Burkhard Kehring, the pianist, has won accompanist's prizes at international art song competitions in London and Munich, and has performed globally at major festivals.
Performer Biography
Johannes Kalpers, the tenor on this recording, received his early musical training as a chorister at Limburg Cathedral and has performed at the Salzburg Festival and Vienna Volksoper.
Recording & Production
The project's Artistic Advisor, pianist Ulrich Eisenlohr, selected the German-speaking singers for this edition, aiming for the elite of today's young German Lieder singers.
Recording & Production
The performers for this edition benefit from the Neue Schubert Ausgabe (New Schubert Edition), which uses primary sources like autograph copies for the most recent research.
Composition History
In 1816, Franz Schubert and his friends attempted to publish a collection of his songs, sending a selection to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the renowned German writer.
Album & Artwork
The Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition aims to publish all of Franz Schubert's over 700 songs, grouped by the poets who inspired him.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Franz Schubert set the poetry of over 115 writers to music, drawing from classical Greece, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and various German literary periods.
