Avalon Sutra / As Long As I Can Hold My Breath

by Harold Budd

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Conceived at the time as his final musical statement, the minimalist composer delivers a deeply elegiac and beautiful collection of ambient works. The double album juxtaposes his signature, soft-pedaled piano meditations with a sprawling, continuous drone remix of the material provided by Akira Rabelais.

Genres

  • Neoclassical New Age
  • Ambient
  • Minimalism

Tracklist

  1. Arabesque 3
  2. It's Steeper Near the Roses (For David Sylvian)
  3. L'enfant Perdu
  4. Chrysalis Nu (To Barney's Memory)
  5. Three Faces West (Billy Al Bengston's)
  6. Arabesque 2
  7. Little Heart
  8. How Vacantly You Stare at Me
  9. A Walk in the Park with Nancy (In Memory)
  10. Rue Casimir Delavigne (For Daniel Lentz)
  11. Arabesque 1
  12. Porcelain Ginger
  13. Faraon
  14. As Long as I Can Hold My Breath
  15. As Long as I Can Hold My Breath - By Night