Schubert, Winterreise:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8UDOmUcxCk
-- Die schoene Muellerin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8UDOmUcxCk
Schumann: Dichterliebe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wxgp8tuW9c
Mahler, Kindertotenlieder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3J2e-L62bY
Andrew: yes to Schubert, as you say, besides these cycles, from the "Ave Maria" to "Gretchen am Spinnrad" or "Erlkoenig." It drives straight into the unsuspecting heart, as the German Lied so often does.
John