Beautiful Classical Smaller Pieces, duo,trio,etc

Frogman, I'm presently enjoying the exquisite tension in the opening movement of Mendelssohns' Octet Op. 20 played by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields with Neville Marriner,Hugh Maquire,Ilona Brown recorded in 1968 ! (I'm playing the Decca 96khz - 24 bit remastered CD 475 7716 which does thee job for me). That Mendelssohn wrote this at 16 astounds me. The passion,intensity, and use of the double quartet at that age is for me a prime example of intense genius. Talk about "feeling it to the bone!"

Frogman, I am eternally in your debt.
"Miladi" was one of the pieces I had read about but never heard.
The version I found locally was by Ensemble Walter Boeykens on Harmonia Mundi . Both the group and work are of the highest order, reminding me of that master of masters in Janacek,Rudolf Firkunsy, playing "On an Overgrown Path" with even more color than a solo piano could.
I swear Janachek could give even Schubert lessons in dynamic graduation!

It took me several minutes to compose myself after "Miladi".
I would think it one of those pieces where a knowledgeable classical audience would pause before putting hands together?

Ptss, it is indeed remarkable than a youth of 16 could write
such a mature work at the Octet.
It is equally remarkable that Janacek could write such
a youthful work as "Miladi"(youth in Czech} at over 70
years of age .

I like the three string quartets by the Spanish composer Arriaga who did not make it out of his teens. I believe he was 16 years old when he wrote them.