Doric String Quartet - Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartets, Vol.2: Op.18 Nos.2 & 5; Op.59 No.2; Op.130; Op.133 (2024)
Doric String Quartet - Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartets, Vol.2: Op.18 Nos.2 & 5; Op.59 No.2; Op.130; Op.133 (2024)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 711 Mb | Total time: 02:36:35 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos Records | # CHAN 20300(2) | Recorded: 2023, 2024
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 711 Mb | Total time: 02:36:35 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos Records | # CHAN 20300(2) | Recorded: 2023, 2024
For this second volume of Beethoven’s string quartets, the Doric String Quartet has combined one middle period, one late, and two early quartets to create a programme that works on its own terms, as well as forming part of the complete cycle. The musicians start off with a vivid performance of Op. 18 No. 2, following it with the Quartet, Op. 130, in which, as finale, they perform the Große Fugue (Op. 133), as Beethoven long contemplated it. They have appended the alternative finale, first published with Op. 130, thus allowing the listener to choose either version. Op. 18 No. 5 in A major is then followed by Op. 59 No. 2 in E minor. Op. 18, Beethoven’s first set of quartets, often show influences from the quartets of Haydn and Mozart, albeit very much filtered through Beethoven’s original artistic sensibility. The second set, the three ‘Razumovsky’ Quartets, Op. 59, was written in a golden period of the composer’s creative life (alongside the Fourth Symphony, Violin Concerto, and Fidelio) and shows both development from the earlier set and a powerful distinctness. Although mis-understood (or found incomprehensible) by their first audiences, Beethoven’s late quartets have become universally admired as among the pinnacles of western art music. Stravinsky considered the Große Fuge ‘an absolutely contemporary piece of music that will be contemporary forever’.
Performer:
Doric String Quartet:
Alex Redington, violin
Ying Xue, violin
Hélène Clément, viola
John Myerscough, cello
Tracklist:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
CD1:
String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio cantabile
03. III. Scherzo: Allegro
04. IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto
String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130
05. I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro
06. II. Presto
07. III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo
08. IV. Alla danza tedesca: Allegro assai
09. V. Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo
10. Grosse Fuge in B-Flat Major, Op. 133
String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130
11. VI. Finale: Allegro
CD2:
String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Menuetto
03. III. Andante cantabile - Poco adagio
04. IV. Allegro
String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2, "Rasumovsky"
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Molto adagio
07. III. Allegretto
08. IV. Finale: Presto
Exact Audio Copy V1.8 from 15. July 2024
EAC extraction logfile from 1. June 2025, 20:27
Doric String Quartet / Beethoven - String Quartets, Volume 2 - CD1
Used drive : ASUS SDRW-08U7M-U Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 7:41.30 | 0 | 34604
2 | 7:41.30 | 7:12.45 | 34605 | 67049
3 | 14:54.00 | 4:35.00 | 67050 | 87674
4 | 19:29.00 | 5:31.00 | 87675 | 112499
5 | 25:00.00 | 13:53.00 | 112500 | 174974
6 | 38:53.00 | 1:53.00 | 174975 | 183449
7 | 40:46.00 | 7:14.00 | 183450 | 215999
8 | 48:00.00 | 2:43.00 | 216000 | 228224
9 | 50:43.00 | 7:19.00 | 228225 | 261149
10 | 58:02.00 | 15:28.10 | 261150 | 330759
11 | 73:30.10 | 10:38.65 | 330760 | 378674
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename C:\temp\CHAN_20300(2) - Beethoven - String Quartets, Vol.2 - Doric String Quartet - 2024\CD1\Beethoven - String Quartets, Volume 2 - CD1.wav
Peak level 98.4 %
Extraction speed 5.5 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC C9B370DC
Copy CRC C9B370DC
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [AED2A2EF] (AR v2)
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [3B510898] (AR v2)
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [96D4DC6D] (AR v2)
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [8B53C388] (AR v2)
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [3CFBED01] (AR v2)
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [19051CF0] (AR v2)
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [C123F666] (AR v2)
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [927042EB] (AR v2)
Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [F3F152F8] (AR v2)
Track 10 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [55B911BF] (AR v2)
Track 11 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [EE6128D9] (AR v2)
All tracks accurately ripped
End of status report
–– CUETools DB Plugin V2.2.6
[CTDB TOCID: ifnIBvQTCVzKByCaE4TFjS2Yxlk-] found
Submit result: ifnIBvQTCVzKByCaE4TFjS2Yxlk- has been uploaded
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
2 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
3 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
4 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
5 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
6 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
7 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
8 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
9 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
10 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
11 | (0/1) No match
==== Log checksum BF3A9826CA7C53037C42934AA78C49858E8415E5392265FE1DF7D40A87BBF166 ====
Exact Audio Copy V1.8 from 15. July 2024
EAC extraction logfile from 1. June 2025, 21:02
Doric String Quartet / Beethoven - String Quartets, Volume 2 - CD2
Used drive : ASUS SDRW-08U7M-U Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 10:25.30 | 0 | 46904
2 | 10:25.30 | 4:36.20 | 46905 | 67624
3 | 15:01.50 | 10:02.10 | 67625 | 112784
4 | 25:03.60 | 6:44.55 | 112785 | 143139
5 | 31:48.40 | 14:26.35 | 143140 | 208124
6 | 46:15.00 | 13:07.20 | 208125 | 267169
7 | 59:22.20 | 7:47.40 | 267170 | 302234
8 | 67:09.60 | 5:20.15 | 302235 | 326249
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename C:\temp\CHAN_20300(2) - Beethoven - String Quartets, Vol.2 - Doric String Quartet - 2024\CD2\Beethoven - String Quartets, Volume 2 - CD2.wav
Peak level 97.7 %
Extraction speed 5.2 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 2949CC9C
Copy CRC 2949CC9C
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [5C1C6D23] (AR v2)
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [D73972EF] (AR v2)
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [C2DB09EA] (AR v2)
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [750562BF] (AR v2)
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [2BE8D170] (AR v2)
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [3A7B0DED] (AR v2)
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [D751B8B6] (AR v2)
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [4D20B5B6] (AR v2)
All tracks accurately ripped
End of status report
–– CUETools DB Plugin V2.2.6
[CTDB TOCID: 8fDX9SwHeAa3__I7LEz5OwEbJsA-] found
Submit result: 8fDX9SwHeAa3__I7LEz5OwEbJsA- has been confirmed
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
2 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
3 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
4 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
5 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
6 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
7 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
8 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
==== Log checksum C0E59F4F1333FE8862DDE9E6071E1CB84EA50F1048C5B91CDD3461BC642F7129 ====
Doric String Quartet - Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartets, Vol.2: Op.18 Nos.2 & 5; Op.59 No.2; Op.130; Op.133 (2024)
Thanks to the original releaser