R. Murray Schafer
![Mezzo-soprano Eleanor James and Conductor Alexander Mickelthwaite acknowledge Murray Schafer after a performance of “Letters from Mignon” by Eleanor James and the National Arts Centre Orchestra on March 26, 2008. [Dyanne Wilson Photography]](/en/mus/greatcomposers/schafer/img/Eleanor.jpg)
Suggested Playlist
Concerto (flute); Concerto (harp); The Darkly Splendid Earth: The Lonely Traveller
Robert Aitken, flute; Judy Loman, harp; Jacques Israelievitch, violin; Kazuyoshi Akiyama/Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Sir Andrew Davis, Günther Herbig/Toronto Symphony Orchestra (CBC Records: SMCD 5114)
Available through the Canadian Music Centre’s online boutique
A Garden of Bells; Gamelan; Felix's Girls; Miniwanka; Snowforms; Sun; Epitaph for Moonlight; Fire
Jon Washburn/Vancouver Chamber Choir (Grouse Records: GR 101)
Available through the Vancouver Chamber Choir website
Gitanjali; The Garden of the Heart; Adieu Robert Schumann
Donna Brown, soprano; Judith Forst, Annamaria Popescu, mezzo-sopranos; Mario Bernardi/National Arts Centre Orchestra (CBC Records: SMCD 5173)
Available through naxosdirect.com
Letters from Mignon
Eleanor James, mezzo-soprano; Alex Pauk/Esprit Orchestra (ATM: B000QFBW3S)
Available on Amazon.ca and naxosdirect.com
A Medieval Bestiary
Timothy Koch/Carolina Chamber Chorale (Albany: 452)
Available on iTunes
String Quartet Nos. 1-7
Marie-Danielle Parent, soprano; Quatuor Molinari (Atma: ACD 2188/89)
Available on iTunes
String Quartet No. 8; Theseus; Beauty and the Beast
Marie-Danielle Parent, soprano; Julie Nesrallah, mezzo-soprano; Jennifer Swartz, harp; Quatuor Molinari (Atma: ACD 2201)
Available through naxosdirect.com
Watch and listen to two selections from Schafer's string quartets played live by the Molinari String Quartet!
