Annotation

This is a transcription by Beethoven himself of the Grande Fugue for string quartet Op. 133, composed same year.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
15.8Große Fuge in B-Dur für Klavier zu vier Händen, Op. 134: Overtura. Allegro - Meno mosso e moderato - Allegro - Fuga. Allegro - Meno mosso e moderato - Allegro molto e con brio16:25Ludwig van BeethovenBeethoven Edition: Werke Für Klavier
8.6Große Fugue for 2 Pianos in B-flat major, op. 134: Overtura. Allegro - Meno mosso e moderato - Allegro - Fuga. Allegro - Meno mosso e moderato - Allegro molto e con brio16:24Ludwig van BeethovenComplete Beethoven Edition, Volume 6: Piano Works
  • 1997-11-25 US
51.7Grosse Fuge in B-flat (Beethoven's Arrangement for Piano Duet of the “Grosse Fuge” for String Quartet, op. 133), op. 134: Overtura. Allegro - Meno mosso e moderato - Allegro - Fuga. [Allegro] - Meno mosso e moderato - Allegro (molton e con brio)16:22Ludwig van BeethovenBTHVN 2020: The New Complete Edition
  • 2019-11-01 XW
  • 2019-11-01 XE
Pseudo-Release
20.7Grosse Fuge in B-flat (Beethoven's Arrangement for Piano Duet of the “Grosse Fuge” for String Quartet, op. 133), op. 134: Overtura. Allegro - Meno mosso e moderato - Allegro - Fuga. [Allegro] - Meno mosso e moderato - Allegro (molton e con brio)16:22Ludwig van BeethovenBTHVN 2020: The New Complete Edition (piano music)

Relationships

producer:Rainer Brock
piano:Jörg Demus (in 1969-06)
Norman Shetler (in 1969-06)
balance engineer:Hans‐Peter Schweigmann
recorded at:Palais Schönburg in Wieden, Wien, Austria (in 1969-06)
recording of:Große Fugue for 2 Pianos in B-flat major, op. 134 (in 1969-06)

Große Fugue for 2 Pianos in B-flat major, op. 134

composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (in 1826)
piano arranger:Ludwig van Beethoven (in 1826)
arrangement of:Große Fuge for String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 133