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

• Johann Sebast ian Bach (1685–1750): The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
• 1Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 87002:28
• 2Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 87001:45
• 3Prelude No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 87102:56
• 4Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 87102:05
• 5Prelude No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 87202:02
• 6Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 87201:52
• 7Prelude No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 87304:16
• 8Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 87302:24
• 9Prelude No. 5 in D Major, BWV 87405:52
• 10Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 87403:05
• 11Prelude No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 87501:37
• 12Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 87501:44
• 13Prelude No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 87602:26
• 14Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 87601:55
• 15Prelude No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 87703:47
• 16Fugue No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 87703:22
• 17Prelude No. 9 in E Major, BWV 87805:05
• 18Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 87802:41
• 19Prelude No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 87903:27
• 20Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 87902:55
• 21Prelude No. 11 in F Major, BWV 88003:19
• 22Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 88001:44
• 23Prelude No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 88105:38
• 24Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 88102:01
• 25Prelude No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 88203:19
• 26Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 88202:35
• 27Prelude No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 88302:50
• 28Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 88303:41
• 29Prelude No. 15 in G Major, BWV 88402:32
• 30Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 88401:20
• 31Prelude No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 88502:30
• 32Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 88503:05
• 33Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 88604:04
• 34Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 88602:31
• 35Prelude No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 88704:42
• 36Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 88704:59
• 37Prelude No. 19 in A Major, BWV 88801:45
• 38Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 88801:23
• 39Prelude No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 88904:09
• 40Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 88901:53
• 41Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 89007:35
• 42Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 89002:24
• 43Prelude No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 89102:52
• 44Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 89104:36
• 45Prelude No. 23 in B Major, BWV 89201:56
• 46Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 89203:45
• 47Prelude No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 89302:27
• 48Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 89302:03
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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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