Chamber Music & Recitals

WERGO presents Morton Feldman's more than four hours lasting trio "For Philip Guston" with the ensemble Breuer Engler Schrammel. Feldman disagreed with those who regarded his pieces since the 1970s as too long. "In music, it's very difficult to...

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 Crystal" with the compositions "Sheva" and '"Sahaf". The...

WERGO is proud to present a further album by Enjott Schneider. In "Clair Obscur - Colors of Saxophones", extreme contrasts play a defining role: beautiful and ugly, loud and soft, bright and dark - all these qualities are brought to life by the Berlin...

Well-known for spearheading a general revival of interest in, and modernizing the performance practices of Baroque music, especially Bach, after WWII, Karl Richter (1926-81) also conducted works by composers other than Bach, including Handel and Mozart...

'Well, what a surprise - a divine surprise! I have delighted in immersing myself in the world of Handel for more than forty years now. But I must admit that I experienced yet another lesson in strength and joy when I toured and recorded the Dettingen Te...

Well known for his interpretations of the works of Frederic Chopin and Serge Rachmaninov, the great Argentinean pianist Nelson Goerner joins the Zig-Zag Territoires label with the piano works of Debussy.1. Reflets Dans L'eau 2. Hommage ? Rameau 3...

Well known for his interpretations of the works of Frederic Chopin and Serge Rachmaninov, appearing on concert platforms the world over, the great Argentinian pianist Nelson Goerner is joining the Zig-Zag Territoires label. "Obviously, from the performer...

Welcome into the Birgittine sisters' world of Gregorian chant! Also known as Fr?lsarorden, the Birgittine Order is the only one with Scandinavian origins. Saint Birgitta (ca 1303-1373) and her collaborator and confessor, Petrus Olavi of Sk?nninge, laid...

Weiss-a contemporary of JS Bach-was the greatest lutenist of his age, whose music is largely in the mixed Italian/French style of the time.1. I. Overture 2. II. Courante 3. III. Bourree 4. IV. Sarabande 5. V. Menuet 6. VI. Presto 7. I. Prelude 8. II...

Weinberg's Symphony No. 13, dedicated to the memory of his mother, is cast in a single movement that unfolds in a symmetrical arc. A large orchestra is used sparingly in chamber-like textures with motivic ideas that evolve over the course of the work...

Weimar in the middle of the 19th century, in Franz Liszt's artistic circle: after years as a traveling piano virtuoso, he now devoted himself to composing and conducting. When the city was only feeding off it's past greatness under Goethe and Schiller,...

Weightless, floating sounds, far removed from any earthbound striving for a home key and eluding any measurable emphases; a dazzlingly bright play of colors in instrumentation and impressionist tones, combined with that affectionate, softly melodic...