Thomas Labe - Piano Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Thomas Prat started playing the piano at the age of six but it was his discovery of Chopin's works a few years later that revealed his passion for music. He studied with Jean Marie Cottet at the Conservatoire National de Région de Paris, and has studied with Eric Vidonne pupil of Alicia de Larrocha at École Normale de Musique de Paris. He also benefited from precious advice during his pianistic journey with Anne Quéffelec and Eugen Indjic. Moreover, his appetite for science led him to become an engineer and specialize in applied mathematics at École Centrale Paris. He has performed in France at Salle Cortot, at Reid Hall, at Radio France studio 104, at the Festival de Louviers, at the Festival InchLes Amateurs Virtuoses!Inch, at the InchFlâneries Musicales de ReimsInch as well as at the InchNohant Festival Cho-pinInch. He has also performed abroad, at Gasteig in Munich, at Lazienki Park in Warsaw, at the church in Brochów (where Chopin was baptized), in Shanghai and Milan. In 2018 he won First Prize at the Fourth International Fryderyk Chopin Competition for Amateur Pianists in Warsaw organized by the Fryderyk Chopin Society. Amateur competition participants do not work as concert pianists or piano teachers to earn money. They play the piano for the sheer love of music, independently of their professional careers. Present-day amateurs take us back to the time of Chopin (1810-1849), his pupils and his art. Album Tracks 1. Ballada f-moll Op. 52 2. Impromptu As-dur Op. 29 3. Impromptu Fis-dur Op. 36 4. Impromptu Ges-dur Op. 51 5. 24 Preludia Op. 28~Nr 1 C-dur 6. 24 Preludia Op. 28~Nr 2 a-moll 7. 24 Preludia Op. 28~Nr 3 G-dur 8. 24 Preludia Op. 28~Nr 4 e-moll 9. 24 Preludia Op. 28~Nr 5 D-dur 10. 24 Preludia Op. 28~Nr 6 h-moll 11. 24 Preludia Op. 28~Nr 7 A-dur 12. 24 Preludia Op. 28~Nr 8 fis-moll 13. 24 Preludia Op. 28~Nr 9 E-dur 14. 24 Prel

Album Tracks 1. Allegro de Concierto, for Piano in C Major, Op. 46, H. 6, DLR 5 8 2. Valses Poéticos (7), for Piano, H. 147, DLR 7 8 3. Capricho Español, for Piano, Op. 39, H. 30, DLR 5 1 4. Rapsodia Aragonesa, for Piano, H. 113, DLR 5 3 5. Carezza (Waltz), for Piano, Op. 38, H. 31, DLR 7 3 6. Oriental (Canción Variada, Intermedio y Final), for Piano, H. 101, DLR 1 5 7. Impromptus (2), for Piano, H. 144, DLR 5 6/1-2

Album Tracks 1. Along An Overgrown Path Book 1 Our Evenings Moderato 2. Along An Overgrown Path Book 1 A Blown-Away Leaf Andante 3. Along An Overgrown Path Book 1 Come with Us! Andante 4. Along An Overgrown Path Book 1 The Madonna of Frydek Grave 5. Along An Overgrown Path Book 1 They Chattered Like Swallows Con Moto 6. Along An Overgrown Path Book 1 Words Fail! Andante 7. Along An Overgrown Path Book 1 Good Night! Andante 8. Along An Overgrown Path Book 1 Unutterable Anquish! Andante 9. Along An Overgrown Path Book 1 In Tears Larghetto 10. Along An Overgrown Path Book 1 The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away Andante 11. Along An Overgrown Path Book 2 Andante 12. Along An Overgrown Path Book 2 Allegretto-Presto 13. Along An Overgrown Path Book 2 Paralipomena A. Piu Mosso 14. Along An Overgrown Path Book 2 Paralipomena B. Vivo 15. Along An Overgrown Path Book 2 Paralipomena C. Allegro 16. Son 1. 'From the Street' The Presentiment Con Moto 17. Son 1. 'From the Street' The Death Adagio