Howard Shelley & The Tasmanian Symphony - Potter: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 (2017) [Hi-Res]

Volume 72 of the Romantic Piano Concerto series comes to the rescue of yet another neglected figure with three first recordings courtesy of Howard Shelley and his Tasmanian forces. Composer, pianist, writer and educator (he was an early Principal of the Royal Academy of Music), London-born Cipriani Potter was encouraged by Beethoven and admired by Wagner.

Howard Shelley does him proud in this effervescent recording of two Potter concertos, one a semi-homage to Mozart, the other a much broader and more expansive corker. Shelley adds a Rossini-themed showpiece for good measure, while all the while directing the sprightly Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Another gem from Hyperion's Romantic piano concerto series. --The Guardian, July'17

With each subsequent hearing (listened to the disc 5 times now) my enjoyment has increased exponentially. There are some lovely lyrical ideas and string of others that are engagingly capricious. I am already rather fond of them, they certainly make fascinating and worthwhile additions to the Hyperion series. --Gramophone, July'17