Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II Gerlinde Otto

• 1 Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870 02:28
• 2 Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870 01:45
• 3 Prelude No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 871 02:56
• 4 Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 871 02:05
• 5 Prelude No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 872 02:02
• 6 Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 872 01:52
• 7 Prelude No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 873 04:16
• 8 Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 873 02:24
• 9 Prelude No. 5 in D Major, BWV 874 05:52
• 10 Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 874 03:05
• 11 Prelude No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 875 01:37
• 12 Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 875 01:44
• 13 Prelude No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 876 02:26
• 14 Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 876 01:55
• 15 Prelude No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 877 03:47
• 16 Fugue No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 877 03:22
• 17 Prelude No. 9 in E Major, BWV 878 05:05
• 18 Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 878 02:41
• 19 Prelude No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 879 03:27
• 20 Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 879 02:55
• 21 Prelude No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880 03:19
• 22 Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880 01:44
• 23 Prelude No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 881 05:38
• 24 Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 881 02:01
• 25 Prelude No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 882 03:19
• 26 Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 882 02:35
• 27 Prelude No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 883 02:50
• 28 Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 883 03:41
• 29 Prelude No. 15 in G Major, BWV 884 02:32
• 30 Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 884 01:20
• 31 Prelude No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 885 02:30
• 32 Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 885 03:05
• 33 Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 886 04:04
• 34 Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 886 02:31
• 35 Prelude No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 887 04:42
• 36 Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 887 04:59
• 37 Prelude No. 19 in A Major, BWV 888 01:45
• 38 Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 888 01:23
• 39 Prelude No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 889 04:09
• 40 Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 889 01:53
• 41 Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 890 07:35
• 42 Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 890 02:24
• 43 Prelude No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 891 02:52
• 44 Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 891 04:36
• 45 Prelude No. 23 in B Major, BWV 892 01:56
• 46 Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 892 03:45
• 47 Prelude No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 893 02:27
• 48 Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 893 02:03
• Total Runtime 02:25:22

Info for Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II

Surely only a pianist who has penetrated to the depths of Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier for decades, artistically and pedagogically, can afford to offer this milestone of piano literature on her debut CD. Gerlinde Otto – Professor at the Academy of Music in Weimar – is this artist, presenting the second volume of Bach's monumental cycle as her first production on GENUIN. She plays vibrantly and with a big sound; her Bach sings and goes directly to the heart. She offers the listener a whole that is more than the sum of its parts and, at the same time, a chain of jewels: as Philipp Spitta has already written, a series of 'organisms at rest within themselves'.

Gerlinde Otto, piano

Gerlinde Otto
was born in Halle/Saale and received her first musical instruction at the age of five. She later studied with Dr. Rudolf Neumann at the Spezialschule für Musik Halle/Leipzig before continuing her studies at the Leipzig (Prof. Heinz Volger), Warsaw (Prof. Lidia Kozubek) and Weimar (Prof. Rolf-Dieter Arens) conservatories. Concert tours led her to Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic, France, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, Ukraine, Canada, South Korea and China. Radio and television productions round out her artistic activities. In addition to her work as a soloist, Gerlinde Otto is a versatile chamber musician and lied accompanist.

Since 1992, she has held a professorship in piano at the FRANZ LISZT School of Music Weimar. She is also a frequent jury member at national and international music competitions.

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