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Paul Tseng ICS Staff  
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(6/20/01 12:59:43 pm)
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  Mendelssohn Octet
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 Who else loves this piece? I heard a performance on the radio that seemed like it must have been with Heiftetz and Piatigorsky. Does anyone know if they recorded this?

What are some good recordings of this? I have an old tape of Cleveland and Tokyo. 

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ruthann
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(6/20/01 1:08:37 pm)
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 Oh, man, the answers to this question are going to cost me money. I can feel a CD buying spree coming on strong! 
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Cellissima
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(6/20/01 1:14:07 pm)
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 What a funny coincidence... I thought about starting a new topic on this...
There are actually two reasons: I love this piece!!! And I`m going to play the second mvt next week in an all-Mendelssohn recital. YIPPIEHH! 
There`ll perform lots of pianists and singers in this recital, so we decided to play something for strings only and chose the Octet. In addition to it, we`ll play the Allegretto from Fanny Mendelssohn-Hendels SQ (very energetic mvt) and I`m really looking forward to perform the Variations concertantes op. 17. Wish me luck...  
 
Ryan Selberg  
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(6/20/01 4:27:36 pm)
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 Very definitely could have been Heifetz/Piatigorsky, as they recorded the Mendelssohn plus a whole bunch more chamber music that had been performed at the Pilgrimage Theater in the Hollywood Hills. I don't remember all of the cast (I will have to go downstairs to find it later), but I know Gabor Rejto is the other cellist, Israel Baker is one of the other violinists, and I think Primrose is one of the violists. Wonderful recording, as are most of the series. 

Ryan 
 
Jackiedupre2B
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(6/21/01 9:25:32 am)
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 I LOVE this piece, I played it last year! 
 
sarah schenkman
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(6/21/01 1:15:41 pm)
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 I first heard the octet performed by Heiftetz and Piatigorsky in NY many years ago and have loved it since. 
 
mcello
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(6/27/01 7:45:22 pm)
Reply  One of my all time favorites for listening and performing!
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ashley
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(6/28/01 1:56:05 am)
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 I have a recording of the Mendelssohn Octet (we are talking about E-flat, right? i don't know if there are any others!  ) The violinists are Jaime Laredo, Alexander Schneider, Arnold Steinhardt & John Dalley. The violists, Michael Tree & Samuel Rhodes. Cellists, Leslie Parnas & David Soyer.
I assume this is the piece you're talking about. I love it! The recording I have is rather obscure. My aunt gave it to me for my birthday  It's called Chamber Music Classics, a 2-disc set, with Mozart's String Quintet in g, the Schubert Trout Quintet and Beethoven "Ghost" Trio.