Potter - Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4

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Howard Shelley (piano), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
(Hyperion)

Diminutive Cipriani Potter (“Little Chip” to his chums) was an early 19th-century British star of the keyboard, introducing London audiences to the piano concertos of Mozart and Beethoven and writing four of his own, plus nine symphonies – but who knows his name today? 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.