and, just as often, with exceptional virtuosity. His playing in the Grand Duo Concertant, one of the most difficult pieces of its kind, is bold and authoritative. Labe's solo rendition of Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody, which has to compete with recordings by every prominent pianist, is well interpreted and brilliantly executed." The The Strad noted that "you will have to go a long way to hear any of this material better played."

Labé’s recordings are found with great frequency on the play lists of classical music stations the world over and as a recording industry professional, he is an elite voting member of The Recording Academy, taking part in the nomination and voting process for the Grammy Awards.

As a scholar he is involved in exploration of the piano repertoire, and has examined manuscripts and original documents of Schumann, Grieg (in Bergen, Norway), Liszt (in New York and Weimar, Germany), J.S. Bach (at Yale University and the British Library) and Howard Hanson (resulting in a world premiere recording of his piano works). His first publication as editor-in-chief, a landmark new edition of the Schumann Piano Concerto, was issued by Alfred Publishing Company in March 2003. It is the first critically revised two-piano score to be based on examination of the autograph manuscript (which until recently had been held in private hands) and the composer's own copy of the first printed edition.

He is currently Professor of Piano in the Department of Music at Cameron University (Lawton, Oklahoma). His piano students have won prizes and honors in local and regional competitions such as the University of Tennessee/Chattanooga Collegiate Concerto Competition, the Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra Young Artist Competition and the Music Teachers National Association Southern Region Competition.

Beyond the piano, Maestro Labé's pastimes include spending time with his family and two dogs, traveling, gourmet cooking and last, but certainly not least, hunter-jumper horseback riding on his beloved thoroughbred Limerick.