Schubert, No. 11 from 'Die Winterreise,' A Dream of Spring (Fruhlingstraum), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

I only learned of Schubert's song cycle Winterreise (Winter Journey) for the first time this time, and I'd never even imagined there would be a vocalist specializing in Winterreise. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, shown in the video above, is said to have begun singing this piece from a very young age and to have sung this song even into old age, and the maturity and depth that emerge from the emotional ups and downs he experienced as he aged must have made his own 'Winterreise' all the more perfect.

Watching A Dream of Spring by Dieskau, who created the standard for 'Winterreise,' I feel I should take winter in a little more with my heart..