During preparations for their 25th anniversary in 2010, the ensemble recherche came to the conclusion that “There are no love songs anymore!” So they requested such pieces for the celebration from various composer friends.
Wergo presents first recordings of chamber music works by the Israeli composer Chaya Czernowin. The eponymous 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).
The enigmatic beginning of Lisa Streich's portrait CD in the series EDITION ZEITGENOSSISCHE MUSIK lays the cornerstone for a sound journey, oscillating between this world and the hereafter.