That the 14-year-old Mendelssohn's first attempt at a string quartet is so assured is perhaps not so remarkable when you consider he had already been composing for six years and had written the first eight of his 12 string symphonies. The New Zealand String Quartet completes its impressive Mendelssohn recordings for Naxos back at the beginning with this Opus "0" work, played with the same style and devotion it brings to the maturer Quartet in D major, Op 44, No 1. Such warm, intelligent playing makes this three-volume series one to recommend.