Lili Boulanger, City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus*, BBC Philharmonic / Yan Pascal Tortelier – Faust Et Hélène etc.

Label: Chandos – CHAN 9745

Format:

CD, Album

Country: UK

Released: 1999

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic, Impressionist

1 Psaume 24

Chorus – City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus*

3:25

2 Faust Et Hélène

Bass Vocals – Jason Howard

Soprano Vocals – Lynne Dawson

Tenor Vocals – Bonaventura Bottone

30:05

3 D'Un Soir Triste 10:37

4 D'Un Matin De Printemps 4:42

5 Psaume 130: Du Fond De L'Abîme

Chorus – City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus*

Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Ann Murray

Tenor Vocals – Neil MacKenzie

24:08



In 1912, Boulanger competed in the Prix de Rome but during her performance she collapsed from illness. She returned in 1913 at the age of 19 to win the composition prize for her cantata Faust et Hélène, becoming the first woman to win the prize. The text was written by Eugene Adenis based on Goethe's Faust.[2] The cantata had many performances during her lifetime.[3] Because of the prize, she gained a contract with the publisher Ricordi.