If you don't have the analog audio cable connecting the optical drive the soundcard (or motherboard), then you cannot play analog audio or use any audio players that use "Redbook" analog audio methods to read the disc.
You have to use "digital reading" or "digital extraction" features in audio programs to read the disc as if it were data, which then transfers the data across the SATA cable and to the soundcard, where it is then converted to analog and sent to the speakers. From the sound of it (pun intended) cdcontrol doesn't support digital audio extraction. Find an audio player that does.
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