John Adams (American minimalist composer)

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Releases

Release	Artist	Format	Tracks	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#	Barcode
Ensemble Pieces	Christopher Hobbs, John Adams, Gavin Bryars	12" Vinyl	6	GB1975	Obscure	obscure no. 2	[none]
Ensemble Pieces	Christopher Hobbs, John Adams, Gavin Bryars	12" Vinyl	4	GB1975	Obscure	obscure no. 2	[none]
Variations For Winds, Strings And Keyboards / Shaker Loops	Steve Reich / John Adams	12" Vinyl	2	NL1984	Philips	412 214-1	029941221411
Shaker Loops / Variations for Winds, Strings & Keyboards	John Adams, Steve Reich; San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart	CD	5	DE1984	Philips Classics (See annotation to check it's really this label.)	412 214-2	02994122142
Harmonium	John Adams; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Edo de Waart	12" Vinyl	2	DE1984	ECM New Series	821 465-1, ECM 1277
Adams: Grand Pianola / Reich: Eight Lines	John Adams, Steve Reich; Ransom Wilson, Solisti New York	12" Vinyl	3	US1984	Angel Records (please read annotations before use! primarily classical genre imprint, EMI subsidiary)	DS-37345
Harmonielehre	John Adams; San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart	CD	3	DE1985	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	7559-79115-2	075597911527
John Adams: Grand Pianola / Steve Reich: Eight Lines / Vermont Counterpoint	John Adams, Steve Reich; Solisti New York, Ransom Wilson	CD	4	-1985	Angel Records (please read annotations before use! primarily classical genre imprint, EMI subsidiary)	CDC-7 47331 2	077774733120
Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates	John Adams; Mack McCray	12" Vinyl	2	US1986	New Albion Records	NA 007
The Chairman Dances	John Adams	12" Vinyl	5	US1987	Elektra Nonesuch	79144-1	075597914412
Music From 'Nixon in China'	John Adams, Alice Goodman; Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Edo de Waart	CD	16	US1987	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	9 79193-2	075597919325
Harmonium	John Adams; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Edo de Waart	CD	2	DE1987	ECM Records (Edition of Contemporary Music)	ECM New Series 1277	042282146526
Shaker Loops / Light Over Water	John Adams	CD	4	US1987	New Albion Records	NA014	022551001428
Nixon in China	John Adams, Alice Goodman; Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Edo de Waart	3×CD	16 + 12 + 13	US1988	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	79177	075597917727
Fearful Symmetries / The Wound-Dresser	John Adams	CD	2	US1989-10-20	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	9 79218-2	075597921823
The Chairman Dances	John Adams; San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart	CD	5	US1990-09-07	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	9 79144-2	075597914429
Harmonielehre	John Adams; Edo de Waart, San Francisco Symphony	CD	3	US1990-10-25	Nonesuch Digital	9 79115-2	075597911527
Minimalist	Adams, Glass, Reich, Heath; London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren‐Green	CD	11	-1990	Virgin Classics (absorbed into Erato since 2013-07-19)	VC 7 91168-2	075679116826
John Adams Conducts American Elegies	Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Dawn Upshaw, Paul Crossley, John Adams	CD	10	US1991-03-05	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	79249	075597924923
Die Musik für ein neues Zeitalter	John Zorn, Philip Glass, John Adams, Steve Reich; Kronos Quartet	CD	13	DE1991	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)		075597926729
The Death of Klinghoffer	John Adams, Alice Goodman; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Kent Nagano	2×Digital Media	14 + 14	XW1992-10-01	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)
The Death of Klinghoffer	John Adams, Alice Goodman; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Kent Nagano	2×CD	14 + 14	US1992-11-17	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	9 79281-2	075597928129
Carter: Night Fantasies / Adams: Phrygian Gates	Elliott Carter, John Adams; Ursula Oppens	CD	8	US1993-03-09	Music & Arts (Berkeley, California label)	CD-604
Hoodoo Zephyr	John Adams	CD	7	US1993	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	9 79311-2	075597931129
American Classics	Gershwin, Ellington, Bernstein, Adams; Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, John Mauceri	CD	4	US1993	Philips	G2 38663	[none]
