Benjamin Appl - Schubert: Winterreise - BBC Music Magazine

Performance 4*
Recording 5*

Insight for insight Appl is more than matched by his pianist James Baillieu, a storyteller to his staccato-cherishing fingertips. The recording keeps the piano very ‘present’ in the partnership. But then partnership is the point. In their mutually enriching symbiosis Schubert’s journey emerges thoughtful and newly-minted.