Original title: Scherzo (Orchesterfassung).

Scoring: symphony orchestra. Composition date: 1829.

Mendelssohn’s orchestration of the Scherzo from his 1825 Octet, Op. 20, prepared for London in... Read more
Original title: Scherzo (Orchesterfassung).

Scoring: symphony orchestra. Composition date: 1829.

Mendelssohn’s orchestration of the Scherzo from his 1825 Octet, Op. 20, prepared for London in 1829 and used as an alternative movement in the First Symphony. Op. 20 identifies the source octet; “20a” is not a separate original opus.

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Scherzo from the String Octet, orchestral version, Op. 20 (Mendelssohn)
Recorded in England, 1960s.Read moreCollapse
Recorded in England, 1960s.
 
     
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