The Pavilion of Dreams
by Harold Budd
- Type: Album
- Released: 1978
- Label: Editions EG, Obscure
- Country: United States
- Length: 47:28
- Community rating: 4.4/5 from 10 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Produced by Brian Eno, 'The Pavilion of Dreams' fuses minimalist composition with serene jazz sensibilities, centered on Harold Budd's signature sustained 'soft pedal' piano style. The album's extended pieces build a dreamlike atmosphere through a rich textural palette of harp, marimba, ethereal vocals, and Marion Brown's alto saxophone. This historically significant work, which Budd considered his artistic rebirth, was a cornerstone release on Eno's Obscure label and a defining moment for the ambient genre.
Genres
Descriptors: ambient, piano, choral, atmospheric, minimal
Tracklist
- Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim (18:27)
- Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord/Butterfly Sunday (06:22)
- Rosetti Noise/Chrystal Garden And A Coda (14:19)
- Juno (08:20)
Credits
- Marion Brown - alto saxophone
- Harold Budd - piano, voice, composed by
- Maggie Thomas - harp
- Richard Bernas - celeste, piano
- 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
- Lynda Richardson - chorus, mezzo-soprano vocals
- Margaret Cable - chorus
- Lesley Reid - chorus
- Ursula Connors - chorus
- Alison MacGregor - chorus
- Muriel Dickinson - chorus
- Brian Eno - producer, voice
- John Bonis - cover
- Rhett Davies - engineer