Bach - Biber Florentin Ginot, Fanny Vicens, Caroline Delume

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Arr. for Double Bass by Florentin Ginot):
• 1 Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Arr. for Double Bass by Florentin Ginot): I. Allemanda 04:24
• 2 Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Arr. for Double Bass by Florentin Ginot): II. Corrente 02:33
• 3 Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Arr. for Double Bass by Florentin Ginot): III. Sarabanda 04:36
• 4 Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Arr. for Double Bass by Florentin Ginot): IV. Giga 04:40
• 5 Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Arr. for Double Bass by Florentin Ginot): V. Ciaconna 14:42
• Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644 - 1704): Sonata No. 2 (Arr. for Double Bass and Synthesizer by Florentin Ginot):
• 6 Biber: Sonata No. 2 (Arr. for Double Bass and Synthesizer by Florentin Ginot): I. Praeludium 01:07
• 7 Biber: Sonata No. 2 (Arr. for Double Bass and Synthesizer by Florentin Ginot): II. Aria 01:03
• 8 Biber: Sonata No. 2 (Arr. for Double Bass and Synthesizer by Florentin Ginot): III. Variatio 1 00:56
• 9 Biber: Sonata No. 2 (Arr. for Double Bass and Synthesizer by Florentin Ginot): IV. Variatio 2 01:10
• 10 Biber: Sonata No. 2 (Arr. for Double Bass and Synthesizer by Florentin Ginot): V. Variatio 3 00:58
• 11 Biber: Sonata No. 2 (Arr. for Double Bass and Synthesizer by Florentin Ginot): VI. Variatio 4 (Adagio) 01:06
• 12 Biber: Sonata No. 2 (Arr. for Double Bass and Synthesizer by Florentin Ginot): VII. Variatio 5 00:42
• 13 Biber: Sonata No. 2 (Arr. for Double Bass and Synthesizer by Florentin Ginot): VIII. Variatio 6 00:43
• 14 Biber: Sonata No. 2 (Arr. for Double Bass and Synthesizer by Florentin Ginot): IX. Finale 01:06
• Passacaglia in G Minor (Arr. for Double Bass by Florentin Ginot):
• 15 Biber: Passacaglia in G Minor (Arr. for Double Bass by Florentin Ginot): Passacaglia in G Minor 10:13
• Sonata No. 3 (Arr. for Double Bass and Theorbo by Florentin Ginot):
• 16 Biber: Sonata No. 3 (Arr. for Double Bass and Theorbo by Florentin Ginot): II. Variatio 05:25
• Total Runtime 55:24

Info for Bach - Biber

With this first album for NoMadMusic, double bassist Florentin Ginot displays all his virtuosity in a daring reinterpretation of the violin repertoire of Bach and Biber. More accustomed to the role of continuo, the double bass shines here in a new light, which in turn tinges these works with a roundness and warmth that is typical of the instrument's basses. Accompanied by Fanny Vicens (keyboard) and Caroline Delume (theorbo and guitar), this opus opens up new perspectives on the double bass repertoire!

Florentin Ginot, double bass
Caroline Delume, theorbe
Fanny Vicens, synthesizer

Florentin Ginot
Member of the Musikfabrik Ensemble since 2015, Florentin lives and works in Paris and Cologne. Following studies at the national Conservatory of Paris, he was the winner of the Banque Populaire Foundation and recorded in 2015 his first albumemulatingthe music of Marin Marais, belonging to the ‘Jeunes Solistes’ collection (young soloists) of the Meyer Foundation.

He now focuses on a soloist repertoire, on contemporary creations and inventing stageforms.

Since 2017, he has been the artistic director of HowNow, that develops innovating artistic forms, originating from music creations in their entire diversity towards stage forms alongside contemporary dance, theatre and the circus. Yoann Bourgeois commissioned that same year the music for La mécanique de l’histoire (The Mechanics of History), a performance created at the Panthéon of Paris. Since 2019, he has invited musicians such as Helge Sten (Norway), Stefan Prins (Belgium/Germany) or Kamilya Jubran (Palestine/France) to work with him on hybrid projects.

By exchanging with composers Georges Aperghis, György Kurtág, Rebecca Saunders or Helmut Lachenmann, he generates and creates a new soloist repertoire for his instrument. ‘Not Here’ presented in 2018 several solo creations with the Cologne Philharmonic Orchestra, at the Festival ManiFeste | Ircam and at the Biennale di Venezia.

At the same time, he summons the baroque repertoire by adapting a set of pieces, including the Sonates et Partitas by Jean-Sébastien Bach or the Pièces de viole by Marin Marais.

He performed as a soloist in numerous festivals and vistas such as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cologne Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cité de la Musique (‘City of Music’, Paris), the Festival Présences, the Festival Musica (Strasbourg), the Auditori (Barcelona), the Berliner Festspiele, the Sacrum Profanum of Krakow, the Ultima in Oslo and the Biennale di Venezia.

In 2020, he received the ‘Music revelation of the year’ award by the Syndicat de la Critique.

"The double bass of Florentin Ginot, at the forefront of sensitivity and of dreams." (Berliner Zeitung)

Booklet for Bach - Biber