Harmonielehre / The Chairman Dances / Tromba Lontana / Short Ride in a Fast Machine	John Adams; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle	CD	6	US1994-03-07	EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)	7243 5 55051 2 5, CDC 5 55051 2	724355505125
Chamber Symphony / Grand Pianola Music	John Adams; London Sinfonietta	CD	6	US1994-11-25	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	7559-79219-2	075597921922
Minimalist	Adams, Glass, Reich, Heath; London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren‐Green	CD	11	XE1994	Virgin Classics (absorbed into Erato since 2013-07-19), Ultraviolet (sublabel of Virgin Classics)	7243 5 61121 2 4, CUV 5 61121 2	724356112124
John Adams: Grand Pianola Music / Short Ride in a Fast Machine / David Lang: Are You Experienced? / Under Orpheus	John Adams, David Lang; Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Stephen Mosko	CD	13	GB1995-05-01	Chandos	CHAN 9363	095115936320
John Adams Conducts American Elegies	Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Dawn Upshaw, Paul Crossley, John Adams	CD	10	XE1995	Elektra Nonesuch	7559-79249-2	075597924923
Violin Concerto	John Adams; Kent Nagano, Gidon Kremer	CD	7	US1996-04-26	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	7559-79360-2	075597936025
The Desert Music / Shaker Loops	Reich, Adams; BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Péter Eötvös, Richard Buckley	CD	11	US1996-07-01	BBC Radio Classics	15656 91692	5015656916921
El Dorado	John Adams	CD	4	US1996-10-15	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	79359-2	075597935929
Violin Concerto / Shaker Loops	John Adams; Gidon Kremer, London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, Orchestra of St. Luke’s	CD	7	US1996	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	79360-2	[none]
Adams: Harmonium / Rachmaninoff: The Bells	Adams, Rachmaninoff; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Robert Shaw	CD	7	US1996	Telarc	CD-80365	089408036521
Century Rolls	John Adams; Emanuel Ax	CD	5	US1996	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)		075597960723
East of Eden / Rebel Without a Cause	Leonard Rosenman; London Sinfonietta, John Adams	CD	15	US1997-07-29	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	7559-79402-2, 79402-2	075597940220
Minimalistes	Adams, Glass, Reich, Heath; London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren‐Green	CD	11	FR1997	Virgin Classics (absorbed into Erato since 2013-07-19)		724348997920
Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates / Chamber Symphony	John Adams; Ensemble Modern	CD	8	-1997	RCA Victor Red Seal		090266867424
Les musiques américaines de Nonesuch	John Adams, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley	CD	13	FR1998-03-26	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	WE863	095483636525
Gnarly Buttons / John's Book of Alleged Dances	John Adams	CD	14	US1998-04-21	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)		075597946529
Piano Music of John Adams and Terry Riley	John Adams, Terry Riley; Gloria Cheng-Cochran	CD	8	US1998-06-16	Telarc Digital	CD-80513	089408051326
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky	John Adams, June Jordan	CD	15	US1998-11-03	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	79473	075597947328
Adams: Grand Pianola / Reich: Vermont Counterpoint / Eight Lines	John Adams, Steve Reich; Solisti New York, Ransom Wilson	CD	4	-1998	EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)	5 72994 2	724357299428
Adams: Shaker Loops / The Chairman Dances / Glass: Façades / Reich: Eight Lines	John Adams, Philip Glass, Steve Reich; Christopher Warren‐Green, Simon Rattle	CD	12	GB1998	HMV Classics	HMV 5 73040 2	724357304023
Violin Concertos	John Adams, Philip Glass; Houston Symphony, Christoph Eschenbach, Robert McDuffie	CD	6	-1999-08-24	Telarc Digital	CD-80494	089408049422
The John Adams Earbox	John Adams	10×CD	7 + 5 + 22 + 8 + 13 + 5 + 6 + 9 + 15 + 13	US1999-10-19	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	79453-2
American Clarinet	Carter, Reich, Sandroff, Adams; Alain Damiens, Andre Trouttet, Ensemble intercontemporain, David Robertson	CD	7	US1999	Virgin Classics (absorbed into Erato since 2013-07-19)	7243 5 45351 2 3	724354535123
Maximum Minimalists	John Adams, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley	CD	13	GB2000-04-17	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	9548-38740-2
Century Rolls / Lollapalooza / Slonimsky’s Earbox	John Adams	CD	5	XE2000	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	7559-79607-2	075597960723
