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Faust et Helene
Composer: Lili Boulanger
Performers: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Lynne Dawson (Soprano)
Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
Date of broadcast: 29 February 2000
In 1913 a young Boulanger became the first female winner of the 'Prix de Rome'. The piece has a sweeping Romantic score and tells the Gothic fantasy tale of Faust who signs his soul over eternal damnation as he asks to see the beautiful Helen of Troy.
Composer: Lili Boulanger
Performers: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Lynne Dawson (Soprano)
Performer: Bonaventura Bottone (Tenor)
Performer: Jason Howard (Baritone)
Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
Recording date: 12 May 1999
Date of broadcast: 29 February 2000
