Deryk Barker responds to Mimi Ezust concerning Mendelssohn's lack of
impact on me:

>>Ohmygawd, even Mendelssohn's chamber music?  Even the first piano trio?
>
>Even the Octet?

The list is growing.  Yes my friends, the first trio, the second trio,
the Octet, and likely any Mendelssohn chamber piece that might be
discovered in the future.  I always think best of a Mendessohn piece the
first time I hear it.  After that, it's free fall.

Don Satz
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