Giovanni Mazzocchin

Giovanni Mazzocchin – D. Scarlatti: 12 Keyboard Sonatas (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Born: August 8, 1994 – Bassano del Grappa, Vicenza province, Veneto region, Italy.

The Italian pianist, Giovanni Mazzocchin, studied at the Conservatory ‘Arrigo Pedrollo’ in Vicenza under the guidance of Marco Tezza (2007-2012). During the years of conservatory he also attended master-classes with some notable pianists such as Carlo Grante, Alexander Madzar, Filippo Gamba, Massimiliano Ferrati, and Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy, who particularly appreciated the his performance of Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt. He obtained his Diploma in Piano in 2012 with high degrees, honor and special mention, playing a program which included the J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations (BWV 988) and the L.v. Beethoven’ most difficult sonata, the Hammerklavier. He also studied at Liceo Scientifico (2008-2013). He then studied at the University of the Padua in the faculty of Computer Science, where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (2013-2018), and his Master’s degree in Computer Science (2016-2019). He combines the study with the musical interest. He is currently perfecting with Massimiliano Ferrati at the Conservatory ‘Steffani’ of Castelfranco Veneto.

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Giovanni Mazzocchin – D. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) is one of the most original italian composers of the first half of the eighteenth century.

Born in Naples the same year as two other icons, Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, Scarlatti’s enormous output includes 555 surviving keyboard sonatas, and can be considered an encyclopedia of literature of all time for its vastness, invention, and variety of writing.

Only a fraction of Scarlatti’s compositions were published during his lifetime: in 1738, Scarlatti oversaw the publication of 30 of his works, which he titled “Essercizi” (Exercises).

Scarlatti’s keyboard sonatas are single movements, mostly in binary form, and some in early sonata form, and mostly written for the harpsichord or the earliest pianofortes (only four for organ). Some of them display great audacity in the way dissonances and unconventional modulations to remote keys are used.
This album is part of a recording series, a growing project, created by our label and involving fifteen young pianists from all over the world.

The versatile pianist Giovanni Mazzocchin does not hesitate to entertain with rapid tempo and a brilliant touch. Nevertheless, the slower moments are treated with a serious, poetic, and never sentimental approach.

The recording was made using a couple of Sennheiser microphones (8000 series) and Prism Sound pres/converters.

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Giovanni Mazzocchin – D. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 1 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) is one of the most original italian composers of the first half of the eighteenth century. Born in Naples the same year as two other icons, Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, Scarlatti’s enormous output includes 555 surviving keyboard sonatas, and can be considered an encyclopedia of literature of all time for its vastness, invention, and variety of writing.

Only a fraction of Scarlatti’s compositions were published during his lifetime: in 1738, Scarlatti oversaw the publication of 30 of his works, which he titled “Essercizi” (Exercises).

This album is part of a recording series, a growing project, created by our label and involving fifteen young pianists from all over the world.

The recording was made using a couple of Sennheiser microphones (8000 series) and Prism Sound pres/converters.

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Giovanni Mazzocchin – Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) is one of the most original italian composers of the first half of the eighteenth century.

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Giovanni Mazzocchin – Haydn: Late Piano Sonatas, Nos. 59-62 (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Nowadays most performers overlook Haydn’s piano sonatas, mainly because over years these works have been deemed as less-interesting or duller than those by Haydn’s fellow composers, namely Mozart and Beethoven. This unrighteous judgement stems definitely from a sloppy understanding of this composers’s outstanding and unique skills.

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Giovanni Mazzocchin – Handel: Miscellaneous Keyboard Works (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Giovanni Mazzocchin was born in Bassano del Grappa (VI) in 1994. He was admitted at the ‘Pedrollo’ Conservatory in Vicenza in 2007, where he studied with Marco Tezza. He graduated in five years with the highest marks, praise and special mention, playing a program which included the J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations and the Beethoven’ most difficult sonata, the “Hammerklavier”.

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Giovanni Mazzocchin – J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Giovanni Mazzocchin - J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz] Download

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.
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Giovanni Mazzocchin – Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) wrote 555 solo keyboard sonatas throughout his career. Circulated irregularly in his lifetime, there are now recognized as a signification contribution which pushed the musical and technical standards of keyboard music.

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Giovanni Mazzocchin – J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Live) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, are probably the most renowned work of the baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the highest compositional “peaks” ever reached in the musical art.

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