Loredana Brigandì, the pianist, made her international discography debut in 1996 with a world premiere recording of Ignaz Moscheles's complete Studies Op. 70.
Performer Biography
In 2007, The New York Times honored Loredana Brigandì with a half-page review of Friedrich Kuhlau's Sonatinas, eight years after their release.
Critical Reception
Robert Schumann praised Stefano Golinelli's Studi Op. 15, writing in the 'Neue Zeitschrift für Musik' that these compositions were 'a sudden sign of life for Italy.'
Composer Biography
Stefano Golinelli, the composer, was urged by Rossini to become a piano teacher at the music high school in his native city of Bologna in 1840, a post he held for thirty years.
Performer Biography
Loredana Brigandì dedicated herself from 2000 to 2006 to rediscovering and enhancing unexplored repertoire, searching for compositions that interested her as an interpreter.
Composition History
Stefano Golinelli composed five piano sonatas, with the second one on this album, Op. 53 in E minor, dedicated to Sigismund Thalberg, a rival of Liszt.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Stefano Golinelli's works show a 'cultural yearning' to explore and incorporate new romanticism from beyond the Alps, using Beethoven's classicism as a stepping stone.
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