Pavilion of Dreams

Harold Budd | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 24, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Editions Eg Records
• ASIN: B000003S2T
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,999 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #45 in Music > Dance & DJ > Ambient
  • #50 in Music > Indie Music > New Age > General

Track Listings

1. Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim

2. Two Songs: Let Us Go into the House of the Lord/Butterfly Sunday

3. Madrigals of the Rose Angel: Rosetti Noise/The Crystal Garden and a Co

4. Juno

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 23-JUL-1992

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful music, soothing for the soul, January 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Pavilion of Dreams (Audio CD)

I've told my family before that if I'm lucky enough to die peacefully at home, this is the music I'd like to have them play when I'm on my death bed. That is high praise indeed. This music will calm your soul. It is also extremely useful for calming down before going to sleep. I like a lot of ambient music, but this is the ultimate that I've found for relaxation.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4 stars, June 20, 2003

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Victor Gane (Stanford, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pavilion of Dreams (Audio CD)

Music of contemplative nature creating a soundscape full with absolute stillness. It is evocative of long forgotten memories and puts one in a state of floatation or ethereal feelings. As an early CD by Mr. Budd it obviously hints on the direction he were to take for his following work. Four stars...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully Tranquil, November 1, 2000

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A Thoughtful Consumer (Southern Calif) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pavilion of Dreams (Audio CD)

I own 5 or 6 Harold Budd CDs and this one is my favorite. It is different from the others because not only is the instrumentation odd but to me it really 'feels' calm,tranquil joy. For me, it brings to mind being on a beautiful South Pacific island, on the beach,completely in the moment. Sometimes the music makes me think about diving and watching the schools of fish sweep and twist like smoke in a breeze. My favorite piece is Madrigals of the Rose Angel. It's an ethereal women's choir and minimal space piano. It's something like the last movement of Holst's 'The Planets', but more ethereal and more mysterious. Budd uses some interesting combinations of instruments on this CD. There's a piece featuring the mellowest sax in the universe, ambient women's voices, oddly a marimba is here, and of course his piano. It all fits nicely. Surely when we finally become angels, lounging out on the clouds, this CD is what it's going to sound like.