Avalon Sutra / As Long As I Can Hold My Breath is a double album by Harold Budd. The first disc is titled Avalon Sutra, and the second, a remix from Akira Rabelais, is titled As Long as I Can Hold My Breath. At the time of its release in 2005, it was reported to be his final musical work.[2] However, both Music for 'Fragments from the Inside' and Mysterious Skin - Music from the Film, a collaboration with Robin Guthrie, were released a few months after this album. Further recordings were to follow with the last, "Another Flower" (with Robin Guthrie) recorded in 2013 but only released a few days before his death in December 2020.
Track listing
CD 1Avalon Sutra
"Arabesque 3" (Jon Gibson) – 2:40
"It's Steeper near the Roses (For David Sylvian)" – 1:02
"L'enfant Perdu" – 2:14
"Chrysalis Nu (To Barney's Memory)" – 1:59
"Three Faces West (Billy Al Bengston's)" – 2:49
"Arabesque 2" (Jon Gibson) 3:02
"Little Heart" – 7:40
"How Vacantly You Stare at Me" (Jon Gibson) 4:01
"A Walk in the Park with Nancy (In Memory)" – 5:55
"Rue Casimir Delavigne (For Daniel Lentz)" – 5:28
"Arabesque 1" (Jon Gibson) 1:56
"Porcelain Ginger" – 2:01
"Faraon" – 1:23
"As Long as I Can Hold My Breath" – 3:57
CD 2As Long As I Can Hold My Breath
"As Long As I Can Hold My Breath (by Night)" – 69:28
Personnel
Harold Budd - string arrangements, mixing, keyboards
Marston Smith - cello (2, 3, 4, 5)
Peter Kent - violin (2, 3, 4, 5)
James Acevedo - viola (2,3,4,5)
Jon Gibson - soprano saxophone, bass flute (1,6,8,11)
Denis Blackham - mastering
Michael Coleman - mixing, mastering, recording (1, 14)
Yuka Fujii - artist Liaison
Shinya Fujiwara - photography
Scott Fraser - recording (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11)
James Sitterly - violin (2, 3, 4, 5)
Akira Rabelais - composer, guitar (As Long As I Can Hold My Breath (by Night))
