Felix Mendelssohn: Greatest Prodigy?

NPR has a great story on an Octet that Mendelssohn wrote at the age of 16.

Says Rob Capillow:

"And that was the greatest music, in my opinion, ever written at a young age," he says. "So I think in terms of sheer compositional quality, Mendelssohn — not Mozart — was the greatest child prodigy in the history of western music."

My favorite part of the piece is the analysis that starts at about 3:00.

Thanks to Luke for the pointer.