Nixon in China—in the composer’s words, “a kind of warm-up for embarking on the creation of the full opera”—as well as Christian Zeal and Activity, Two Fanfares for Orchestra, and Common Tones in Simple Time.

ProductionCredits

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Recorded November 1986 at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
Recording Engineer: John Newton
Assistant Engineer: Lolly Lewis
Digital Editing: E. Amelia Rogers
Mastered by Robert C. Ludwig

Art direction and design: Carin Goldberg
Cover photograph by Joel Meyerowitz

Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz

Nonesuch Selection Number

79144

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1disc
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2
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13
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0
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0
Album Status
Available
Artist Name
John Adams
MusicianDetails

MUSICIANS
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart, conductor

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CD+MP3
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075597914429BUN
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MP3
Price
9.00
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075597914467
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the-chairman-dances-digital-mp3-album

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  • About This Album

    Named one of the 50 essential classical albums by NPR’s Performance Today, The Chairman Dances features the title piece, which anticipates Adams’s landmark Nixon in China—in the composer’s words, “a kind of warm-up for embarking on the creation of the full opera”—as well as Christian Zeal and Activity, Two Fanfares for Orchestra, and Common Tones in Simple Time.

    Credits

    MUSICIANS
    San Francisco Symphony
    Edo de Waart, conductor

    PRODUCTION CREDITS
    Recorded November 1986 at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
    Recording Engineer: John Newton
    Assistant Engineer: Lolly Lewis
    Digital Editing: E. Amelia Rogers
    Mastered by Robert C. Ludwig

    Art direction and design: Carin Goldberg
    Cover photograph by Joel Meyerowitz

    Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz

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