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The Pavilion of Dreams

Harold Budd The Pavilion of Dreams

Harold Budd

Produced by Brian Eno

Track listing

  1. Bismilllahi 'Rrahman 'Rrahim (1974)
    Composed for Marion Brown

  2. Two Songs (1972-74)
    1. Let Us Go Into The House of The Lord
    2. .Butterfly Sunday


  3. Madrigals of the Rose Angel (1972)
    1. Rossetti Noise
    2. The Crystal Garden and a Coda


  4. Juno (1975)
    Composed for John Bergamo

Recorded at Basing Street Studios, November 1976

Original release - 1978

The Pavilion of dreams is Harold Budd's debut album. Having reduced his previous work down to nearly nothing, Budd began to revolt against his earlier avant-garde inclinations,

The album has a mystical, almost heavenly quality to it, without ever becoming saccharine.

 

Credits
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
Nigel Shipway - Percussion
Richard Bernas - Piano
Howard Rees - Vibraphone
Brian Eno - Voice
Lynda Richardson, Margaret Cable, Lesley Reid, Ursula Connors, Alison MacGregor, Muriel Dickinson - Chorus