℗ 2024 Los Angeles Philharmonic, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
| Released | April 26, 2024 |
| Duration | 2h 06m 38s |
| Record Label | Nonesuch |
| Genre | Classical |
John Adams: Girls of the Golden West
Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Girls of the Golden West, Act I Scene 1
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1.1
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It was a driving, vigorous, restless population (feat. Julia Bullock, Ryan McKinny)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Julia Bullock; Ryan McKinny |
8:56 | |||
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Girls of the Golden West, Act I Scene 1
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1.2
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Wagon Ride - Ned Peters was a hustler (feat. Davóne Tines, Julia Bullock)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Davóne Tines; Julia Bullock |
5:06 | |||
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Girls of the Golden West, Act I Scene 2
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1.3
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My name is Joe (feat. Daniela Mack, Hye Jung Lee, Paul Appleby, Ryan McKinny)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Daniela Mack; Hye Jung Lee; Paul Appleby; Ryan McKinny |
11:01 | |||
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1.4
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Now he consoles himself (feat. Julia Bullock)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Julia Bullock |
2:36 | |||
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Girls of the Golden West, Act I Scene 3
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1.5
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A gambler’s life I do admire (feat. Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Paul Appleby, Ryan McKinny)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Daniela Mack; Elliot Madore; Paul Appleby; Ryan McKinny |
10:49 | |||
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1.6
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Josefa, you remember (feat. Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Daniela Mack; Elliot Madore |
4:14 | |||
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Girls of the Golden West, Act I Scene 4
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1.7
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It's bone, it’s backbone (feat. Davóne Tines, Julia Bullock, Paul Appleby, Ryan McKinny)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Davóne Tines; Julia Bullock; Paul Appleby; Ryan McKinny |
12:20 | |||
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1.8
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Comin' up from Red Dog (feat. Paul Appleby, Ryan McKinny)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Paul Appleby; Ryan McKinny |
3:29 | |||
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Girls of the Golden West, Act II Scene 1
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1.9
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The Raven (feat. Julia Bullock)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Julia Bullock |
5:08 | |||
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Girls of the Golden West, Act II Scene 2
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1.10
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The attack on the Mexicans (feat. Elliot Madore, Hye Jung Lee, Paul Appleby, Ryan McKinny)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Elliot Madore; Hye Jung Lee; Paul Appleby; Ryan McKinny |
11:04 | |||
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Girls of the Golden West, Act II Scene 3
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1.11
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It seems like midnight (feat. Davóne Tines, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Davóne Tines; Daniela Mack; Ryan McKinny |
7:59 | |||
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1.12
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What is this celebration to me? (feat. Davóne Tines)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Davóne Tines |
6:57 | |||
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Girls of the Golden West, Act II Scene 4
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1.13
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This very nearly was the cause (feat. Julia Bullock)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Julia Bullock |
2:45 | |||
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1.14
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Ven esta noche (feat. Daniela Mack)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Daniela Mack |
3:02 | |||
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1.15
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Blessed and praised (feat. Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Daniela Mack; Elliot Madore |
0:59 | |||
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1.16
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I'm going far away from my creditors (feat. Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Hye Jung Lee, Paul Appleby)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Daniela Mack; Elliot Madore; Hye Jung Lee; Paul Appleby |
8:54 | |||
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Girls of the Golden West, Act II Scene 5
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1.17
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The Downieville mob (feat. Julia Bullock, Ryan McKinny)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Julia Bullock; Ryan McKinny |
5:40 | |||
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1.18
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Tú me quieres alba (feat. Julia Bullock, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Julia Bullock; Daniela Mack; Ryan McKinny |
6:11 | |||
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1.19
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It's four long years (Lousy Miner / feat. Ryan McKinny)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Ryan McKinny |
4:37 | |||
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Girls of the Golden West, Act II Epilogue
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1.20
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Sometimes I lounge forlornly to the window (feat. Julia Bullock)
John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams; Julia Bullock |
4:51 | |||
Nonesuch releases the first recording of John Adams’ 2017 opera, Girls of the Golden West, on April 26, 2024. Longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars created the opera’s libretto, drawing from original sources, and also directs this performance. The composer leads the LA Phil in this live recording from Disney Hall. Girls of the Golden West also features the Los Angeles Master Chorale, conducted by Grant Gershon, and a cast led by Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Daniela Mack, and Ryan McKinny.
