Große Fuge
Now greatly enjoy Beethoven’s Große Fuge. Several years ago, rated an Alban Berg Quartet rendition as average. Did same for the Emerson String Quartet playing. Alex Ross’s Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge by way of Wikipedia lead me to the superb Takács Quartet rendition (available on Rhapsody for those on a shoestring budget).
Works by Ligeti and Rochberg perhaps improved my estimation of the Große Fuge. However! Now must relearn the Quartets and the different renditions…
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