Named “Instrumental Soloist Revelation” at the 2025 Victoires de la Musique awards, Lorraine Campet has been principal solo double bassist with the Paris Opera Orchestra since 2024. In her debut solo album with pianist Nathanaël Gouin, Campet explores German Romanticism with works by Schubert, Robert Schumann, Beethoven, and Josephine Lang arranged for the double bass. Under the deep and warm timbre of the double bass, Schubert’s Arpeggione sonata, Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, and Beethoven’s Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” from The Magic Flute, are revealed in a new light. Five lieder of Josephine Lang, a little-known composer and friend of the Schumanns, are little gems separating the larger works on the program, each arrangement being new to the WFMT library.
A marvelous demonstration of the beauty and grace the double bass is capable of in the hands of a virtuoso player! Campet has chosen repertoire that allows her to showcase both the melodicism and the deep resonance of her instrument, as best demonstrated in her sensitive performance of Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata. The album makes a great case for the double bass to step out from its usual position and into the spotlight.
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