tracks

Overture
"The end of June 1945"
"First of all, let me say"
"We surround the plutonium core"
"We are bedeviled by faulty detonators"
"Many of us are inclined to say"
"The nation's fate"
"This is a petition"
"What if it's a dud?"
"The test must go on as scheduled"
"No. Before the bomb is used"
"Am I in your light?"
"Long let me inhale, deeply"
"The motive of it all was loneliness"
Electrical storm
"What the hell is wrong with the weather?"
"Five hundred US Superfortresses are raining incendiary bombs"
"I'll sign the report, sir"
"With respect, sir, anyone with good eyes"
"I have been preoccupied with many matters"
"Get them out of here. From now on I'm making my own weather predictions"
"General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude"
"Batter my heart"
"Easter Eve 1945"
"Interlude: Rain over the Sangre de Cristo"
"In The north, The cloud-flower blossoms"
"It's midnight, Jack"
"I've dreamed The same dream"
"To the furthest west, the sea and the striped country"
"A delay in issuing the Potsdam ultimatum"
"Fermi is taking wagers"
"I've spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies"
"Edward, the test will be delayed an hour"
Panic
"The program has been plagued from the start"
"To keep the weakness secret"
"I just finished reading The Magic Mountain"
"The winter dawned, but, the dead did not come back"
"And love which contains all human spirit"
"The only saviors are the ham sandwiches"
"At the sight of this"
"Lieutenant Bush. Keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer"
"To what benevolent demon do I owe the joy of being thus surrounded"
"That's their signal"
"The sky is clear to the east"
"In the midnight, in the flame-brilliant midnight"
"Zero Minus Two Minutes"
Countdown

credits

Baritone Vocals [Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer (Oppie)] – Gerald Finley
Baritone Vocals [Frank Hubbard] – Marcus Farnsworth
Bass Vocals [General Leslie Groves] – Aubrey Allicock
Choir – BBC Singers
Composed By, Conductor – John Adams
Executive Producer – Robert Hurwitz
Libretto By – Peter Sellars
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Pasqualta] – Jennifer Johnston
Orchestra – BBC Symphony Orchestra
Producer – Friedemann Engelbrecht
Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By – René Möller
Soprano Vocals [Kitty Oppenheimer] – Julia Bullock
Sound Designer – Mark Grey
Tenor Vocals [Captain James Nolan] – Samuel Sakker
Tenor Vocals [Robert Wilsom] – Andrew Staples

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