"Shifting Gravity": WERGO presents the first recording of chamber music by Chaya Czernowin

WERGO presents the first recording by the Israeli composer Chaya Czernowin with her chamber music. The same-titled series of works, “Shifting Gravity“ from 2008, connects the string quartets “Anea Christal“ with the compositions “Sheva“ and “Sahaf“. The second part of the CD consists of the “Winter Songs III“ (2003). This WERGO production shows a different face of the artist who was born in Haifa in 1957 and who, up to now, has been appreciated mainly because of her stage works, in particular the much noticed music theatre “Pnima…Ins Innere“ or her adaption of Mozart’s “Zaïde / Adama“.

Chaya Czernowin: Shifting Gravity

Order No.: WER 67262 (CD)

• Anea Crystal: Seed I for string quartet
• Sahaf for four Instrumentalists
• Anea Crystal: Anea for two string quartets
• Sheva for seven instrumentalists
• Anea Crystal: Seed II for string quartet
• Winter Songs III for ten Instruments and electronics                   

Quatuor Diotima / Ensemble Nikel / Ensemble Ascolta / Ensemble Courage /
Jonathan Stockhammer, Titus Engel: conductors / Ipke Starke: live electronics / Eric Daubresse: (IRCAM) musical assistant

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