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John Adams

John Adams

John Adams

United States

John Coolidge Adams is an American composer and conductor. Among the most regularly performed composers of contemporary classical music, he is particularly noted for his operas, many of which center around historical events. Apart from opera, his oeuvre includes orchestral, concertante, vocal, choral, chamber, electroacoustic, and piano music.

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Albums89

The Death of Klinghoffer

The Death of Klinghoffer

Hallelujah Junction

Hallelujah Junction

2025
Girls of the Golden West

Girls of the Golden West

2024
City Noir / Fearful Symmetries / Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance

City Noir / Fearful Symmetries / Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance

2024
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
John Adams

John Adams

2022
Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future V

Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future V

2021
This is America!

This is America!

2021
Chamber Symphony / Common Tones in Simple Time / Son of Chamber Symphony

Chamber Symphony / Common Tones in Simple Time / Son of Chamber Symphony

2021
My Father Knew Charles Ives / Harmonielehre

My Father Knew Charles Ives / Harmonielehre

2021
Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?

Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?

2020
The John Adams Album

The John Adams Album

2019
American Postcard

American Postcard

2019
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
Doctor Atomic

Doctor Atomic

2018
Naive and Sentimental Music / Absolute Jest

Naive and Sentimental Music / Absolute Jest

2018
Violin Concerto

Violin Concerto

2018
Piano Music

Piano Music

2017
The John Adams Edition

The John Adams Edition

2017
Korngold/Adams: Violin Concertos

Korngold/Adams: Violin Concertos

2017
Concerti III: Poulenc - McPhee - Adams

Concerti III: Poulenc - McPhee - Adams

2017
Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future 2015

Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future 2015

2016
Violin Concertos

Violin Concertos

2016
Scheherazade.2

Scheherazade.2

2016
The Minimalists

The Minimalists

2016
Visions

Visions

2016
Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music

Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music

2015
City Noir

City Noir

2014
Violin concertos

Violin concertos

2014
The Gospel According to the Other Mary

The Gospel According to the Other Mary

2014
American Grace

American Grace

2014
Road Movies

Road Movies

2014
Composing America

Composing America

2014
Harmonielehre / Doctor Atomic Symphony / Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Harmonielehre / Doctor Atomic Symphony / Short Ride in a Fast Machine

2013
Fellow Traveller: the complete quartet works of John Adams

Fellow Traveller: the complete quartet works of John Adams

2013
Harmonielehre / Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Harmonielehre / Short Ride in a Fast Machine

2012
If You Love for Beauty

If You Love for Beauty

2012
If You Love for Beauty, Vol I

If You Love for Beauty, Vol I

2012
Son of Chamber Symphony / String Quartet

Son of Chamber Symphony / String Quartet

2011
John Adams: Portrait

John Adams: Portrait

2011
Passion & Pain: Adams, Haydn & Schubert

Passion & Pain: Adams, Haydn & Schubert

2010
American Counterpoint

American Counterpoint

2010
Doctor Atomic Symphony

Doctor Atomic Symphony

2009
Transmigration

Transmigration

2009
A Flowering Tree

A Flowering Tree

2008
Complete Piano Music

Complete Piano Music

2007
The Dharma at Big Sur / My Father Knew Charles Ives

The Dharma at Big Sur / My Father Knew Charles Ives

2006
Adams: Violin Concerto / Corigliano: Red Violin "Chaconne"

Adams: Violin Concerto / Corigliano: Red Violin "Chaconne"

2006
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
Road Movies

Road Movies

2005
Shaker Loops / The Wound-Dresser / Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Shaker Loops / The Wound-Dresser / Short Ride in a Fast Machine

2004
On the Transmigration of Souls

On the Transmigration of Souls

2004
Road Movies

Road Movies

2004
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
Naive and Sentimental Music

Naive and Sentimental Music

2002
Tromba Lontana / Violin Concerto / The Wound Dresser

Tromba Lontana / Violin Concerto / The Wound Dresser

2002
El Niño

El Niño

2001
Shifting Landscapes

Shifting Landscapes

2001
Fearful Symmetries / Chamber Symphony / Four Songs / Christian Zeal and Activity

Fearful Symmetries / Chamber Symphony / Four Songs / Christian Zeal and Activity

2000
Harmonium / The Klinghoffer Choruses

Harmonium / The Klinghoffer Choruses

2000
Violin Concertos

Violin Concertos

1999
American Clarinet

American Clarinet

1999
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
China Gates / Phrygian Gates

China Gates / Phrygian Gates

1998
Piano Music of John Adams and Terry Riley

Piano Music of John Adams and Terry Riley

1998
Gnarly Buttons / John's Book of Alleged Dances

Gnarly Buttons / John's Book of Alleged Dances

1998
East of Eden / Rebel Without a Cause

East of Eden / Rebel Without a Cause

1997
Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates / Chamber Symphony

Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates / Chamber Symphony

1997
El Dorado

El Dorado

1996
The Desert Music / Shaker Loops

The Desert Music / Shaker Loops

1996
Century Rolls

Century Rolls

1996
Harmonium / The Bells

Harmonium / The Bells

1996
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
Chamber Symphony / Grand Pianola Music

Chamber Symphony / Grand Pianola Music

1994
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
Carter: Night Fantasies / Adams: Phrygian Gates

Carter: Night Fantasies / Adams: Phrygian Gates

1993
Hoodoo Zephyr

Hoodoo Zephyr

1993
The Death of Klinghoffer

The Death of Klinghoffer

1992
John Adams Conducts American Elegies

John Adams Conducts American Elegies

1991
Feel Good

Feel Good

1991
Fearful Symmetries / The Wound-Dresser

Fearful Symmetries / The Wound-Dresser

1989
Nixon in China

Nixon in China

1988
The Chairman Dances

The Chairman Dances

1987
Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates

Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates

1986
Harmonielehre

Harmonielehre

1985
John Adams: Grand Pianola / Steve Reich: Eight Lines / Vermont Counterpoint

John Adams: Grand Pianola / Steve Reich: Eight Lines / Vermont Counterpoint

1985
Adams: Grand Pianola / Reich: Eight Lines

Adams: Grand Pianola / Reich: Eight Lines

1984
Harmonium

Harmonium

1984
Ensemble Pieces

Ensemble Pieces

1975

Compilations9

Hallelujah Junction: A Nonesuch Retrospective

Hallelujah Junction: A Nonesuch Retrospective

2008
The John Adams Earbox

The John Adams Earbox

1999
Maximum Minimalists

Maximum Minimalists

1998
Adams: Shaker Loops / The Chairman Dances / Glass: Façades / Reich: Eight Lines

Adams: Shaker Loops / The Chairman Dances / Glass: Façades / Reich: Eight Lines

1998
Violin Concerto

Violin Concerto

1996
Die Musik für ein neues Zeitalter

Die Musik für ein neues Zeitalter

1991
Music From 'Nixon in China'

Music From 'Nixon in China'

1987
Shaker Loops / Light Over Water

Shaker Loops / Light Over Water

1987
Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards / Shaker Loops

Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards / Shaker Loops

1984