| All Artists: Harold Budd Title: La Bella Vista Members Wishing: 4 Total Copies: 0 Label: Shout Factory Release Date: 10/7/2003 Genres: Jazz, Special Interest, New Age, Pop, Rock, Classical Styles: Easy Listening, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 826663037326, 823566039723, 826663037326 |
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 | Harold Budd La Bella Vista Genres: Jazz, Special Interest, New Age, Pop, Rock, Classical La Bella Vista was produced by Daniel Lanois, (the Grammy-winning producer's first production since U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind) and Adam Samuels. The album consists of ten original Budd compositions recorded as s... more » |
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Album Description La Bella Vista was produced by Daniel Lanois, (the Grammy-winning producer's first production since U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind) and Adam Samuels. The album consists of ten original Budd compositions recorded as solos in his iconic ambient minimalist style. Lanois and Samuels recorded the two sessions that comprise La Bella Vista at impromptu gatherings of friends at Lanois' house. At the first of these session, the artist was completely unaware that tape was rolling, affording an entirely spontaneous and "of the moment" document. According to Budd, the vintage Steinway on which he extemporized was "one of the most gorgeous pianos I have ever played. I played for fifteen people, most of whom I had met that night for the first time," he recalls of the initial session at the house, a 1920's Italianate villa that lends its name to the album. The second session came shortly thereafter, again before a group of guests at Lanois' house. Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsImpromptu perfection William Timothy Lukeman | 06/26/2008 (5 out of 5 stars) "I can only echo the previous reviewers -- while Harold Budd's work with minimal electronics & piano is justly praised, this all too short collection of spare piano improvisations is stunning. There's an especially shimmering tone of antique glass to these pieces, an almost casual atmosphere born of a lifetime of composing & playing music. It's vaguely reminiscent of Satie without being the least bit imitative of him. Now I also notice that one of the tags offered for this work is "easy listening." That's the last thing in the world it could be called! There's a contemplative lucidity to this music, a subtle but intense passion ... it touches the soul like a tender caress of burning ice. Definitely music for evening ... including the evening of life. Most highly recommended! " Meeemoriies..Talking bout' memories Macho Picchu27 | Brooklyn, NY | 02/11/2008 (5 out of 5 stars) "The other day..maybe really months ago, I had an incredible dream and it was this: It was an incredibly lucid dream of me in the mind and body of a crawling baby on a shaggy rug in a foreign room, with foreign wallpaper. There was an female adult(never saw her before) sitting in a love chair watching me crawl. I felt with my mind what it was like to be a conscious breathing crawling baby. To see out of its eyes, trying to keep its neck up. I noticed the fragility and newness of my limbs. Most importantly, I (what an epiphany here, folks) realized that my consciousness now was the same when I was a baby. Perhaps even more important was the familiarity(like I had been there before)I felt in that strange room with that strange person. It was not unlike a Quantum Leap episode.
Harold Budd's La Bella Vista, does alot of the same thing that this dream did. What a fantastic album." |
