You don't have to say many words about Karl Ratzer - for decades the Viennese guitarist has been one of the absolute world leaders. Now the charismatic guitarist and soulful singer wants to know again: He enters chamber music terrain with top-class string colleagues: Composer and double bass player Peter Herbert is one of Austria's most sought-after and competent musicians, the four cellists of the formation "eXtracello" cross the musical epochs with unbroken curiosity and vitality, from the Renaissance to Jazz/Pop/Rock to the classical modern age. It is not only a chance, an opportunity ("Occasion"), but also an experiment, an artistic test of courage, a risk across genres and borders. In his inimitable musical language, Ratzer reflects in his pieces on the great themes of life, moving with dreamlike certainty between heaven and earth. Rock fans, on the other hand, can look forward to a memorable adaptation of the Fleetwood Mac classic "Oh Well". Is that possible together? Especially where the striking voice of Karl Ratzer and his virtuoso electric guitar meet the fragility and seriousness of a cello quartet? It goes together. And how. It is highly edifying to be able to listen to such clarified veterans as Ratzer and Peter Herbert in soulful, almost youthful interaction between man and woman, E and U, popular music and modern classical music and at best experience them live.
