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John Adams

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Discography

Violin Concertos
Violin Concertos
2016
Shifting Landscapes
Shifting Landscapes
2001
Harmonium / The Bells
Harmonium / The Bells
1996
Feel Good
Feel Good
1991
Complete Piano Music
Complete Piano Music
2007
City Noir / Fearful Symmetries / Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance
City Noir / Fearful Symmetries / Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance
2024
Fellow Traveller: the complete quartet works of John Adams
Fellow Traveller: the complete quartet works of John Adams
2013
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
2005
Violin Concertos
Violin Concertos
1999
A Flowering Tree
A Flowering Tree
2008
Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future V
Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future V
2021
Harmonielehre / Doctor Atomic Symphony / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Harmonielehre / Doctor Atomic Symphony / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
2013
BBC Music, Volume 11, Number 2: Short Ride in a Fast Machine / The Chairman Dances / Harmonium / De Snelheid
BBC Music, Volume 11, Number 2: Short Ride in a Fast Machine / The Chairman Dances / Harmonium / De Snelheid
2002
This is America!
This is America!
2021
John Adams: Portrait
John Adams: Portrait
2011
East of Eden / Rebel Without a Cause
East of Eden / Rebel Without a Cause
1997
John Adams Conducts American Elegies
John Adams Conducts American Elegies
1991
Shaker Loops / The Wound-Dresser / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Shaker Loops / The Wound-Dresser / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
2004
Doctor Atomic Symphony
Doctor Atomic Symphony
2009
Ensemble Pieces
Ensemble Pieces
1975
The Desert Music / Shaker Loops
The Desert Music / Shaker Loops
1996
Carter: Night Fantasies / Adams: Phrygian Gates
Carter: Night Fantasies / Adams: Phrygian Gates
1993
Berlioz: Les nuits d’été / Ravel: Shéhérazade / Debussy/Adams: Le livre de Baudelaire
Berlioz: Les nuits d’été / Ravel: Shéhérazade / Debussy/Adams: Le livre de Baudelaire
2019
Hoodoo Zephyr
Hoodoo Zephyr
1993
Harmonium / The Klinghoffer Choruses
Harmonium / The Klinghoffer Choruses
2000
Scheherazade.2
Scheherazade.2
2016
Son of Chamber Symphony / String Quartet
Son of Chamber Symphony / String Quartet
2011
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
1998
Harmonielehre
Harmonielehre
1985
Fearful Symmetries / Chamber Symphony / Four Songs / Christian Zeal and Activity
Fearful Symmetries / Chamber Symphony / Four Songs / Christian Zeal and Activity
2000
Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?
Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?
2020
Minimalist
Minimalist
1990
Harmonium
Harmonium
1984
Korngold/Adams: Violin Concertos
Korngold/Adams: Violin Concertos
2017
Violin concertos
Violin concertos
2014
John Adams
John Adams
2022
Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music
Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music
2015
Road Movies
Road Movies
2005
On the Transmigration of Souls
On the Transmigration of Souls
2004
Girls of the Golden West
Girls of the Golden West
2024
City Noir
City Noir
2014
Visions
Visions
2016
The Chairman Dances
The Chairman Dances
1987
The Death of Klinghoffer
The Death of Klinghoffer
Naive and Sentimental Music
Naive and Sentimental Music
2002
El Dorado
El Dorado
1996
If You Love for Beauty, Vol I
If You Love for Beauty, Vol I
2012
Fearful Symmetries / The Wound-Dresser
Fearful Symmetries / The Wound-Dresser
1989
Harmonielehre / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Harmonielehre / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
2012
Chamber Symphony / Grand Pianola Music
Chamber Symphony / Grand Pianola Music
1994
American Grace
American Grace
2014
Century Rolls
Century Rolls
1996
Transmigration
Transmigration
2009
Piano Music of John Adams and Terry Riley
Piano Music of John Adams and Terry Riley
1998
Nixon in China
Nixon in China
1988
Concerti III: Poulenc - McPhee - Adams
Concerti III: Poulenc - McPhee - Adams
2017
Naive and Sentimental Music / Absolute Jest
Naive and Sentimental Music / Absolute Jest
2018
Harmonielehre / The Chairman Dances / Tromba Lontana / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Harmonielehre / The Chairman Dances / Tromba Lontana / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
1994
Adams: Violin Concerto / Corigliano: Red Violin "Chaconne"
Adams: Violin Concerto / Corigliano: Red Violin "Chaconne"
2006
Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates / Chamber Symphony
Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates / Chamber Symphony
1997
The Dharma at Big Sur / My Father Knew Charles Ives
The Dharma at Big Sur / My Father Knew Charles Ives
2006
Composing America
Composing America
2014
John Adams: Grand Pianola / Steve Reich: Eight Lines / Vermont Counterpoint
John Adams: Grand Pianola / Steve Reich: Eight Lines / Vermont Counterpoint
1985
Doctor Atomic
Doctor Atomic
2018
Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future 2015
Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future 2015
2016
Piano Music
Piano Music
2017
Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates
Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates
1986
The John Adams Album
The John Adams Album
2019
Road Movies
Road Movies
2004
Gnarly Buttons / John's Book of Alleged Dances
Gnarly Buttons / John's Book of Alleged Dances
1998
Chamber Symphony / Common Tones in Simple Time / Son of Chamber Symphony
Chamber Symphony / Common Tones in Simple Time / Son of Chamber Symphony
2021
If You Love for Beauty
If You Love for Beauty
2012
Violin Concerto
Violin Concerto
2018
Passion & Pain: Adams, Haydn & Schubert
Passion & Pain: Adams, Haydn & Schubert
2010
John Adams: Grand Pianola Music / Short Ride in a Fast Machine / David Lang: Are You Experienced? / Under Orpheus
John Adams: Grand Pianola Music / Short Ride in a Fast Machine / David Lang: Are You Experienced? / Under Orpheus
1995
String Poetic
String Poetic
2008
My Father Knew Charles Ives / Harmonielehre
My Father Knew Charles Ives / Harmonielehre
2021
Hallelujah Junction: Adams, Stravinsky, Gershwin & Copland
Hallelujah Junction: Adams, Stravinsky, Gershwin & Copland
2025
The Gospel According to the Other Mary
The Gospel According to the Other Mary
2014
American Counterpoint
American Counterpoint
2010
BBC Music, Volume 32, Number 5: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / John Adams: Harmonielehre
BBC Music, Volume 32, Number 5: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / John Adams: Harmonielehre
2024
The Minimalists
The Minimalists
2016
Adams: Grand Pianola / Reich: Eight Lines
Adams: Grand Pianola / Reich: Eight Lines
1984
The Death of Klinghoffer
The Death of Klinghoffer
1992
American Clarinet
American Clarinet
1999
Tromba Lontana / Violin Concerto / The Wound Dresser
Tromba Lontana / Violin Concerto / The Wound Dresser
2002
China Gates / Phrygian Gates
China Gates / Phrygian Gates
1998
El Niño
El Niño
2001