Ballades Through the Ages

For many years Austrian bass singer Robert Holzer and pianist Thomas Kerbl have been performing manifold concert programs and album recordings. Their latest release puts a focus on the literary form of the ballade and its musical processing. Subtitled “Ballades Through the Ages” it spans an arc from works of the middle ages (two ballades with hurdy-gurdy), by Franz Schubert (e.g. Erlkönig and Prometheus), Carl Loewe (Die Uhr), Heinrich Marschner, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms und Hugo Wolf (Der Feuerreiter) to the Ballade vom Bettelvogt by Wilhelm Weismann. This is a musical program which has proven very successful in many concerts will finally be released on recording. Robert Holzer studied singing at the Bruckner Konservatorium in Linz and at the University Mozarteum Salzburg. His career was launched when he won first prize at Austria’s National Youth Competition, subsequently debuting at the Kammeroper Vienna. Because of his wide Lied and concert repertoire, Holzer is a residence