Rinaldi's daughter, Ernestina, became a successful concert pianist, and her son, Nino Rota, inherited her musical gifts.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Rinaldi's compositions were exclusively for the piano, as he believed it was the medium to express family affections and emotions inspired by nature.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Rinaldi refused to compose sonatas or other established formal pieces, believing his music should be a direct expression of emotion, unconditioned by abstract principles.
Critical Reception
The German publishers Breitkopf & Härtel called Rinaldi 'the Italian Chopin' due to his discreet melodies and subtle harmonic vagueness.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Rinaldi's creative motivation was primarily nature, which he observed as a source of soft lyricism, translating its physical reverberation into his piano writing.
Composer Biography
Giovanni Rinaldi, the composer of these piano works, was born in Reggiolo, Italy, in 1840 and studied at the Conservatory of Milan from 1854 to 1861.
Performer Biography
Dario Bonuccelli, the pianist on this album, has won forty-two first prizes in national and international competitions, including twenty-five absolute first prizes.
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