Richard wrote:

>Don Satz wrote:
>
>>... Mendelssohn's music has never made an impact on me
>
>Sometimes you can admire the skill but it seems a bit showy, too much
>makeup perhaps.  I wondered if Don had explored the string quartets which,
>in at least some, have a lot more emotion than some of his music does.
>I'll be surprised if he hasn't but there must be *some* string quartets
>he hasn't heard yet!:-)

What about the Piano Trio in D minor,as you said the quartets,for the piano
:The preludes and fughes,many song without words,the "serious variations"
Of course mostly of mendelshonn work is not trascendental, but the works i
mentioned above+some others are very nice.
Regards:

Gerardo:.