The audio clip from Nixon in China is from the Nonesuch recording with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s conducted by Edo de Waart. Audio clips from Doctor Atomic are from the Nonesuch recording with the BBC Symphony conducted by John Adams.

“News, news, news”/James Maddalena as Nixon, Sanford Sylvan as Chou En-Lai; “Batter my heart”/Gerald Finley; “Am I in Your Light?”/Julia Bullock

Courtesy of Nonesuch Records