BEETHOVEN (arr. strings) Grosse Fugue, | Australian Chamber Orchestra & Richard Tognetti

Beethoven was deeply influenced by Bach, studying his scores in the library of the Archduke Rudolph. He was driven to explore the fugal form, in works such as the Fugue in D major – his only late work completed for string quintet – and notably his Grosse Fuge, which The New Yorker music critic Alex Ross called “a musicological Holy Grail”, and “the most radical work by the most formidable composer in history”. In this tour de force directed by Richard Tognetti, the Grosse Fuge takes its original place as the finale of the String Quartet , a work that veers from torrential passion to aching beauty. Recorded at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday 15 May 2016. Also as part of the concert program: BEETHOVEN (arr. strings) String Quartet, JS BACH The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus I - IV MOZART Violin Concerto No.5, ’Turkish’