Benjamin Appl - Schubert: Winterreise - The New York Times

Their “Gute Nacht” has the softness of fresh snow, but also its dangerous chill. That’s the key to Schubert’s sadly beautiful music, and the reason this “Frühlingstraum” is at once gorgeous and shattering.

Appl handles the cycle’s sharp turns with affecting control, a storyteller’s thrall and, above all, trust in the text.