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:.