Camille Thomas

The Chopin Project is Franco-Belgian cellist Camille Thomas' most ambitious project to date, comprising a trio of albums that pay tribute to Chopin's favorite instrument.

The Chopin Project is Franco-Belgian cellist Camille Thomas' most ambitious project to date, comprising a trio of albums that pay tribute to Chopin's favorite instrument.

"The Chopin Project" is the most ambitious project of the Franco-Belgian cellist Camille Thomas to date, which includes a trio of albums paying tribute to Chopin's favorite instrument.

“Beauty will save the world,” wrote Dostoyevsky, which is the claim that Camille Thomas makes throughout this record.

"The Chopin Project" is the most ambitious project of the Franco-Belgian cellist Camille Thomas to date, which includes a trio of albums paying tribute to Chopin's favorite instrument.

“Beauty will save the world,” wrote Dostoyevsky, which is the claim that Camille Thomas makes throughout this record. Not beauty for the sake of hedonism, but a beauty that believes there is a burning line to be drawn between pain and hope. Camille Thomas' new album illustrates this, structured like an archipelago surrounding the Cello Concerto composed by Fazil Say.

Camille Thomas and Julien Liebeer, two highly talented artists of the new generation, invite listeners to explore the rich sound-world of late nineteenth and early twentieth century chamber music. Reminiscences features two large-scale compositions, César Franck's illustrious Sonata and Ysaÿe's rarely heard but splendid solo Sonata Op.28 alongside celebrated short pieces by Duparc, Fauré and Saint-Saëns.

La violoncelliste franco-belge Camille Thomas nous présente The Chopin Project.

The Chopin Project" ist das bisher ehrgeizigste Projekt der französisch-belgischen Cellistin Camille Thomas, das ein Trio von Alben umfasst, die Chopins Lieblingsinstrument Tribut zollen.

Bâti autour de la Sonate de Franck pour violon et piano – dans une transcription signée Jules Delsart et avalisée par le compositeur ; on notera que la partie de piano ne bouge pas, seul le violoncelliste transpose une ou deux octaves plus bas, ce qui offre des équilibres tout à fait différents et met en lumière bien des aspects des chacune des parties que la clarté sonore du violon gomme parfois – et de la rare Sonate pour violoncelle seul d’Eugène Ysaÿe, le programme de la violoncelliste Camille Thomas avec Julien Libeer au piano est une conversation autour de la musique belge et française de la fin du XIXe et du début du XXe siècle.