Harold Budd - The Pavilion Of Dreams


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Label: Virgin, Virgin
Catalog#: CDOVD 482, 7243 8 44381 2 8
Format: CD, Album
Country:UK
Released:1997
Genre: Electronic
Style: Modern Classical, Ambient
Credits: Engineer - Rhett Davies
Producer - Brian Eno
Notes:Reissue of an early Harold Budd LP. Original copyright 1978 Virgin EG.

Recorded at Basing Street Studios, November 1976

Sleeve notes:

Bismillahi 'Rrahman 'Rrahim
Composed for Marion Brown in 1974.
The title is Arabic for "In The Name Of God, The Beneficent, The Merciful" - this injunction precedes every chapter of The Holy Koran.

Two Songs
Composed 1973-4.

Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord
A setting of a traditional hymn after a version written by Pharoah Sanders.

Butterfly Sunday
Adapted from John Coltrane's 'After The Rain'.

Madrigals Of The Rose Angel
Composed 1972.

Juno
Composed for John Bergamo in 1975.
Her mortal symbol is the peacock.
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Tracklisting:

1   Bismillahi 'Rrahman 'Rrahim (18:27)
    Celeste - Richard Bernas
  Electric Piano - Harold Budd
  Glockenspiel - Gavin Bryars
  Harp - Maggie Thomas (2)
  Marimba - Howard Rees , Jo Julian , John White , Michael Nyman
  Saxophone [Alto] - Marion Brown
2   Two Songs: Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord / Butterfly Sunday (6:22)
    Harp - Maggie Thomas (2)
  Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Lynda Richardson
3   Madrigals Of The Rose Angel: Rossetti Noise / The Crystal Garden And A Coda (14:19)
    Celeste - Gavin Bryars
  Chorus - Alison Macgreger* , Lesley Reid , Lynda Richardson , Margaret Cable , Muriel Dickenson* , Ursula Connors
  Conductor [Chorus] - Harold Budd
  Electric Piano - Richard Bernas
  Harp - Maggie Thomas (2)
  Percussion - Nigel Shipway
4   Juno (8:20)
    Glockenspiel, Voice - Gavin Bryars
  Marimba, Voice - Michael Nyman
  Percussion [Vibes], Voice - Jo Julian
  Percussion, Voice - John White
  Piano, Voice - Harold Budd
  Vibraphone - Howard Rees
  Voice - Brian Eno
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