DESCRIPTION:
Max Stern: Creation of the World (Bereshith) for soprano, flute, strings and percussion based on Genesis 1:1-31, 2:1-3. performed by the Ashdod Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Luis Gorelik. Soloists: Amalia Ishak, soprano and Avihai Ornoy, flute. Recorded in live concert at Kibbutz Yavneh, Israel, 1995. Graphics edited at Flash Studios, Beersheba.

Of this work, music critic Uri Eppstein wrote, "an expression of exhilaration and awe in witnessing the phenomenon on creation." It is structured in seven variations, each a day in the process of formation: 1 darkness-light, 2 seas-heaven, 3 land-vegetation, 4 sun-moon-stars, 5 fish-birds, 6 beasts-man, 7 Sabbath