how refined are your ears?

Schubert, Funny you mention Fisher-Dieskau imprinting! I thought to myself, if Len has had a steady diet of Fisher-Dieskau's Schubert lieder, Padmore is going to be a tough sell. Fisher-Dieskau's Mullerin is great stuff, but Padmore convinces me he is a love struck young man. Fisher-Dieskau's account is great art.
I also like Paul Lewis' work very much. They also did Schwanengesang and Winterreise together.

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.

Schubert, I envy your time in Germany. Clearly, you made the best of that opportunity. I would dearly love to sample first hand the offerings in Leipzig, Dresden, and Berlin. I suppose, if I am ever able to make that trip I will have to take in a concert at the Golden Hall as well.
Sibelius is very dear to me. Grieg, not so much. Could be an undiscovered country yet, but so far, it is just ok. BTW, I have taken quite a liking to the quartets of Ruud Landgaard. I will check out the Decca recording you sited above. I will also look for the Guarneri. I had the pleasure of seeing their penultimate concert.

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