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It’s always nice to see musicians having fun in the recording studio
Quatuor Ebène are joined by violist Antoine Tamestit and cellist Nicolas Altstaedt as they record Night Bridge: VIII. On Stella by Starlight, a composition by the quartet’s cellist, Raphaël Merlin.
This piece features in Quatuor Ebène’s new album ’round Midnight, out today on Warner Classics.
Listen: The Strad Podcast Episode #14: Nicolas Altstaedt on the Lutosławski Cello Concerto
Read: Antoine Tamestit on the ‘Mahler’ Stradivari viola
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In this extract from the July 2019 issue, the violist describes at first struggling to get on with this magnificent and unusual instrument
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The work has been arranged and recorded for double bass by James Oesi for his latest single release
The film follows the ground-breaking career of bassist Orin O’Brien, who joined the orchestra in 1966
The Sarabande from Bach’s Cello Suite no.6 is the latest single to be released from the cellist’s upcoming album
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