Harmonium / The Klinghoffer Choruses	John Adams	CD	10	US2000	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	79549-2	075597954920
Fearful Symmetries / Chamber Symphony / Four Songs / Christian Zeal and Activity	John Adams; Orchestre philharmonique de Montpellier L.-R., René Bosc	CD	9	FR2000	Actes Sud	OMA34102	3298490341025
El Niño	John Adams; Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Dawn Upshaw, Willard White, Kent Nagano	2×CD	11 + 13	US2001-08-28	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	7559-79634-2	075597963427
John Adams: Grand Pianola Music / Short Ride in a Fast Machine / David Lang: Are You Experienced? / Under Orpheus	John Adams, David Lang; Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Stephen Mosko	CD	13	GB2001-09	Chandos	CHAN 9363	0095115936320
Shifting Landscapes	John Adams, Lepo Sumera; Symphony Orchestra of Norrlands Opera, Kristjan Järvi	Hybrid SACD	5	DE2001	CCn’C Records	01912	723091019125
BBC Music, Volume 11, Number 2: Short Ride in a Fast Machine / The Chairman Dances / Harmonium	John Adams, Louis Andriessen	CD	6	GB2002-10	BBC Music Magazine (Magazine, with typically BBCMM## catno.)	BBCMM222	[none]
Naive and Sentimental Music	John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen	CD	3	US2002	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	7559-79636-2	075597963625
Tromba Lontana / Violin Concerto / The Wound Dresser	John Adams; BBC Symphony Orchestra	CD	5	GB2002	Late Junction	BBCLJ30012	684911300123
John Adams: Grand Pianola / Steve Reich: Eight Lines / Vermont Counterpoint	John Adams, Steve Reich; Solisti New York, Ransom Wilson	Digital Media	4	XW2004-01-01	Angel Records (please read annotations before use! primarily classical genre imprint, EMI subsidiary)		0094633153455
On the Transmigration of Souls	John Adams; New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel	CD	1	US2004-08-31	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	79816-2	075597981629
Shaker Loops / The Wound-Dresser / Short Ride in a Fast Machine	John Adams; Nathan Gunn, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop	CD	7	GB2004-09	Naxos	8.559031	0636943903124
Shaker Loops / The Wound-Dresser / Short Ride in a Fast Machine	John Adams; Nathan Gunn, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop	Digital Media	7	XW2004-10-04	Naxos
Road Movies	John Adams	CD	11	US2004	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	79699	0075597969924
Road Movies	John Adams; Andrew Russo, James Ehnes	CD	6	-2005-03-22	Black Box (Sanctuary Classics subsidiary, contemporary classical music)		680125109828
John Adams: Grand Pianola / Steve Reich: Eight Lines / Vermont Counterpoint	John Adams, Steve Reich; Solisti New York, Ransom Wilson	CD	4	US2005-08-16	EMI Angel Digital ("EMI" name above an angel sitting on a disc, with the words "Angel" and "DIGITAL" below)	31534-2	094633153424
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky	John Adams, June Jordan; The Band of Holst-Sinfonietta, Klaus Simon	2×CD	15 + 9	US2005-10	Naxos	8.669003-04	730099690324
Shaker Loops / Variations for Winds, Strings & Keyboards	John Adams, Steve Reich; San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart	CD	5	XE2006-07-04	Philips	475 7551	028947575511
Adams: Violin Concerto / Corigliano: Red Violin "Chaconne"	John Adams, John Corigliano; Chloë Hanslip, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin	CD	6	GB2006-09-04	Naxos	8.559302	636943930229
Minimalist	Adams, Glass, Reich, Heath; London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren‐Green	CD	11	GB2006-09-12	Virgin Classics (absorbed into Erato since 2013-07-19)	0946 363308 2 2	094636330822
The Dharma at Big Sur / My Father Knew Charles Ives	John Adams; BBC Symphony Orchestra	2×CD	2 + 3	US2006-09-26	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	7559-79857-2	075597985726
Complete Piano Music	John Adams; Ralph van Raat	CD	4	US2007-02-27	Naxos	8.559285	636943928523
Harmonielehre / The Chairman Dances / Tromba Lontana / Short Ride in a Fast Machine	John Adams; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle	CD	6	GB2007	EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)	50999 5 03403 2 3	5099950340323
String Poetic	Jennifer Higdon, Lou Harrison, John Adams, Carl Ruggles; Jennifer Koh, Reiko Uchida	CD	14	US2008-04-08	Cedille	CDR 90000 103	735131910323
A Flowering Tree	John Adams	2×CD	11 + 9	GB2008-09-22	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	7559-79965-1	075597996517
A Flowering Tree	John Adams	2×CD	11 + 9	US2008-09-23	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	327100-2	075597996517
