how refined are your ears?

If you want to know what great singing sounds like you need to listen to Jussi Bjorling, the GREAT Swedish tenor.
Period.

Thanks Brownsfan.I'look into him as soon as the swelling in my head from my 110% correct predictions on Johnny Football
goes down enough to get through the bathroom door.

To be honest Bill, after 40 years of Fisher-Dieskau imprinting I doubt if I'm capable of a objective opinion on the lieder. I'll try, but as I don't download will be awhile.

Brownsfan, Of Lieder outside of the Schubert universe my fave is Hans Hotter/ Persons singing Wolf, Strauss and Brahms, Decca 480 8160, 1975 .

And as I'm sure you know, 2015 is the 150th for the Nordic giants, Greig and Sibelius .The greatness of their lone string Qts, , esp the Sibelius, seems overlooked by most.
I treasure my Guarneri of both on Phillips D 100 104 .

We will see , Bill- just ordered the Padmore off Amazon.

Having seen F-D a dozen times in person with Moore really internalized it as well. Memory is VERY powerful.
I buy every recording of the Gewandaus I see not
because its the worlds greatest band, though it is world class, but because my wife and I went to a hundred concerts there, the hall sound is imbedded in my mind and my Gallos are great at reproducing same.
But then I never thought anyone would equal Radu Lupu in the Schubert pn, sontas either and along comes Michael Korstick!
One could live 50 lifetimes and not come close to exhausting the glories of classical music.

Don't be too envious, the downside, having to come back here is a very heavy load, at least for me.