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Mendelssohn Octet in E Flat Major, Op. 20

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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Mendelssohn's Scattered

This is as carefully and brilliantly composed as anything Mendelssohn ever wrote. Every piece of orchestration, that's really what this is, orchestration, is in its exact right place. This is something you just have to witness live because a recording can't do it justice. He sets up a dichotomy with low cellos and violas playing a vaguely threatening melody slash harmony while a motive of 4 quick 16th notes darts around the group.

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