Fine Arts Quartet

The Fine Arts Quartet is a chamber music ensemble founded in Chicago, United States in 1946 by Leonard Sorkin and George Sopkin. The Quartet has recorded over 200 works and has toured internationally for nearly 80 years, making it one of the longest enduring major string quartets. In its history, the Quartet has had two leaders: Leonard Sorkin, from 1946 to 1981, and Ralph Evans, from 1982 to the present. Its current members are violinists Ralph Evans and Efim Boico (who have been playing together in the Quartet since 1983), violist Gil Sharon, and cellist Niklas Schmidt.

Fine Arts Quartet - 80th Anniversary Album - 2026-01-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 & 22 (Arr. for Piano, String Quartet & Double Bass by Ignaz Lachner) - 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven - The Early Years - 2025-05-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Dvořák: String Quartet No. 2, Bagatelles & Rondo, B. 171 - 2024-01-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 25 (Arr. for Piano & String Quintet by Ignaz Lachner) - 2023-12-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Enescu: Early Chamber Music - 2023-08-11T00:00:00.000000Z

The Lyrinx Recordings (1998): Dvořák, String Quartets No. 12 "American" & No. 14 - 2022-11-16T00:00:00.000000Z

The Lyrinx Recordings (1998·99): Haydn, The Last Two String Quartets - 2022-11-16T00:00:00.000000Z

The Lyrinx Recordings (2001): Mozart: The Complete String Quintets - 2022-11-16T00:00:00.000000Z

The Lyrinx Recordings (2005): Beethoven, String Quartets, Op. 18 - 2022-11-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Spirit of Bohemia - 2021-03-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 17 (Arr. I. Lachner for Piano & String Quintet) - 2021-02-26T00:00:00.000000Z

The Masterpieces - Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 7, 8 & 9, Op. 59 "Rasumovsky" - 2020-03-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Works for String Quartet - 2020-01-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Magic Strings - 2019-06-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24 (Arr. I. Lachner) - 2018-09-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Glazunov: 5 Novelettes, Op. 15 - 2018-02-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Complete String Quartets including the Grosse Fugue (Remastered from the Original Concert-Disc Master Tapes) - 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16, Op. 135 & Grosse Fugue, Op. 133 (Remastered from the Original Concert-Disc Master Tapes) - 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: The Middle Quartets (Remastered from the Original Concert Disc Master Tapes) - 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "The Trout" (Remastered from the Original Concert-Disc Master Tapes) - 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Schubert: Octet in F Major, Op. 166 (Remastered from the Original Concert-Disc Master Tapes) - 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: The Four Flute Quartets (Remastered from the Original Concert-Disc Master Tapes) - 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Herrmann: Souvenirs de voyages - Del Tredici: Magyar Madness - 2016-11-11T00:00:00.000000Z

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