"The Oslo Camerata’s performance is so compelling, so full of life and spirit and energy, and so well recorded, that you may well fall in love with the piece. It is played in a string-orchestra transcription that rivets your attention throughout. Total unanimity of style, a huge dynamic range and a hyper-expressive approach to the music without ever exceeding the bounds of good taste are the hallmarks of the 19-member Camerata. Two substantial movements meant for a later Grieg quartet and Arne Nordheim’s Rendezvous, music of stark beauty and riveting intensity, complete the program. Naxos’s sparkling-clear, glowing, full-bodied sound is so immediate that it almost takes on a life of its own." --Fanfare, November 2012
"Edvard Grieg’s G minor string quartet…has not achieved the popularity that it surely deserves. Here, as a veritable “symphony for strings”, especially in this gutsy, ferocious performance, it makes an unforgettable impression.
Arne Nordheim’s Rendezvous…manages to be at once contemporary, passionate, and quite moving. As with the Grieg, the performances are splendid: bold, confident, ideally balanced, and quite wonderfully recorded." --ClassicsToday.com, February 2012
Arne Nordheim’s Rendezvous…manages to be at once contemporary, passionate, and quite moving. As with the Grieg, the performances are splendid: bold, confident, ideally balanced, and quite wonderfully recorded." --ClassicsToday.com, February 2012
