Lili Boulanger - Faust et Hélène - Chandos: CHAN9745 - CD or download

This disc largely duplicates Mark Stringer's programme on the Timpani label mentioned above (inevitably, since in her mere 24 years of life Lili's output was limited). The performances here are... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 1st Jul 1999
Catalogue No: CHAN9745
Label: Chandos
Length: 73 minutes

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2000

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Boulanger, L: Psalm 24 'La terre appartient a l'Eternel'

3:32

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Neil MacKenzie (tenor)
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier

Boulanger, L: Faust et Hélène

30:13

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Lynne Dawson (soprano), Bonaventura Bottone (tenor), Jason Howard (bass)
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier

Boulanger, L: D'un soir triste

10:41

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BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier

Boulanger, L: D'un matin de printemps

4:49

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BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier

Boulanger, L: Psalm 130: 'Du fond de l'abîme'

24:09

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Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Neil MacKenzie (tenor)
BBC Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Yan Pascal Tortelier

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This disc largely duplicates Mark Stringer's programme on the Timpani label mentioned above (inevitably, since in her mere 24 years of life Lili's output was limited). The performances here are first class, and splendidly recorded too. The eloquent sombreness of D'un soir triste tugs at the heart, D'un matin du printemps is deliciously airy and optimistic, Psalm 24 is given tremendous attack by orchestra and chorus and the powerful Psalm 130 is presented as the masterly, heartfelt work it is. The major work here, though, is the 30-minute cantata Faust et Hélène in its first recording. No wonder that it won the 1913 Premier Prix de Rome: the jury must have been thunderstruck by the maturity of this entry from a 19-year-old. It blends lyricism of striking beauty, rapturous fervour, emotional anguish and tense drama with, for a young composer, an astonishing sureness of touch in overall structure, freshness of invention, technical brilliance and imaginative scoring. It seems to have inspired the present performers, among whom it's almost invidious to praise Bonaventura Bottone.

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