The Pavilion of Dreams
1978 studio album by Harold Budd
The Pavilion of Dreams | ||||
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Studio album by Harold Budd | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded | November 1976 | |||
Studio | Basing Street Studios, London[1] | |||
Length | 47:38 | |||
Label | Editions EG | |||
Producer | Brian Eno | |||
Harold Budd chronology | ||||
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The Pavilion of Dreams is the second album from minimalist composer Harold Budd. It was produced by Brian Eno.[2] Billed as "an extended cycle of works begun in 1972," it was recorded in 1976 but not released until 1978 on Eno's label Obscure Records.[3] It was later re-released on Editions EG in 1981.[3]
Reception
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AllMusic wrote positively of the album, stating that in "mixing ethereal melodies communicated by voice or saxophone with glissando accompaniment, Harold Budd creates a series of siren songs on The Pavilion of Dreams that shimmer like light reflected on the water's surface."[3]
Track listing
- "Bismillahi 'Rrahman 'Rrahim" – 18:23
- "Two Songs: 1. Let Us Go into the House of the Lord / 2. Butterfly Sunday" – 6:19
- "Madrigals of the Rose Angel: 1. Rossetti Noise / 2. The Crystal Garden and a Coda" – 14:16
- "Juno" – 8:18
Personnel
- Marion Brown – alto saxophone
- Harold Budd – piano, voice
- Maggie Thomas – harp
- Richard Bernas – celeste
- Gavin Bryars – glockenspiel, voice
- Jo Julian – marimba, vibraphone, voice
- Michael Nyman – marimba, voice
- John White – marimba, percussion, voice
- Howard Rees – marimba, vibraphone
- Nigel Shipway – percussion
- Richard Bernas – piano
- Brian Eno – voice
- Lynda Richardson, Margaret Cable, Lesley Reid, Ursula Connors, Alison MacGregor, Muriel Dickinson – chorus
References
- Translation of "Bismillahi 'Rrahman 'Rrahim" from original album insert.
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- The Pavilion of Dreams
- Lovely Thunder
- The White Arcades
- By the Dawn's Early Light
- Luxa
- The Room
- Avalon Sutra / As Long as I Can Hold My Breath
- Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror
- The Pearl
- The Moon and the Melodies
- Music for 3 Pianos
- Through the Hill
- Translucence/Drift Music
- After the Night Falls
- Before the Day Breaks
- Vista
- No Line On The Horizon
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