J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 Giovanni Mazzocchin

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750): The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846:
• 1 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846: I. Prelude 01:47
• 2 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846: II. Fugue 02:04
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847:
• 3 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847: I. Prelude 01:42
• 4 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847: II. Fugue 01:28
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848:
• 5 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848: I. Prelude 01:21
• 6 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848: II. Fugue 02:13
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849:
• 7 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849: I. Prelude 02:41
• 8 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849: II. Fugue 03:17
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850:
• 9 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850: I. Prelude 01:37
• 10 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850: II. Fugue 01:55
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851:
• 11 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851: I. Prelude 01:45
• 12 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851: II. Fugue 01:41
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 852:
• 13 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 852: I. Prelude 03:36
• 14 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 852: II. Fugue 01:33
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 8 in E-Flat Minor, BWV 853:
• 15 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 8 in E-Flat Minor, BWV 853: I. Prelude 04:13
• 16 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 8 in E-Flat Minor, BWV 853: II. Fugue 06:11
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854:
• 17 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854: I. Prelude 01:23
• 18 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854: II. Fugue 01:11
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855:
• 19 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855: I. Prelude 02:00
• 20 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855: II. Fugue 01:08
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856:
• 21 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856: I. Prelude 01:02
• 22 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856: II. Fugue 01:17
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857:
• 23 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857: I. Prelude 02:13
• 24 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857: II. Fugue 05:13
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858:
• 25 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858: I. Prelude 01:22
• 26 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858: II. Fugue 02:05
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859:
• 27 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859: I. Prelude 01:00
• 28 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859: II. Fugue 03:46
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860:
• 29 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860: I. Prelude 00:53
• 30 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860: II. Fugue 02:26
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861:
• 31 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861: I. Prelude 01:48
• 32 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861: II. Fugue 01:28
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862:
• 33 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862: I. Prelude 01:20
• 34 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862: II. Fugue 02:39
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863:
• 35 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863: I. Prelude 01:38
• 36 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863: II. Fugue 02:58
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 864:
• 37 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 864: I. Prelude 01:01
• 38 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 864: II. Fugue 02:24
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 865:
• 39 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 865: I. Prelude 01:05
• 40 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 865: II. Fugue 03:42
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 866:
• 41 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 866: I. Prelude 01:29
• 42 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 866: II. Fugue 01:33
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867:
• 43 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867: I. Prelude 02:39
• 44 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867: II. Fugue 03:25
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868:
• 45 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868: I. Prelude 01:01
• 46 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868: II. Fugue 02:15
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869:
• 47 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869: I. Prelude 04:22
• 48 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869: II. Fugue 08:54
• Total Runtime 01:51:44

Info for J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846–869, is a set of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys written for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the composer's time clavier, meaning keyboard, referred to a variety of instruments, most typically the harpsichord or clavichord but not excluding the organ.

Bach's title suggests that he had written for a (12-note) well-tempered tuning system in which all keys sounded in tune (also known as "circular temperament"). It is sometimes assumed that by "well-tempered" Bach intended equal temperament, the standard modern keyboard tuning which became popular after Bach's death, but modern scholars suggest instead a form of well temperament.

The first set was compiled in 1722 during Bach's appointment in Köthen. Bach recycled some of the preludes and fugues from earlier sources: the 1720 Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, for instance, contains versions of eleven of the preludes of the first book of the Well-Tempered Clavier.

The Well-Tempered Clavier is largely considered one of the most important collection of musical works in the history of classical music.

Pianist Giovanni Mazzocchin has recently been tackling the baroque and classical repertoire with great mastery and knowledge, from Bach to Handel, from Haydn to Beethoven, with a particular piano gesture that avoids the use of the pedal and leads back to the piano to a more aseptic instrument without losing, indeed accentuating, its rhythmic and passionate character.

Giovanni Mazzocchin, piano

Giovanni Mazzocchin
is born in Bassano del Grappa in 1994. He studied at the Conservatory 'Arrigo Pedrollo' in Vicenza under the guidance of Marco Tezza.

During the years of conservatory he also attended masterclasses with some notable pianists such as Carlo Grante, Alexander Madzar and Filippo Gamba. He degreed in 2012 with high degrees, honor and special mention.

Giovanni is now student at the University of the Padua in the faculty of Computer Science, and he combines the study with the musical interest.

He is as an OnClassical artist since November 2015. A first collaboration with the label includes the recording of the late sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven, Opus 101 & 106 (Hammerklavier) and Opus 109, 110, 111 (OnClassical Cat. OC141C), and the Bach's Goldberg Variations.

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