Cipriani Potter
Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 4
Howard Shelley p, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
HYPERION CDA68151

Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series is into its third decade and boasts a catalogue of over 70 CDs. Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter (1792-1871) is the latest 19th-century composer to have his work plucked from obscurity, and this first ever recording of his unpublished second (1832) and fourth (1835) concertos also includes a set of variations (1829) on Corradino’s aria from Rossini’s Matilde di Shabran.

Born in London, Potter had by the age of 30 established himself as a virtuoso with an...