Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795 & Winterreise, D. 911

It will soon be the centenary of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, rightly regarded as the greatest baritone of the twentieth century, as much for his warm, instantly recognisable voice as for his innate sense of text and perfect diction. Warner Classics is celebrating his memory with an exhaustive boxset of all his lieder and song recitals. Let’s put our ears back on his most iconic successes, the great Schubert cycles accompanied on the piano by his long-time partner Gerald Moore.