Quatuor Molinari - Kurtag: Complete String Quartets

The 90-year old Hungarian composer Gy�rgy Kurt�g has recently devoted his efforts almost exclusively to composing chamber music. The Molinari Quartet presents the composer's complete string quartets on this new recording. � Strongly influenced by the Vienna school (Webern and Schoenberg), and by Pierre Boulez's Domaine musical concerts, Kurt�g wrote his first string quartet in 1959, and with it launched his career as a composer. It was followed by a series of works referencing composers, performers, and friends he admired. Olga Ranzenhofer, first violinist with the Molinari Quartet says, Kurt�g's music is always very personal, immediately recognizable, and stamped with characteristic depth and expression.