℗ 1965 2016 Countdown Media, a division of BMG Rights Management (US)
Released October 6, 2017
Duration 37m 29s
Record Label Concert-Disc
Genre Classical
 

Beethoven: Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 (Remastered from the Original Concert-Disc Master Tapes)

Fine Arts Quartet

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String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 "Rasumovsky 1"  
1.1
I. Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
10:54
1.2
II. Allegro vivace e sempre scherzando
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
9:04
1.3
III. Adagio molto e mesto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
11:09
1.4
IV. Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
6:22
Digital Booklet
"One of the gold-plated names in chamber music." - Washington Post Countdown Media presents this legacy recording of the Fine Arts Quartet performing the Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 from the great master of the classical and early romantic era of art music, Ludwig van Beethoven. The Fine Arts Quartet was founded in 1946, although the group's members had actually begun working together as early as 1939 while playing in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The Quartet's first performance took place in 1940 with Leonard Sorkin, first violinist, Ben Senescu, second violinist, Sheppard Lehnhoff, violist, and George Sopkin, cellist. Military service in World War II intervened, however, and it was not until 1946, now with the new second violinist Joseph Stepansky, that the Quartet began to rehearse and perform regularly. The Quartet released an astonishing quantity of works (over 100) during its first 30 years of existence, including cycles of chamber music by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Brahms. Now, Countdown Media has catalogued and collected the masters of these incredible recordings, remastering and rereleasing them in stunning modern clarity for new listeners.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Concert-Disc Studio Masters

Tracks 1-4 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source; 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 192 kHz / 24-bit
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-2.30
-2.55 to -2.02
-22.20
-23.67 to -20.57
-18.03
-20.00 to -16.10
12
11 to 13
1
I. Allegro
-2.02-22.06-18.111
2
II. Allegro vivace e sempre scherzando
-2.41-22.49-17.912
3
III. Adagio molto e mesto
-2.55-23.67-20.013
4
IV. Allegro
-2.22-20.57-16.111

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