Alexander Fesca piano trios on cpo

[eschiss1]

Trios (2 & 5) by the younger Fesca are out or soon to be out on cpo.

This CD catches my eye since I know that the slow movement of the 2nd trio may have been moderately popular once- there were versions of just that slow movement in various transcriptions published a half-century later, I think (including one for organ published in the USA made by Samuel Prowse Warren, I think- a name that may be familiar to some folks. The movement wasn't well-identified in its publication, either- no "Adagio from the 2nd trio" by Fesca, more just "Adagio ma non tanto" for organ by Fesca (arranged) (though admittedly not "the famous Adagio by Fesca")- suggesting _possibly_ that the transcriber assumed his audience knew the piece pretty well already, or something... (may be quite a leap I'm making there, of course.)
Anycase, may be interesting.

(2nd trio- published, I think, like the first, ca.1840. The fifth trio (op.46, in B (minor?)) was published perhaps in 1845 (according to HMB.)) (The 6th trio, Op.54, followed later in the next-to-last year of his life, published in 1848. Don't know when these were composed. HMB may have these late, if they were published first in France, say- in which case first publication dates were probably rather earlier and the Bibliographie de la France should be consulted instead.)

[Alan Howe]

Details here:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/alexander-fesca-klaviertrios-nr-2-5/hnum/3126697

[jerfilm]

Yes, the adagio ma non troppo of the 2nd Trio in e is very lovely.   One can readily see, I think, why it may have been popular.  This movement is worth the price of admission alone.  The rest is also fine

Jerry