House of Sleeping Beauties

by Lucia Hwong

House of Sleeping Beauties cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Private Music
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:50
  • Community rating: 3.23/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally commissioned as a theatrical score for a David Henry Hwang play, the album merges traditional Asian acoustic instrumentation with sweeping digital synthesizers. 'House of Sleeping Beauties' stands as an early triumph of the Private Music label, defining the cross-cultural aesthetic of the emerging new age movement.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. In The Dream (1) (1:48)
  2. In The Dream (2) (1:30)
  3. Journey To Lhasa (3:47)
  4. Children Of Johkan Temple (1:37)
  5. Sunset Over Sakya (2:24)
  6. Everest At Sunrise (2:53)
  7. Himalayan Twilight (2:38)
  8. Reflections Of Lunar Light (2:18)
  9. Virgin Dance (6:15)
  10. Midnight Lullaby (2:56)
  11. Dragon Dance (4:59)
  12. The Spell (4:45)

Credits

  • Lucia Hwong - primary artist, arranged by, music by, zither, gayageum [kayagum], pipa, synthesizer
  • Masayoshi Imamura - arranged by, synthesizer [synthesizers]
  • Yukio Tsuji - arranged by, shakuhachi, ocarina, percussion, zither, gayageum [kayagum], hichiriki
  • D.J. At Maximus - hair
  • Pierre Laroche - make-up
  • Jack Kripl - soprano saxophone, flute, sopranino saxophone, piccolo flute
  • Sister Max - stylist [clothes]
  • Wendy Gell - stylist [jewelry]

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