Demystifying Beethoven's Große Fuge

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Richard Atkinson attempts to demystify Beethoven’s revolutionary Große Fuge for string quartet, Op. 133. This is a fair use educational commentary that uses excerpts from the following recordings/performances:

Excerpts from Beethoven’s late quartets (including the Große Fuge) :
Takács Quartet

Excerpt from B minor fugue from Book I of Bach’s WTC, BWV 869:
András Schiff

Excerpt from Bach’s 3rd Orchestral Suite, BWV 1068:
Deutsche Bachsolisten (Helmut Winschermann, conductor)

00:00 - Video intro
03:03 - "Overtura" (Introduction)
07:55 - Intense fugue #1
17:30 - Meno mosso (slow section)
22:16 - March/scherzo
23:30 - Intense fugue #2
38:14 - Discussion of replacement finale for Op. 130
43:23 - Extended "coda"