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VinylSonar tracks 82 vinyl releases by John Adams, spanning 1986–2025. The most recent is Hallelujah Junction: Adams, Stravinsky, Gershwin & Copland (2025). 2 of them are live. Browse the full discography below — each release links to its cover art and details.

John Adams

John Adams was a Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain. During the latter part of the Revolutionary War and in the early years of the new nation, he served the Continental Congress of…

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Hallelujah Junction: Adams, Stravinsky, Gershwin & Copland
Hallelujah Junction: Adams, Stravinsky, Gershwin & Copland
2025
City Noir / Fearful Symmetries / Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance
City Noir / Fearful Symmetries / Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance
2024
Girls of the Golden West
Girls of the Golden West
2024
BBC Music, Volume 32, Number 5: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / John Adams: Harmonielehre
BBC Music, Volume 32, Number 5: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / John Adams: Harmonielehre
2024
John Adams
John Adams
2022
Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future V
Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future V
2021
This is America!
This is America!
2021
Chamber Symphony / Common Tones in Simple Time / Son of Chamber Symphony
Chamber Symphony / Common Tones in Simple Time / Son of Chamber Symphony
2021
My Father Knew Charles Ives / Harmonielehre
My Father Knew Charles Ives / Harmonielehre
2021
Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?
Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?
2020
American Postcard
American Postcard
2019
Berlioz: Les nuits d’été / Ravel: Shéhérazade / Debussy/Adams: Le livre de Baudelaire
Berlioz: Les nuits d’été / Ravel: Shéhérazade / Debussy/Adams: Le livre de Baudelaire
2019
The John Adams Album
The John Adams Album
2019
Naive and Sentimental Music / Absolute Jest
Naive and Sentimental Music / Absolute Jest
2018
Doctor Atomic
Doctor Atomic
2018
Violin Concerto
Violin Concerto
2018
Korngold/Adams: Violin Concertos
Korngold/Adams: Violin Concertos
2017
Concerti III: Poulenc - McPhee - Adams
Concerti III: Poulenc - McPhee - Adams
2017
Piano Music
Piano Music
2017
The John Adams Edition
The John Adams Edition
2017
Scheherazade.2
Scheherazade.2
2016
Visions
Visions
2016
Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future 2015
Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future 2015
2016
The Minimalists
The Minimalists
2016
Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music
Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music
2015
City Noir
City Noir
2014
American Grace
American Grace
2014
Composing America
Composing America
2014
The Gospel According to the Other Mary
The Gospel According to the Other Mary
2014
Fellow Traveller: the complete quartet works of John Adams
Fellow Traveller: the complete quartet works of John Adams
2013
Harmonielehre / Doctor Atomic Symphony / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Harmonielehre / Doctor Atomic Symphony / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
2013
If You Love for Beauty, Vol I
If You Love for Beauty, Vol I
2012
Harmonielehre / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Harmonielehre / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
2012
If You Love for Beauty
If You Love for Beauty
2012
John Adams: Portrait
John Adams: Portrait
2011
Son of Chamber Symphony / String Quartet
Son of Chamber Symphony / String Quartet
2011
Music for a Time of War
Music for a Time of War
2011
Passion & Pain: Adams, Haydn & Schubert
Passion & Pain: Adams, Haydn & Schubert
2010
American Counterpoint
American Counterpoint
2010
Doctor Atomic Symphony
Doctor Atomic Symphony
2009
Transmigration
Transmigration
2009
Nixon in China
Nixon in China
2009
A Flowering Tree
A Flowering Tree
2008
String Poetic
String Poetic
2008
Complete Piano Music
Complete Piano Music
2007
Adams: Violin Concerto / Corigliano: Red Violin "Chaconne"
Adams: Violin Concerto / Corigliano: Red Violin "Chaconne"
2006
The Dharma at Big Sur / My Father Knew Charles Ives
The Dharma at Big Sur / My Father Knew Charles Ives
2006
Shaker Loops / The Wound-Dresser / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Shaker Loops / The Wound-Dresser / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
2004
On the Transmigration of Souls
On the Transmigration of Souls
2004
Road Movies
Road Movies
2004
BBC Music, Volume 11, Number 2: Short Ride in a Fast Machine / The Chairman Dances / Harmonium / De Snelheid
BBC Music, Volume 11, Number 2: Short Ride in a Fast Machine / The Chairman Dances / Harmonium / De Snelheid
2002
Naive and Sentimental Music
Naive and Sentimental Music
2002
Tromba Lontana / Violin Concerto / The Wound Dresser
Tromba Lontana / Violin Concerto / The Wound Dresser
2002
Shifting Landscapes
Shifting Landscapes
2001
El Niño
El Niño
2001
Harmonium / The Klinghoffer Choruses
Harmonium / The Klinghoffer Choruses
2000
Fearful Symmetries / Chamber Symphony / Four Songs / Christian Zeal and Activity
Fearful Symmetries / Chamber Symphony / Four Songs / Christian Zeal and Activity
2000
Violin Concertos
Violin Concertos
1999
American Clarinet
American Clarinet
1999
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
1998
Piano Music of John Adams and Terry Riley
Piano Music of John Adams and Terry Riley
1998
Gnarly Buttons / John's Book of Alleged Dances
Gnarly Buttons / John's Book of Alleged Dances
1998
China Gates / Phrygian Gates
China Gates / Phrygian Gates
1998
East of Eden / Rebel Without a Cause
East of Eden / Rebel Without a Cause
1997
Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates / Chamber Symphony
Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates / Chamber Symphony
1997
Harmonium / The Bells
Harmonium / The Bells
1996
The Desert Music / Shaker Loops
The Desert Music / Shaker Loops
1996
El Dorado
El Dorado
1996
Century Rolls
Century Rolls
1996
John Adams: Grand Pianola Music / Short Ride in a Fast Machine / David Lang: Are You Experienced? / Under Orpheus
John Adams: Grand Pianola Music / Short Ride in a Fast Machine / David Lang: Are You Experienced? / Under Orpheus
1995
Chamber Symphony / Grand Pianola Music
Chamber Symphony / Grand Pianola Music
1994
Harmonielehre / The Chairman Dances / Tromba Lontana / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Harmonielehre / The Chairman Dances / Tromba Lontana / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
1994
Carter: Night Fantasies / Adams: Phrygian Gates
Carter: Night Fantasies / Adams: Phrygian Gates
1993
Hoodoo Zephyr
Hoodoo Zephyr
1993
The Death of Klinghoffer
The Death of Klinghoffer
1992
Feel Good
Feel Good
1991
John Adams Conducts American Elegies
John Adams Conducts American Elegies
1991
Minimalist
Minimalist
1990
Fearful Symmetries / The Wound-Dresser
Fearful Symmetries / The Wound-Dresser
1989
Nixon in China
Nixon in China
1988
The Chairman Dances
The Chairman Dances
1987
Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates
Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates
1986

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