Doctor Atomic

by John Adams; Gerald Finley, Julia Bullock, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, John Adams

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Doctor Atomic: Overture5:10
  2. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: The end of June 19454:18
  3. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: First of all, let me say2:16
  4. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: We surround the plutonium core1:42
  5. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: We are bedeviled by faulty detonators1:31
  6. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: Many of us are inclined to say2:26
  7. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: The nation's fate2:16
  8. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: This is a petition2:42
  9. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: What if it's a dud?2:02
  10. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: The test must go on as scheduled3:20
  11. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: No. Before the bomb is used4:07
  12. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: Am I in your light?4:31
  13. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: Long let me inhale, deeply6:27
  14. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: The motive of it all was loneliness4:25
  15. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: Electrical storm2:17
  16. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: What the hell is wrong with the weather?2:34
  17. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: Five hundred US Superfortresses are raining incendiary bombs4:06
  18. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: I'll sign the report, sir1:19
  19. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: With respect, sir, anyone with good eyes3:00
  20. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: I have been preoccupied with many matters2:32
  21. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: Get them out of here. From now on I'm making my own weather predictions4:05
  22. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude3:18
  23. Doctor Atomic: Act 1: Batter my heart7:34

CD 2

  1. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Easter Eve 194511:59
  2. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Interlude: Rain over the Sangre de Cristo2:57
  3. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: In the north the cloud-flower blossoms1:54
  4. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: It's midnight, Jack5:11
  5. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: I've dreamed the same dream2:48
  6. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: To the farthest west, the sea and the striped country3:35
  7. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: A delay in issuing the Potsdam ultimatum1:00
  8. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Fermi is taking wagers2:16
  9. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: I've spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies3:36
  10. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Edward, the test will be delayed an hour3:01
  11. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Panic2:52
  12. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: The Program has been plagued from the start1:30
  13. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: To keep the weakness secret2:11
  14. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: I just finished reading The Magic Mountain2:15
  15. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: The winter dawned, but the dead did not come back1:53
  16. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: And love which contains all human spirit3:00
  17. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: The only saviors are the ham sandwiches2:27
  18. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Chorus: At the sight of this4:41
  19. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Lieutenant Bush. Keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer1:33
  20. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: To what benevolent demon do I owe the joy of being thus surrounded2:42
  21. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: That's their signal2:17
  22. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: The sky is clear to the east2:59
  23. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: In the midnight, in the flame-brilliant midnight3:06
  24. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Zero minus two minutes1:03
  25. Doctor Atomic: Act 2: Countdown6:05