℗ 1965 2016 Countdown Media, a division of BMG Rights Management (US)
Released October 6, 2017
Duration 2h 28m 40s
Record Label Concert-Disc
Genre Classical
 

Beethoven: The Middle Quartets (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
String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2 "Rasumovsky 2"  
1.5
I. Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
7:46
1.6
II. Molto allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
12:00
1.7
III. Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
7:25
1.8
IV. Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
5:18
String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 "Rasumovsky 3"  
1.9
I. Andante - Allegro vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
8:25
1.10
II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
8:38
1.11
III. Menuetto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
5:18
1.12
IV. Allegro molto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
5:53
String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp"  
1.13
I. Poco adagio - Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
8:03
1.14
II. Adagio ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
9:51
1.15
III. Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
5:06
1.16
IV. Allegretto con variazioni
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
6:55
String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95  
1.17
I. Allegro con brio
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
4:29
1.18
II. Allegretto ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
6:38
1.19
III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso - Più allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
4:40
1.20
IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet
4:46
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 The Middle Quartets 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 1-20 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source Tracks 1-16 – 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
-2.02
-4.67 to -0.50
-22.96
-27.21 to -19.58
-18.91
-24.10 to -15.20
13
11 to 15
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
5
I. Allegro
-0.50-21.80-17.212
6
II. Molto allegro
-2.50-25.04-21.413
7
III. Allegretto
-3.12-23.23-19.412
8
IV. Presto
-0.65-22.36-17.913
9
I. Andante - Allegro vivace
-0.50-22.94-18.514
10
II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
-4.67-27.21-24.115
11
III. Menuetto
-1.78-24.28-20.714
12
IV. Allegro molto
-1.24-22.27-18.513
13
I. Poco adagio - Allegro
-1.56-22.79-18.613
14
II. Adagio ma non troppo
-4.39-26.29-22.814
15
III. Presto
-1.61-20.66-16.011
16
IV. Allegretto con variazioni
-1.81-22.60-19.012
17
I. Allegro con brio
-0.51-19.58-15.211
18
II. Allegretto ma non troppo
-4.23-26.91-22.913
19
III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso - Più allegro
-1.19-20.19-15.912
20
IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro
-0.95-22.18-17.912

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