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John Adams

John Adams

American minimalist composer

US

1947 – Present

classicalcontemporary classicalamerican composerclassical crossovercomposer

Discography

Hallelujah Junction: Adams, Stravinsky, Gershwin & Copland

Hallelujah Junction: Adams, Stravinsky, Gershwin & Copland

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

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

Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future 2015

Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future 2015

2017

BBC Music, Volume 25, Number 5: Philip Glass: Symphony no. 10 / John Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur

BBC Music, Volume 25, Number 5: Philip Glass: Symphony no. 10 / John Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur

2017

Concerti III: Poulenc - McPhee - Adams

Concerti III: Poulenc - McPhee - Adams

2017

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

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, Vol I

If You Love for Beauty, Vol I

2012

If You Love for Beauty

If You Love for Beauty

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

String Poetic

String Poetic

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

Harmonium / The Klinghoffer Choruses

Harmonium / The Klinghoffer Choruses

2000

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

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

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

Harmonium / The Bells

Harmonium / The Bells

1996

Century Rolls

Century Rolls

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

Minimalist

Minimalist

1990

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

Harmonium

Harmonium

1984

Adams: Grand Pianola / Reich: Eight Lines

Adams: Grand Pianola / Reich: Eight Lines

1984

Ensemble Pieces

Ensemble Pieces

1975

The Death of Klinghoffer

The Death of Klinghoffer