...forthcoming from Hyperion:
http://www.clicmusique.com/cipriani-potter-concertos-pour-piano-shelley-p-98303.html (http://www.clicmusique.com/cipriani-potter-concertos-pour-piano-shelley-p-98303.html)
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How interesting. Definitely one to explore...
Been waiting for this for a long time. We know from his symphony recordings what this man was capable of.
Yonks ago i played through the D minor concerto. I recall a Ries type vibe, but the years may have dulled my senses.
Anyway, a definate for me.
Thal
Excellent news! Yes, I'm very fond of his symphonies, far more than those MacFarren ones that CPO did. This should be a great release
this ancestor of Harry (!!)also wrote a symphony (recorded by Unicorn-Kanchana in the 1990')Maybe hope some victorian concertos like Benedict or Bache (also that very dear Hypérion Records !)
There are 9 extant symphonies, though their numbering is confusing and indicate that he wrote more. (The eccentric numbering is mostly the fault of te composer.) Three have been given commercial recordings: Nos 8 & 10 (actually no. 6) on Unicorn and No. 7 (actually no. 4) on Classico.
Hyperion have already recorded piano concertos by Benedict and Bache (see Vols. 48 and 43 respectively of the Romantic Piano Concerto series).
THis is now listed for Pre-Order from Apple iTunes as available jul 28, 2017. Based on the excepts previewed, its going to be a wonderful disk!
I wonder if there is an extant Piano Concerto No. 1 & 3 ...
There are, as far as I know, only three PCs extant.
So, which of 1 and 3 has fallen by the wayside then, Gareth?
Only three are listed in the Philharmonic Society archive in the BL. They are described thus:
Piano Concerto in E, 1835
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, 1832
Piano Concerto in E flat, n.d. (wm 1833)
so I'm guessing the missing PC is No. 1
Thanks, Gareth.
An excerpt from the slow movement of PC4 can be heard here:
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/ym.asp?ym=2017_08 (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/ym.asp?ym=2017_08)
Further details and excerpts are now available here:
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68151 (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68151)
Thanks for advising this was on the way, and for the links. I must find a niche for it somewhere in the collection!
Potter seems to be doing pretty well for a composer who was virtually unknown 20 years ago. As someone on UC pointed out recently, we are in a 'golden age' when it comes to musical revivals.
Lovely, lively music, this. The idiom? A delicious amalgam of influences from late Mozart and Beethoven, i.e. late classicism infused with a burgeoning romantic spirit pointing forward to Mendelssohn (and Chopin in the slow movements). The orchestration strikes me as being particular fine, its richness created by often powerful writing for brass in tuttis.
We should definitely hear more from one of our finest early 19thC composers...
I couldn't agree more. The whole disc is an absolute delight from start to finish. What a good composer Potter was, and how well served he is here. The music has all the brilliance of Czerny, say, but with much more substance and memorability than the Viennese usually displays. A great addition to the RPC series.
I can only say that I agree wholeheartedly with Alan's and Mark's comments. I hope that Hyperion will eventually get round to recording the other concertante piano works of Potter on a later disk.
What would also be very desirable is a survey of all the extant symphonies.
Having heard (and been _very_ impressed) by several of his symphonies I look forward to hearing this CD, and more of his music in general (and yes the best of that of his still-undersung contemporaries too. Hoping for. (I wonder if Hyperion plans to record Wilms' concerto.))
I can certainly wave it under their noses (or rather Simon Perry's nose). WorldCat lists two piano concertos by Wilms, Op. 12 and Op. 32 - parts for both in Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, as far as I can see. The list attached to his Wikipedia article gives no Op. 32 but lists a Piano Concerto in E major, Op. 3 as well as "Piano Concerto No. 2 in C major, Op. 12", so there may be three. I think they are the sort of stuff Howard Shelley would be interested in.
As you probably know, Wilms's piano concertos Opp. 3 and 12 have been recorded previously on CD (albeit on fortepiano). In my discography, I have:
Wilms, Johann Wilhelm (1772-1847) Netherlands
Concerto No. 1 in E, Op. 3 (1798)
+Alpha 052: Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano)/Ensemble Cristofori
Concerto No. 2 in C, Op. 12 (1805-6)
+Ars Produktion 38 024: Paolo Giacometti (fortepiano)/Kölner Academie/Michael Alexander Willens
These also have been posted on youtube.
Having said that, a recording of anything by Howard Shelley would be most welcome!
I didn't know that. Thank you. I will listen to these recordings. The Op. 32 may still be of interest, however.
btw in re Wilms Op.32, unless this is a typo ...
"Concerto pour le Pianoforte avec accompagnement de l'Orchestre Oeuv. 32." (in F), published by Breitkopf ca.1812 (plate 2004) - Worldcat OCLC 961098893 (http://cornell.worldcat.org/title/concerto-pour-le-pianoforte-avec-accompagnement-de-lorchestre-oeuv-32/oclc/961098893) @ SBB-PK, Potsdamer Straße, 14 instrumental parts ?.
Adjusted the publication date from ca.1814 to ca.1812 based on the plate number and IMSLP's plate table (estimates taken from issues of AMZ Intelligenzblatt, etc.)
just found this string... just ordered this CD... hope its great !!