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Potter: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 2

Modern Dramatic Virtuosic Energetic
$18.99

Details

Composer
Cipriani Potter
Artist
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Jan 03, 2025
Catalog #
555500-2
UPC
0761203550029

About

Unlike his namesake Harry, Cypriani Potter did not learn his craft at Hogwarts, but with renowned British composers and then put the finishing touches to his music in Vienna - above all with Ludwig van Beethoven, who undoubtedly taught him some particularly effective tricks. In any case, there is an unmistakable magic in his works: at times it is delightful melodies, at others dramatic energy build-ups or rhythmically urgent episodes that give his music such an appeal that it is worth recording all of his surviving symphonies (nine, after all) and garnishing them with a few smaller pieces - in the present program, for example, with the Overture to Shakespeare's Tempest and with the original Concertante for piano and four strings on the popular theme La Follia, which Potter animates to a veritable outburst of temperament.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro con fuoco 07:50
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con fuoco
    Duration
    07:50
    Composer
    Cipriani Potter
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths
  2. 2 II. Andante con moto 06:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    06:37
    Composer
    Cipriani Potter
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths
  3. 3 III. Scherzo, ben marcato 04:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo, ben marcato
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Cipriani Potter
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths
  4. 4 IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco, ma non troppo presto 06:24
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco, ma non troppo presto
    Duration
    06:24
    Composer
    Cipriani Potter
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths
  5. 5 Concertante for Violin, Cello, Double Bass and Piano 13:56
    Track
    5
    Title
    Concertante for Violin, Cello, Double Bass and Piano
    Duration
    13:56
    Composer
    Cipriani Potter
    Performer
    Jonian Ilias Kadesha, Tim Posner, Philip Nelson, Mishka Rushdie Momen
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths
  6. 6 I. Allegro 10:30
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    10:30
    Composer
    Cipriani Potter
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths
  7. 7 II. Andante 07:09
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    07:09
    Composer
    Cipriani Potter
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths
  8. 8 III. Vivace 07:24
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Vivace
    Duration
    07:24
    Composer
    Cipriani Potter
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths
  9. 9 The Tempest: Overture 12:57
    Track
    9
    Title
    The Tempest: Overture
    Duration
    12:57
    Composer
    Cipriani Potter
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths