From the huge number of songs written by Schubert, the Winter Journey, which the composer completed just a few days before his untimely death, stands out for its abstract beauty and inwardness and is a cornerstone of the romantic repertoire. Enthusiasts of the German lied, and of Schubert in particular, are probably familiar with the 2014 recording of the Journey by Goerne and Eschenbach, which is rightly counted among the most soul-stirring readings of this masterpiece. In their long musical careers, the two artists have proven that their quest for musical expressivity never stops. For each new interpretation, they draw on their deep musical knowledge and their experience, yet at the same time they follow the music’s inner “heartbeat” with the enthusiasm and thrill of discovering it for the first time.