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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.' Album Tracks 1. Prélude I - Visions 2. BWV 851~Prelude in D Minor 3. Premier Interlude (Improvisation) 4. Prélude No. 16 in B Flat Minor, Op. 28 5. Prélude II - Conte d'Hiver 6. Deuxième Interlude (Improvisation) 7. BWV 885~Prelude in G Minor 8. Prélude No. 3 in G Major, Op. 28 9. Prélude No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 28 10. Prélude III - Jeu d'Ombres 11. Troisième Interlude (Improvisation) 12. Prélude IV - Prière 13. BWV 875~Prelude in D Minor 14. Prélude V - Lumen 15. Prélude No. 18 in F Minor, Op. 28 16. Quatrième Interlude (Improvisation) 17. BWV 872~Prelude in C Sharp Major 18. Prélude No. 15 in D Flat Major, Op. 28 19. Prélude VI - Icare 20. Prélude No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 28 21. BWV 880~Prelude in F Major 22. Prélude VII - Danse 23. Prélude No. 23 in F Major, Op. 28 24. Prélude No. 24 in D Minor, Op. 28 25. Prélude VIII - Nuages Lunaires 26. BWV 846~Prelude in C Major