Girls of the Golden West brings true stories of the California Gold Rush to life. The opera rejects the whitewashed romantic view of California in the early days of the Gold Rush and highlights the heroism, passion, racial conflicts, love, cruelty, and truth during one of the most significant events in American history. Sellars used memoirs and historical texts to inform the opera that has been called by the Los Angeles Times “the most powerful opera of the moment.” The work had its world premiere in 2017 at the San Francisco Opera and has since also been presented by the Dutch National Opera.
“Girls of the Golden West may be my most personal of all my stage creations. Like the characters in its story, I too am a kind of California immigrant … For forty years I have hiked those same mountains … And I share the same sense of awe and appreciation that Dame Shirley so perfectly evokes in the opera’s very last moment—for the fathomless splendor and ‘never-enough-to-be-talked-about sky of California.’”
- John Adams
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Nonesuch Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.24 -11.08 to -1.17 | -23.72 -31.87 to -18.23 | -20.32 -28.70 to -14.90 | 13 10 to 15 | |
| 1 | It was a driving, vigorous, restless population (feat. Julia Bullock, Ryan McKinny) | -2.17 | -24.11 | -20.9 | 14 |
| 2 | Wagon Ride - Ned Peters was a hustler (feat. Davóne Tines, Julia Bullock) | -1.67 | -20.96 | -17.2 | 13 |
| 3 | My name is Joe (feat. Daniela Mack, Hye Jung Lee, Paul Appleby, Ryan McKinny) | -1.17 | -20.52 | -17.1 | 13 |
| 4 | Now he consoles himself (feat. Julia Bullock) | -6.67 | -27.91 | -24.4 | 12 |
| 5 | A gambler’s life I do admire (feat. Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Paul Appleby, Ryan McKinny) | -1.22 | -20.53 | -17.4 | 13 |
| 6 | Josefa, you remember (feat. Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore) | -11.08 | -31.87 | -28.7 | 13 |
| 7 | It's bone, it’s backbone (feat. Davóne Tines, Julia Bullock, Paul Appleby, Ryan McKinny) | -1.25 | -23.49 | -19.8 | 15 |
| 8 | Comin' up from Red Dog (feat. Paul Appleby, Ryan McKinny) | -1.17 | -18.23 | -14.9 | 10 |
| 9 | The Raven (feat. Julia Bullock) | -1.44 | -19.56 | -16.1 | 12 |
| 10 | The attack on the Mexicans (feat. Elliot Madore, Hye Jung Lee, Paul Appleby, Ryan McKinny) | -1.30 | -21.51 | -17.9 | 13 |
| 11 | It seems like midnight (feat. Davóne Tines, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny) | -1.20 | -23.72 | -19.9 | 15 |
| 12 | What is this celebration to me? (feat. Davóne Tines) | -1.21 | -20.58 | -17.6 | 12 |
| 13 | This very nearly was the cause (feat. Julia Bullock) | -9.32 | -31.60 | -28.2 | 13 |
| 14 | Ven esta noche (feat. Daniela Mack) | -3.87 | -29.40 | -26.1 | 14 |
| 15 | Blessed and praised (feat. Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore) | -7.09 | -27.51 | -24.7 | 13 |
| 16 | I'm going far away from my creditors (feat. Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Hye Jung Lee, Paul Appleby) | -1.17 | -20.70 | -17.3 | 12 |
| 17 | The Downieville mob (feat. Julia Bullock, Ryan McKinny) | -1.17 | -20.20 | -17.4 | 12 |
| 18 | Tú me quieres alba (feat. Julia Bullock, Daniela Mack, Ryan McKinny) | -2.36 | -24.43 | -20.8 | 15 |
| 19 | It's four long years (Lousy Miner / feat. Ryan McKinny) | -1.17 | -18.94 | -14.9 | 12 |
| 20 | Sometimes I lounge forlornly to the window (feat. Julia Bullock) | -7.15 | -28.64 | -25.1 | 13 |