String Trio (V1, V2,
Cello) and continuo
SKU: HH.HH587-FSP
Composed by Frederich
Ernest Fisher. Edited by
Michael Talbot. Full
score and parts. Edition
HH Music Publishers
#HH587-FSP. Published by
Edition HH Music
Publishers
(HH.HH587-FSP).
ISBN
9790708213024.
Fish
er’s Op. 2 set is
externally very similar
to its Op. 1 predecessor
in its combinations of
movement types and
musical language, but now
has an added spaciousness
and audacity born of
greater maturity.
Everything is wonderfully
blended: the fugal
movements are melodious;
the ‘singing
allegros’ are
harmonically rich and
contrapuntally charged;
the dance-like movements,
full of happy surprises,
fizz and purr. Op. 2
appeared in print only in
the year following
Fisher’s death.
Surprisingly in the
circumstances, the level
of accuracy in the
engraved parts matched
the high standard set by
Op. 1. This would have
gratified the composer,
who was so evidently a
perfectionist in all he
undertook.