Ludwig van Beethoven

The Late String Quartets Op.127 – Op.135

(including Grosse Fuge, Op.133)

Arranged for String Orchestra by Terje Tonnesen

Camerata Nordica, directed by Terje Tonnesen

This illuminating 3 CD set of the late Beethoven String Quartets is directed from the violin by Terje Tonnesen. Tonnesen is well known as leader of the Oslo Philharmonic and Norwegian Chamber Orchestras and is performing here with the crack Swedish chamber orchestra, Camerata Nordica of which he is Associate Director.

The added power and expressivity of these ‘Concerto Grosso’ type arrangements are thrilling in these dynamic and sumptuously recorded discs.

A fascinating insight into these great masterpieces.