Incompleta Musicarius String Quartet

• 1 Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I (arr. for string quartet) 03:24
• 2 I. Andante grazioso 06:17
• 3 II. Menuetto ma non troppo presto 04:55
• 4 Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IV (arr. for string quartet) 04:29
• 5 String Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 2, G. 249 06:58
• 6 Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IX a 4 alla Duodecima (arr. for string quartet) 04:01
• 7 Andante sostenuto and Variations in E Major, Op. 81, No. 1, MWV R34 06:25
• 8 Scherzo in A Minor, Op. 81, No. 2, MWV R35 03:22
• 9 Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIX (arr. for string quartet) 08:09
• 10 18 Chorales, BWV 651-668, Leipziger Chorale: Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein, BWV 668a - Vor deinen Thron, BWV 668 (arr. for string quartet) 03:17
• Total Runtime 51:17

Info for Incompleta

Incompleteness brings to mind usually bad connotations. A breach of finis coronat opus principle often causes lack of symmetry of work, interferes with the expectancy and logic of a design, and finally builds a sense of its limitations. We can multiply examples of buildings that have never lived to see their final architectural shape, or the ones, which combine different styles compiled over the centuries; and that does not always produce indisputably successful result. Studying of biographies of prominent composers stirs speculations: what else and how would Mozart, Pergolesi, Schubert write if the Great Director did not remove them from the stage of life so early? How would their style develop, what measures would they apply and how many works - probably remarkable ones - would have been created if they could reach their venerable years? The Incompleta album presents the works for a string quartet, which were, for some reason, never finished. Each of these works is completely different and reveals quite varied life situations of composers, different contexts and causes of the unfinished pieces.

Musicarius String Quartet

Musicarius String Quartet
goes way beyond the widely accepted conventions in music. It was made in 2003 and performs mostly early music.

Musicarius uses instruments of the era or its replicas and formulates repertoire reflecting specific events from 200-300 years ago. The musicians are open to some interesting experiments- cooperation with the Polish Theatre of Dance and some alternative theatre groups resulted in new perspectives balancing at the verge of classical and electronic music as well as blurred the differences between an instrumentalist as a music performer and actor.

Collaboration with Jan AP Kaczmarek allowed to present, for the first time in Europe, music awarded an Oscar. Performing on numerous festivals brought a wide range of extremely interesting concert programmes which style evolves from the 20th century minimalist music and reaches up to the filled with passion baroque: from works of Wacław of Szamotuły to pieces composed among the last few years.

Musicarius is a constantly searching group. It takes up the challenge of creating a new quality as well as setting new boundaries both in music and art. The musicians don't give in to the previously set and widely known rules. Instead, they try to break the existing schemes and conventions.

This album contains no booklet.