Loft, Abram

Bartók: The Six String Quartets / Fine Arts Quartet

3 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-01-01

Works: Béla Bartók: Quartet for Strings no 1 in A minor, Op. 7/Sz 40; Quartet for Strings no 2 in A minor, Op. 17; Quartet for Strings no 3, Sz 85; Quartet for Strings no 4, Sz 91; Quartet for Str...
Performers: Ilmer, Irving; Loft, Abram; Sopkin, George; Sorkin, Leonard
Conductors:
Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet

This set was very highly regarded during its LP-life which lasted over a quartet-century. It is specially priced as three CDs for the price of...continue...

The Fine Arts Quartet at WFMT

8 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-01-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 7 in F major, Op. 59 no 1 "Razumovsky"; Quartet for Strings no 8 in E minor, Op. 59 no 2 "Razumovsky"; Quartet for Strings no 9 in C major, Op. 59 no 3 "R...
Performers: Browning, John [Piano]; Loft, Abram; Sopkin, George; Sorkin, Leonard; Stanick, Gerald; Tuckwell, Barry [French Horn]; Zaslav, Bernard; Zaslav, Naomi

Shifrin: Three Pieces for Orchestra, Serenade, etc

1 CD / CRI / 1999-01-19

Works: Seymour Shifrin: Pieces (3), for orchestra; Quartet for Strings no 4; Serenade for oboe, clarinet, horn, viola & piano
Performers: Kaplan, Melvin; Loft, Abram; Lynch, Ynez; Russo, Charles; Sopkin, George; Sorkin, Leonard; Wingreen, Harriet; Zaslav, Bernard
Conductors: Monod, Jacques;
Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet; London Sinfonietta

"Each of the performances rivals its competition. It is true that there is a general air of restraint about all the interpretations - the tone...continue...