℗ 1960 2016 Countdown Media, a division of BMG Rights Management (US)
Released October 6, 2017
Duration 39m 02s
Record Label Concert-Disc
Genre Classical
 

Beethoven: Septet for Strings and Winds in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 (Remastered from the Original Concert-Disc Master Tapes)

Fine Arts Quartet, New York Woodwind Quintet

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Septet for Strings and Winds in E-Flat Major, Op. 20  
1.1
I. Adagio - Allegro con brio
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet; New York Woodwind Quintet
8:15
1.2
II. Adagio cantabile
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet; New York Woodwind Quintet
9:49
1.3
III. Tempo di menuetto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet; New York Woodwind Quintet
3:33
1.4
IV. Tema con variazioni. Andante
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet; New York Woodwind Quintet
7:55
1.5
V. Scherzo. Allegro molto e vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet; New York Woodwind Quintet
3:06
1.6
VI. Andante con molto alla marcia - Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Fine Arts Quartet; New York Woodwind Quintet
6:24
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 Septet for Strings and Winds in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 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.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Concert-Disc Studio Masters

Tracks 1-6 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-2.50
-3.76 to -0.54
-24.14
-25.34 to -23.04
-20.50
-21.70 to -19.70
14
13 to 14
1
I. Adagio - Allegro con brio
-1.82-23.04-19.714
2
II. Adagio cantabile
-3.76-24.32-20.813
3
III. Tempo di menuetto
-2.72-23.64-20.013
4
IV. Tema con variazioni. Andante
-3.69-25.08-21.713
5
V. Scherzo. Allegro molto e vivace
-2.49-25.34-21.114
6
VI. Andante con molto alla marcia - Presto
-0.54-23.43-19.714

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