Universum Atom String Quartet

• Dawid Lubowicz (b. 1981): String Quartet No. 1 "Atomizations":
• 1 Lubowicz: String Quartet No. 1 "Atomizations": I. Interference 05:32
• 2 Lubowicz: String Quartet No. 1 "Atomizations": II. Entanglement 04:19
• 3 Lubowicz: String Quartet No. 1 "Atomizations": III. Cosmic Microwave Background 04:39
• 4 Lubowicz: String Quartet No. 1 "Atomizations": IV. Universe Expansion 07:25
• Krzysztof Lenczowski (b. 1986): Atlas of Butterflies:
• 5 Lenczowski: Atlas of Butterflies: I. Peacock Butterfly 03:18
• 6 Lenczowski: Atlas of Butterflies: II. Common Brimstone 03:24
• 7 Lenczowski: Atlas of Butterflies: III. Adonis Blue 03:40
• 8 Lenczowski: Atlas of Butterflies: IV. Old World Swallowtail 08:31
• Mateusz Smoczyński (b. 1984): String Quartet No. 1 "Pictures from Warsaw":
• 9 Smoczyński: String Quartet No. 1 "Pictures from Warsaw": I. Foundation 05:24
• 10 Smoczyński: String Quartet No. 1 "Pictures from Warsaw": II. Tears 03:22
• 11 Smoczyński: String Quartet No. 1 "Pictures from Warsaw": III. Battle 06:22
• 12 Smoczyński: String Quartet No. 1 "Pictures from Warsaw": IV. In Between 01:21
• 13 Smoczyński: String Quartet No. 1 "Pictures from Warsaw": V. Uprising 01:51
• 14 Smoczyński: String Quartet No. 1 "Pictures from Warsaw": VI. Death 01:02
• 15 Smoczyński: String Quartet No. 1 "Pictures from Warsaw": VII. Crush 02:35
• 16 Smoczyński: String Quartet No. 1 "Pictures from Warsaw": VIII. Present 04:48
• Michał Zaborski (b. 1978): Bolero:
• 17 Zaborski: Bolero: I. Bolero 09:41
• 18 Zaborski: Bolero: II. Air 01:40
• 19 Zaborski: Bolero: III. Finale 06:20
• Total Runtime 01:25:14

Info for Universum

The latest album by Atom String Quartet - "Universum", is a natural consequence of the band's activities, and at the same time a completely new approach to composing. Each musician mastered great form and composed a full-scale, multi-part string quartet. These works are autonomous entities and tell different stories, precisely showing the individual character of each composer. "Atomizations" by Dawid Lubowicz talk about the vastness of the universe, are a reflection on the infinity of events, a story about a road that always surprises and never ends. "Varsovia" - Mateusz Smoczyński is a musical record of the heroism of Warsaw and the pain of its inhabitants, interwoven with images of the bustling metropolis of the times. present; "Bolero" by Michał Zaborski tells about dance, passion and love, while "Atlas of Butterflies" by Krzysztof Lenczowski is a musical illustration of a children's book with drawings and descriptions of butterflies. Stylistically and formally, the songs are close to classical music, i.e. to the natural environment of a string quartet, but they do not lack elements characteristic of Atom String Quartet, such as improvisation or new performance techniques.

Dawid Lubowicz, violin
Mateusz Smoczyński, violin
Michał Zaborski, viola
Krzysztof Lenczowski, cello

Atom String Quartet
An improvisatory string quartet opens up the hidden region between classical and jazz, riffing off music from around the world.

Atom String Quartet is both an astonishing classical ensemble and a renowned Polish jazz band. Made up of two violins, viola and cello, the group creates an almost indefinable sound.

They add Polish folk, contemporary and classical to the brew, with refreshingly intriguing results.

Classical music has always provided the best jazz players with a technical and theoretical basis. Many musicians on the current jazz scene, including Shabaka Hutchings, Sarah Tandy and Cassie Kinochi, emerged from a classical background.

Conversely, classical composers down the ages, for example, Ravel, Ligeti, Stravinsky and Mark-Antony Turnage, have drawn significant inspiration from jazz and popular music.

The rich history of jazz and classical feeding into each other to forge a new path was first formalized by the music critic Gunther Schuller under the term ‘third stream’.

This album contains no booklet.