John Adams: Doctor Atomic

Doctor Atomic: Overture

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "The end of June 1945"

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "First of all, let me say" (with Gerald Finley)

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Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "We surround the plutonium core"

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "We are bedeviled by faulty detonators" (with Gerald Finley)

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Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "Many of us are inclined to say" (with Gerald Finley)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "The nation's fate..." (with Gerald Finley)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "This is a petition" (with Gerald Finley)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "What if it's a dud?" (with Gerald Finley)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "The test must go on as scheduled" (with Gerald Finley)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "No, before the bomb is used" (with Gerald Finley)

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Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: "Am I in your light?" (with Julia Bullock)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Julia Bullock

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: "Long let me inhale, deeply..." (with Gerald Finley & Julia Bullock)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley, Julia Bullock

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: "The motive of it all was loneliness" (with Gerald Finley & Julia Bullock)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley, Julia Bullock

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: Electrical storm

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "What the hell is wrong with the weather?" (with Gerald Finley)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Five hundred U.S. Superfortresses are raining bombs" (with Gerald Finley)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "I'll sign the report, sir" (with Gerald Finley)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "With respect, sir, anyone with two good eyes" (with Gerald Finley)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "I have been preoccupied with many matters" (with Gerald Finley)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Get them out of here. From now on, I'm making my own weather predictions"

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude" (with Gerald Finley)

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Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Batter my heart" (with Gerald Finley)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: "Easter Eve, 1945" (with Julia Bullock)

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Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: Interlude - Rain over the Sangre de Cristo

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: "In the north the cloud-flower blossoms"

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "It's midnight, Jack"

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "I've dreamed the same dream"

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "To the farthest west, the sea and the striped country" (with Julia Bullock)

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Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "A delay in the Potsdam Ultimatum"

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "Fermi is taking wagers" (with Gerald Finley)

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Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "I've spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies" (with Gerald Finley)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "Edward, the test will be delayed an hour" (with Gerald Finley)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: Panic

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "This program has been plagued from the start" (with Gerald Finley)

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Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "To keep the weakness secret" (with Gerald Finley & Julia Bullock)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley, Julia Bullock

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "I just finished reading The Magic Mountain" (with Gerald Finley)

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Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "The winter dawned, but the dead did not come back"

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "And love, which contains all human spirit" (with Gerald Finley & Julia Bullock)

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Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "The only saviors are the ham sandwiches" (with Gerald Finley)

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Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: Chorus - "At the sight of this"

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "Lieutenant Bush, keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer"

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "To what benevolent demon do I owe the joy of being thus surrounded" (with Gerald Finley)

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Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "That's their signal!" (with Gerald Finley)

Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Bbc Singers, John Adams, Gerald Finley

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "The sky is clear to the east"

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "In the midnight, in the flame-brilliant midnight" (with Julia Bullock)

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Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "Zero minus two minutes" (with Gerald Finley)

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Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: Countdown