R. Murray Schafer - String Quartet no. 8 (2000-2001)

Molinari Quartet Atma ACD2-2672 Commissioned by the Molinari Quartet, Murray-Schafer's 8th String Quartet celebrates the 50th wedding anniversary of one of the quartet's parents. It combines the high spirit of youth with the reflections of old age. The two-part structure represent the two time periods of marriage as mentioned respectively I. Fast, capricious II. Very rhapsodic (9:50)