Ravel: String quartet

[Omicron9]

Greetings.

I listened to an old favorite a few times yesterday: Ravel's string quartet.  There was always something about the early section of the 1st movement that stuck out in my mind, but until yesterday I was unable to grasp/define/identify it.  I think I was able to finally verbalize it yesterday: the opening of the first movement sounds (again, just me here) like a 2nd movement.  This is of course neither good nor bad, and it has no bearing on my love for this piece.

Just curious though: has anyone else gotten this sense? 

Addendum: Part of me finds it sad that he only composed one quartet; the other part of me is grateful that he did compose this quartet.

Regards,
-09

[some guy]

Well, I've sensed things, but until you mentioned it....

But yeah. Now you have mentioned it. And you're right. It sounds like a second movement.

I'm not sure what that means or even if we're right.

But I'm going with you on this one.

[Uhor]

....Russian influences (Borodin?)
Who invented first movements anyway...

[yekov]

One of my all time favorites, the whole work is a masterpiece but frankly the first movement is out of this world

[Omicron9]

One of my all time favorites, the whole work is a masterpiece but frankly the first movement is out of this world

Agreed.  I was just trying to verbalize how I was hearing the 1st movement; no value judgment applies.