Stefano Golinelli, Two Piano Sonatas

Stefano Golinelli was an acclaimed virtuoso pianist who was also
appreciated as a composer in his day. He played an important role in
the 19th-century Italian musical renaissance, but his name has faded
from view over time. The emotional power of Golinelli’s music is well
represented in his first two piano sonatas, the earliest of which, Op. 30,
shows the influence of Schumann and Mendelssohn. The Op. 53 sonata
features a wealth of melodic ideas and musical surprises – its opening
is an Italian homage to Chopin, and the work also contains a beautiful
Andantino movement.
A pianist with a great temperament and a sweeping musicality,
Loredana Brigandì is a virtuoso who blends interpretative elegance
with an extraordinary technique, through which she braves the greatest
difficulties of the keyboard. She dedicated herself to the rediscovery,
dissemination, and enhancement of the unexplored repertoire of the
past, and actively searching for compositions that would arouse her
interest not only from a musicological point of view but as an interpreter.
Her discography includes the world première recording of works by
Ignaz Moscheles and Friedrich Kuhlau, which received critical acclaims
from both Gramophone and the New York Times. Today her recordings
are broadcast worldwide.

• Golinelli: Piano Sonata, Op. 30
• Golinelli: Piano Sonata, Op. 53