| Title | Parts |
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| Shaker loops. 3 violins, viola, 2 celli, double bass. 1978 Ensemble Modern / Sian Edwards. RCA 68674 |
1 - Shaking and trembling 2 - Hymning slews 3 - Loops and verse 4 - A final shaking |
| Harmonium. Choir and orchestra. 1981 San Fransisco SO and Choir / Edo de Waart |
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| ** Grand pianola music. 2 pianos, 2 sopranos and orchestra.
1982 best perf.: John Alley, Shelagh Sutherland, London Sinfonietta / Oliver Knussen best perf on cd: Solisti New York / Ransom Wilson. EMI 572994 John Alley, Shelagh Sutherland, London Sinfonietta / John Adams. Nonesuch 79219 Ellen Corver, Sepp Grotenhuis, Netherlands Wind Ensemble / Stephen Mosko. Chandos 9363 |
1 - Part Ia 2 - Part Ib 3 - On the dominant devide |
| Harmonielehre. Orchestra. 1985 San Francisco SO / Edo de Waart |
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| The chairman dances. Foxtrot for orchestra. 1885 Holland Symfonia / Josep Caballe Domenech |
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| Short ride in a fast machine. Fanfare. 1986 Netherlands Wind Ensemble / Stephen Mosko. Chandos 9363 |
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| * Chamber symphony. 1992 London Sinfonietta / John Adams. Nonesuch 79219 |
1 - Mongrel airs 2 - Aria with walking bass 3 - Roadrunner |
| El Dorado. Orchestra. 1992 Halle Orchestra / Kent Nagano. Nonesuch 79359 |
1 - A dream of gold 2 - So did Alice |
| Violin concerto. 1993 Leila Josefowicz, Concertgebouw Orkest / Jaap van Zweden |
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| Hallelujah Junction. 2 Pianos. 1996 Ralph van Raat, Maarten van Veen |
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| On the transmigration of souls. Choir, childrens choir and orchestra. 2002 Groot Omroepkoor, Nationaal Jeugdkoor, Nationaal Kinderkoor, Netherlands Radio PO / Edo de Waart |
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| Doctor Atomic symphony. 2007 Nationaal Jeugd Orkest / John Adams |
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| City Noir. Symphony in 3 movements. 2009 Netherlands Radio PO / John Adams |
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| I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky. Song play in 2
acts. 1995 Martina Muhlpointner, Kimako X Trotman, Markus A Neisser, Jeannette Friedrich, Darius de Haas, Lilith Gardell, Jonas Holst, Young Opera Company Freiburg, The Band of Holst-Sinfonietta / Klaus Simon. Naxos 8.669003-04 |
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| El Nino. Oratorio. 2000 Dawn Upshaw s, Kirsti Harms m, Willard White b/bt, 3 countertenors of Theatre of Voices, Barbican Youth Choir, choir London Voices, BBC SO / John Adams |
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| Doctor Atomic. Opera. San Francisco 2005 libretto Peter Sellars Gerald Finley, Jessica Rivera, Eric Owens, Richard Paul Fink, James Maddalena, Thomas Glenn, Jay Hunter Morris, Ellen Rabiner, Netherlands Opera Choir, Netherlands PO / Lawrence Renes |
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| A flowering tree. Opera. 2006 Jessica Rivera s, Russell Thomas t, Eric Owens b, Groot Omroepkoor, Netherlands Radio PO / John Adams |