Title: Highly recommended. Beats any other performance I've heard.
Product review: First heard this group in the 60s. I've been eagerly awaiting this re-release on CD and got me a copy as soon as I heard it was out. The performance of Op 131 is exquisite, in my opinion surpassing the Budapest or Julliard quartets, which were the standard bearers of the day. Quartets like the Lindsey sound anemic compared to the life and freshness the Fine Arts Quartet bring to the music. The Guarneri and the Tokyo quartet performances on CD were better, but still left me unsatisfied. Thank you Everest for putting out this wonderful set.
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