Hallelujah Junction: A Nonesuch Retrospective	John Adams	2×CD	9 + 9	US2008-10-07	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	512396-2	075597989212
Grand Pianola Music / Shaker Loops / Short Ride in a Fast Machine	John Adams; London Chamber Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Warren‐Green, Simon Rattle	CD	8	US2008	EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)	2066272	5099920662721
Doctor Atomic Symphony	John Adams; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson	CD	4	GB2009-07-27	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	468220-2	075597993288
Nixon in China	John Adams; Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Robert Orth, Maria Kanyova, Thomas Hammons, Marc Heller, Tracy Dahl, Chen-Ye Yuan	3×CD	16 + 12 + 13	GB2009-09-28	Naxos	8.669022-24	730099902274
Transmigration	Adams, Barber, Corigliano, Higdon; Robert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses, Nmon Ford	CD	5	US2009	Telarc	CD-80673	089408067327
American Counterpoint	John Adams, Conlon Nancarrow, John Cage	CD	9	GB2010-01-26	EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)	5099909067132-2-8	5099996713228
I Am Love	John Adams	CD	9	GB2010-06-14 US-	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	524842-2	075597978810
John Adams: Portrait	John Adams; Angèle Dubeau, La Pietà, Louise Bessette	CD	13	CA2011-02-22	Analekta	AN 2 8732	774204873226
Son of Chamber Symphony / String Quartet	John Adams; International Contemporary Ensemble, John Adams, St. Lawrence String Quartet	CD	5	US2011-05-31	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	523014-2	075597980080
Music for a Time of War	Charles Ives, John Adams, Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams; Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar, Sanford Sylvan	SACD	9	US2011-10-25	PentaTone Classics (original name since 2001, renamed in 2014 to Pentatone)	PTC 5186 393	827949039362
Harmonielehre / Short Ride in a Fast Machine	John Adams; San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas	CD	4	-2012-03-13	SFS Media (San Francisco Symphony's in-house audio/video label)	SFS 0053	821936005323
If You Love for Beauty	Adams, Chausson, Handel, Mahler; Sasha Cooke, The Colburn Orchestra, Yehuda Gilad	CD	11	XW2012	Yarlung Records	YAR14148	885767141483
If You Love for Beauty, Vol I	Adams, Handel, Mahler; Sasha Cooke, Colburn Orchestra, Yehuda Gilad	Digital Media	7	-2012	Yarlung Records	YAR14148DSD1	[none]
Fellow Traveller: the complete quartet works of John Adams	John Adams; Attacca Quartet	CD	13	US2013-03-26	Azica Records	ACD71280	787867128022
Harmonielehre / Doctor Atomic Symphony / Short Ride in a Fast Machine	John Adams; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian	Hybrid SACD	7	XE2013-10-01	Chandos	CHSA 5129
Minimalist	Adams, Glass, Reich, Heath; London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren‐Green	CD	11	XE2013	Virgin Classics (absorbed into Erato since 2013-07-19)	50999 7 35299 2 7	5099973529927
Composing America	Adams, Bolcom, Copland, Moravec; Lark Quartet	Digital Media	11	US2014-02-03	Bridge Records (contemporary classical label)
American Grace	John Adams, Steven Mackey; Orli Shaham, Jon Kimura Parker, Los Angeles Philharmonic, David Robertson	CD	10	-2014-03-03	Canary Classics		892118001280
The Gospel According to the Other Mary	John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel	2×CD	20 + 17	XW2014-03-10	Deutsche Grammophon	479 2243	028947922438
Violin concertos	Felix Mendelssohn, John Adams; Chad Hoopes, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi	Digital Media	6	US2014-03-21
City Noir	John Adams; Saint Louis Symphony, David Robertson	CD	6	US2014-05-06	Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.)	541356-2	075597956443
Cognisance	Glass, Adams, Pärt, Cage, Helisek; Timothy A. Helisek	CD	10	-2014
Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music	John Adams; San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas	Hybrid SACD (CD layer)	9	US2015-08-14	SFS Media (San Francisco Symphony's in-house audio/video label)	SFS 0063	821936006320
Visions	Adams, Bach, Messiaen; Christina and Michelle Naughton	CD	11	-2016-02-26	Warner Classics	0825646011360	825646011360
The Minimalists	Reich, Riley, Andriessen, Gann, Adams, Lang; Geoffrey Douglas Madge, Orkest de Volharding, Jussi Jaatinen	2×CD	8 + 3	US2016-04-01	Mode (contemporary classical)	mode 214/215

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