Potter: Orchestral Works

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The shadows of Mozart and Beethoven loom large here, so no surprise then to learn Potter was an admirer and great interpreter of their music at the keyboard. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Apr 2021
Catalogue No: 555274-2
Label: CPO
Length: 58 minutes

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Potter, C: Symphony No. 1

Work length24:24

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BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Howard Griffiths

I. Allegro con spirito

Track length8:24

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II. Andante quasi allegeretto

Track length5:15

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III. Tempo di minuetta

Track length5:45

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IV. Allegro non tanto

Track length5:00

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Potter, C: Introduzione e Rondo for Piano & Orchestra

Work length19:10

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Claire Huangci (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Howard Griffiths

I. Introduzione. Maestoso

Track length4:59

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II. Rondo. Allegro non tanto

Track length14:11

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Potter, C: Cymbeline: Overture

Work length15:20

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BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Howard Griffiths

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The highly esteemed Cipriani Potter bequeathed a rich compositional oeuvre to posterity. Born in London in 1792, Potter received his education as a composer from Thomas Altwood, William Crotch, and Joseph Wölfl. He later traveled to Vienna, where he continued his studies with Aloys Förster on Beethoven’s recommendation. During a commemorative event held by the Musical Association in London, he was praised for his nine symphonies – and in particular for the first, in G minor, which is heard on this new release. The first movement from the very start attests to Potter’s dramatic instinct; Potter was one of the first renowned composers from England to write symphonies based on his experience of Mozart’s late oeuvre and Beethoven’s orchestral music. The furious 'Allegro con spirito' first movement of his G minor symphony is a bold stroke of genius filled with powerful melodic invention in combination with masterful thematic development. The phenomenal pianist Potter also repeatedly presented cabinet pieces for the piano. He composed the 'Introduction' followed by a 'Rondo in the Military Style' of 1827 six years before his first piano concerto. Like the 'Variazioni di Bravura on a Theme by Rossini' for piano and orchestra also dating from the late 1820s or the 'Introduction and Rondo Giocoso' for solo piano, they offer listening pleasure in which Potter’s humorous side, a trait mentioned by many who knew him, is revealed.

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July 2021

The shadows of Mozart and Beethoven loom large here, so no surprise then to learn Potter was an admirer and great interpreter of their music at the keyboard.

Jan/Feb 2022

All the music here is energetically performed and luminously recorded. Howard Griffiths and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales make a fine case for Cipriani Potter, and we listeners are surely grateful for yet another fascinating window into the birth of the symphonic world we have come to know.

July 2021

Resurrecting the forgotten music of second-tier composers such as Potter is very much Howard Griffiths’s shtick, and he draws shapely playing from the BBC Welsh orchestra, who sound as if Potter had been in their rep for years.

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