Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric François Chopin, Camille El Bacha
Performer: Camille El Bacha
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA916
Release: 2023
Size: 0.98 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Bacha: Prélude I ‘Visions’
02. Bach: Prelude in D minor, BWV851
03. Bacha: Premier interlude
04. Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 16 in B flat minor
05. Bacha: Prélude II ‘Conte d’hiver’
06. Bacha: Deuxième interlude
07. Bach: Prelude & Fugue Book 2 No. 16 in G minor, BWV885: Prelude
Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28
08. No. 3, Vivace in G Major
09. No. 4, Largo in E Minor
10. Bacha: Prélude III ‘Jeu d’ombres’
11. Bacha: Troisième interlude
12. Bacha: Prélude IV ‘Prière’
13. Bach: Prelude & Fugue Book 2 No. 6 in D minor, BWV875: Prelude
14. Bacha: Prélude V ‘Lumen’
15. Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 18 in F minor
16. Bacha: Quatrième interlude
17. Bach: Prelude & Fugue Book 2 No. 3 in C sharp major, BWV 872: Prelude
18. Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop’
19. Bacha: Prélude VI ‘Icare’
20. Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 in A minor
21. Bach: Prelude & Fugue Book 2 No. 11 in F major, BWV880: Prelude
22. Bacha: Prélude VII ‘Danse’
Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28
23. No. 23, Moderato in F Major
24. No. 24, Allegro appassionato in D Minor
25. Bacha: Prélude VIII ‘Nuages lunaires’
26. Bach: Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 1 in C major, BWV846: Prelude
Camille El Bacha is a pianist, composer and improviser. His father is the pianist Abdel Rahman El Bacha, and they often perform together as a duo, but Camille charts his own path between classical, film and electronic music, with his group Leone Jadis. He launches our ‘Piano Stories’ series with a programme entitled ‘Lumen’, which he presents as a ‘constellation of preludes and improvisations’. His own compositions resonate with the preludes of Bach and Chopin, taken from the two books of The Well-tempered Clavier and the Twenty-four Preludes op.28 respectively. Camille El Bacha invites us on a journey where styles and periods merge into a single artistic impulse: ‘At the piano, I move almost unconsciously from interpretation to composition or improvisation. A Chopin prelude can inspire me to improvise, which can then lead to a new written piece.’