“TZIMTZUM” (2020-2023)
Tetralogy for soloists and orchestra with Nikel Ensemble, WDR Orchestra, Peter Rundel – bastille musique 2025
Longlist 4/2025 Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik
bastille musique presents its thirty-fifth release »Sarah Nemtsov: Tzimtzum« featuring world premiere recordings by Ensemble Nikel, WDR Sinfonieorchester and Peter Rundel (conductor). The album contains Nemtsov’s complete Tzimtzum cycle (2020-2023) for soloist ensemble and orchestra, which consists of the four parts Reshimot (2020), Sh'vira (2020), Tikkun (2021) and K'lipot (2023). The WDR recordings are complemented by a 48-page bilingual booklet (EN, DE) with texts by Dirk Wieschollek, an interview with the composer and several score pages, a picture card of a drawing by Elisabeth Naomi Reuter as well as two concertina-fold inserts with photos of the composer and the performers during the recordings.
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ZIMMER I-III (2013)
for ensemble with electronics
amplified imagination etc. (2014)
for solo instruments with electronics
white eyes erased (2014/2015)
for keyboard and drum set
Ensemble Adapter
Sonar Quartet
ensemble mosaik
"This music is beautifully raw, gritty, and it cascades with a chaotic energy that traverses in a landscape spinning like a kaleidoscope on high speed with your eyes firmly glued to it. An addictive ride." (Tempo; Cambridge Bd. 73, Ausg. 287, Jan 2019: 113)
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heimwehgefiedert (2020)
8 Songs – poems by Hilde Domin
Tehila Nini Goldstein, Soprano
Julia Rebekka Adler, Viola
Jascha Nemtsov, Piano
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beyond its simple space (2018)
for harpsichord solo and baroque orchestra with objects and electronics
running. out of tune (2013)
for two harpsichords and electronics
Finnish baroque orchestra
Petteri Pitko (harpsichord, “beyond” & “running”)
Marianna Henriksson (harpsichord, “running”)
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Journal (2015)
for 5 instruments and electronics
Ensemble LUX:NM – Luxus
Longlist Jahrespreis 2017 der deutschen Schallplattenkritik
Album
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A LONG WAY AWAY. Passagen (2010-2011)
for Ensemble
HOQUETI (2011)
for six solo voices with additional instruments
Ensemble Adapter & guests
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Daniel Gloger (Conductor)
Manuel Nawri (Conductor)
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IRA (2013)
for Paetzold bassflute solo
Susanne Fröhlich
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Briefe-Heloisa (2012)
for shawm solo and accordion solo
Archipel Machaut
Medieval Music & New Music
Mixtura: Katharina Bäuml (Shawm)
Margit Kern (Accordion)
Album
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Zwanzig Skizzen (2005)
for piano solo
Aphorisms
Jascha Nemtsov (Piano)
Album
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