Tracklist
| 1-1 | Overture | 5:11 | |
| Act I - Scene 1 | |||
| 1-2 | "The End Of June 1945" | 4:19 | |
| 1-3 | "First Of All, Let Me Say" | 2:16 | |
| 1-4 | "We Surround The Plutonium Core" | 1:43 | |
| 1-5 | "We Are Bedeviled By Faulty Detonators" | 1:31 | |
| 1-6 | "Many Of Us Are Inclined To Say" | 2:27 | |
| 1-7 | "The Nation's Fate" | 2:17 | |
| 1-8 | "This Is A Petition" | 2:43 | |
| 1-9 | "What If It's A Dud?" | 2:03 | |
| 1-10 | "The Test Must Go On As Scheduled" | 3:21 | |
| 1-11 | "No. Before The Bomb Is Used" | 4:07 | |
| Act I - Scene 2 | |||
| 1-12 | "Am I In Your Light?" | 4:31 | |
| 1-13 | "Long Let Me Inhale, Deeply" | 6:27 | |
| 1-14 | "The Motive Of It All Was Loneliness" | 4:25 | |
| Act I - Scene 3 | |||
| 1-15 | Electrical Storm | 2:18 | |
| 1-16 | "What The Hell Is Wrong With The Weather?" | 2:34 | |
| 1-17 | "Five Hundred US Superfortresses Are Raining Incendiary Bombs" | 4:07 | |
| 1-18 | "I'll Sign The Report, Sir" | 1:19 | |
| 1-19 | "With Respect, Sir, Anyone With Good Eyes" | 3:01 | |
| 1-20 | "I Have Been Preoccupied With Many Matters" | 2:32 | |
| 1-21 | "Get Them Out Of Here. From Now On I'm Making My Own Weather Predictions" | 4:05 | |
| 1-22 | "General, You Are Bearing Up With Remarkable Fortitude" | 3:18 | |
| 1-23 | "Batter My Heart" | 7:34 | |
| Act II - Scene 1 | |||
| 2-1 | "Easter Eve 1945" | 12:00 | |
| 2-2 | "Interlude: Rain Over The Sangre de Cristo" | 2:57 | |
| 2-3 | "In The North, The Cloud-flower Blossoms" | 1:54 | |
| Act II - Scene 2 | |||
| 2-4 | "It's Midnight, Jack" | 5:12 | |
| 2-5 | "I've Dreamed The Same Dream" | 2:49 | |
| 2-6 | "To The Furthest West, The Sea And The Striped Country" | 3:36 | |
| 2-7 | "A Delay In Issuing The Potsdam Ultimatum" | 1:01 | |
| 2-8 | "Fermi Is Taking Wagers" | 2:16 | |
| 2-9 | "I've Spent A Great Deal Of Time Indulging In Controlled Fantasies" | 3:37 | |
| 2-10 | "Edward, The Test Will Be Delayed An Hour" | 3:02 | |
| Act II - Scene 3 | |||
| 2-11 | Panic | 2:53 | |
| 2-12 | "The Program Has Been Plagued From The Start" | 1:30 | |
| 2-13 | "To Keep The Weakness Secret" | 2:12 | |
| 2-14 | "I Just Finished Reading The Magic Mountain" | 2:15 | |
| 2-15 | "The Winter Dawned, But, The Dead Did Not Come Back" | 1:54 | |
| 2-16 | "And Love Which Contains All Human Spirit" | 3:01 | |
| 2-17 | "The Only Saviors Are The Ham Sandwiches" | 2:28 | |
| 2-18 | "At The Sight Of This" | 4:42 | |
| Act II - Scene 4 | |||
| 2-19 | "Lieutenant Bush. Keep A Weather Eye On Oppenheimer" | 1:33 | |
| 2-20 | "To What Benevolent Demon Do I Owe The Joy Of Being Thus Surrounded" | 2:42 | |
| 2-21 | "That's Their Signal" | 2:18 | |
| 2-22 | "The Sky Is Clear To The East" | 2:59 | |
| 2-23 | "In The Midnight, In The Flame-brilliant Midnight" | 3:06 | |
| 2-24 | "Zero Minus Two Minutes" | 1:04 | |
| 2-25 | Countdown | 6:05 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Nonesuch Records Inc.
- Copyright © – Nonesuch Records Inc.
- Recorded At – Maida Vale Studios
- Recorded At – Barbican Centre
- Edited At – Teldex Studio, Berlin
- Mixed At – Teldex Studio, Berlin
- Mastered At – Teldex Studio, Berlin
- Designed At – SMOG Design, Inc.
- Published By – Hendon Music
Credits
- Alto Vocals – Sian Menna*
- Baritone Vocals [Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer (Oppie)] – Gerald Finley
- Baritone Vocals [Frank Hubbard] – Marcus Farnsworth
- Bass Clarinet – Steve Morris (12)
- Bass Trombone – Robert O'Neill
- Bass Vocals – Thomas Oldham (2)
- Bass Vocals [General Leslie Groves] – Aubrey Allicock
- Bassoon – Susan Frankel
- Celesta [Celeste] – Elizabeth Burley
- Cello – Tamsy Kaner
- Choir – BBC Singers
- Chorus Master – Matthew Morley
- Clarinet – Peter Davis (25)
- Composed By, Conductor – John Adams
- Contrabassoon – Steven Magee
- Cor Anglais – Alison Teale
- Design – John Heiden
- Directed By [Barbican Performances] – Kenneth Richardson (2)
- Double Bass – Richard Alsop
- Edited By – Wolfgang Schiefermair
- Engineer [BBC Assistant Engineer] – Joe Yon
- Engineer [BBC Radio Outside Broadcasts Engineer] – Stephen Bridges
- Engineer [BBC Recording Engineer] – Neil Pemberton
- Executive-Producer – Robert Hurwitz
- Flute – Tomoka Mukai
- Harp – Louise Martin (4)
- Horn – Nicholas Korth
- Libretto By – Peter Sellars
- Liner Notes – Mark Swed
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Pasqualta] – Jennifer Johnston
- Oboe – Timothy Rundle*
- Orchestra – BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Percussion – Richard Cartlidge
- Photography By [Performance] – Mark Allan (3)
- Piccolo Flute – Kathleen Stevenson
- Producer – Friedemann Engelbrecht
- Producer [BBC] – Ann McKay
- Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By – René Möller
- Repetiteur – Nicholas Ansdell-Evans
- Soprano Vocals – Rebecca Lea (2)
- Soprano Vocals [Kitty Oppenheimer] – Julia Bullock
- Sound Designer – Mark Grey
- Tenor Vocals – Tom Raskin
- Tenor Vocals [Captain James Nolan] – Samuel Sakker
- Tenor Vocals [Robert Wilsom] – Andrew Staples
- Timpani – Christopher Hind
- Trombone – Helen Vollam
- Trumpet – Martin Hurrell
- Tuba – Sam Elliott (3)
- Viola – Zoe Matthews
- Violin [1st] – Shirley Turner (2)
- Violin [1st], Leader – Maya Iwabuchi
- Violin [2nd] – Vanessa Hughes
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 075597931075
- Matrix / Runout: 0075597931075-01
- Matrix / Runout: AI26826-01
- Matrix / Runout: manufactured by optimal media GmbH
- Pressing Plant ID: IFPIL578
- Label Code: 7559-79310-7
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