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John Adams

China Gates

China Gates is a short piano piece composed by the minimalist American composer John Adams in 1977. (Adams soon gave this work a companion, his Phrygian Gates, finished the next year. The latter is

Recordings#

  • Albany TROY 038: Christopher O’Riley, piano
  • Telarc CD-80513: Gloria Cheng-Cochran, piano
  • Nonesuch 79699: Nicolas Hodges, piano
  • Black Box Classics 1098: Andrew Russo, piano
  • Naxos 8.55928: Ralph van Raat, piano
  • Yarlung 79580: Joanne Pearce Martin, piano
  • Orli Shaham, Canary Classics, piano
  • Deutsche Grammophon (DG) 00028948382897: Yuja Wang, piano
  • Boosey & Hawkes page on China Gates
  • G Schirmer music publisher page on China Gates
  • John Adams official page, entry on China Gates
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John Adams