The forty-disc John Adams Collected Works, a box set featuring recordings spanning more than four decades of the composer’s career with the label, is out now on Nonesuch Records.The release includes two extensive booklets containing new essays and notes by Timo Andres (which you can read here), Nico Muhly (read here), Jake Wilder-Smith (read here), Julia Bullock (read here), and Robert Hurwitz (read here). Unboxing video by Robert Edridge-Waks. Music: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: Landing of the Sprit of '76.

Composer John Adams discusses his 2014 dramatic symphony for violin and orchestra, Scheherazade.2.

Composer John Adams discusses his 2009 piece for orchestra, City Noir.

Comopser John Adams discusses his 1995 pieces for violin and orchestra, Road Movies.

Composer John Adams discusses his 1998 pieces for two pianos, Hallelujah Junction.

Composer John Adams discusses his 1995 piece for orchestra, Lollapalooza.

Composer John Adams discusses his 1992 Chamber Symphony.

Composer John Adams discusses his 1988 piece for baritone and chamber orchestra, The Wound-Dresser, featuring text by Walt Whitman.

Composer John Adams discusses his 1986 fanfare for orchestra, Short Ride in a Fast Machine.