Don Satz writes: >... Any list members out there who have a special affection for the an >early work or set of works of a particular composer? Yes most early works by Mendelssohn, one of my favorite composers, are very dear to me. Let me note a lot of his string symphonies, some of what were composed at the age of fourteen, and his Midsummers-night dream suite cannot be forgotten, also written at an early age. To me Mendelssohns first works were some of his best, not counting his string quartets written a bit latter, those to me are his obscure ultimate achievement. Nicolas.