Well, since the Chariot is a Broad Church and many of us are now of an age when our icons are dropping off the twig at a depressing rate, I thought that I should record the passing of the boy Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
I was fortunate enough to hear him live several times with both Schubert’s ‘Winterreise’ and ‘Die Schöne Müllern’ cycles more than once. Pure magic every time.
But, it’s his interpretation of a Strauss song that is my particular favourite
Boadicea's Chariot 
Two icons are remembered on this site today, and I have to confess that neither of them have really been on my radar, until they have been mentioned here in obits. They were just names.
I’m not sure what this says about me, but I enjoyed listening to Dieskau.
JM, while I do appreciate quality voices (I was even ‘trained’ as a lad!) I have never found Lieder or operatic arias very appealing. Quite often the music seems to outdo the words, when I eventually come across a translation into English! This disappointment peaks with ‘recitativi’! But yes, RIP Deietrich, a fine voice.