City of Birmingham Symphony Choru - Boulanger: Faust et Hélène (1999) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Psaume 24. La terre appartient a l'Eternel
02. Faust et Hélène
03. D'un soir triste
04. D'un matin de printemps
05. Psaume 130. Du fond de l'abîme



Of the handful of women composers whose work has been rediscovered only in the last decade or so, none has seemed a more tragic case than Lili Boulanger, sister of the composer and pianist Nadia, who died aged twenty-four in 1918. This recording includes two psalm settings as well as the thirty-minute cantata Faust et Hélène, a thrilling, musically seductive setting of Goethe fully deserving of a wider audience.

When he made this recording one of Gramophone's Critics Choice in January 2000, Lionel Salter wrote, 'I was overwhelmed by the revelation of Lili Boulanger's Faust et Hélène, a work that still strikes me as of sheer genius'. The CD went on to win the Gramophone Award for best Orchestral Recording of the Year.

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