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Potter: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 (The Romantic Piano Concerto 72)

7/28/2023, 14 Tracks, 1:13:56

Featuring

  • Howard Shelley
  • Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
  • Cipriani Potter

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Performer Biography

Howard Shelley, the conductor and pianist on this album, has a discography exceeding 150 albums and has recorded works by over seventy composers.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

This album features the first recordings of Cipriani Potter's Piano Concerto No. 2, Piano Concerto No. 4, and Variazioni di bravura on a theme by Rossini.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Cipriani Potter studied with Joseph Wölfl, an Austrian pianist and composer who was considered a 'rival' of Beethoven.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Cipriani Potter largely stopped composing after 1837, preferring to focus on the music of others like Mozart, Schumann, and Brahms.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Cipriani Potter met Beethoven in Vienna, who admired his talent and offered advice on his scores, though Potter did not take lessons from him.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Cipriani Potter was appointed Professor of the Pianoforte at the newly founded Royal Academy of Music in 1822, where he taught many pupils.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Cipriani Potter, born in London in 1792, was known as 'Chip' or 'Little Chip' due to his small stature.

Source: Booklet

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