Otsuka Naoya - J.S. Bach: Average Clavia Volume 2 (24 Songs In Total) (J.S.Bach: Das Wohltemperirte Clavier Ii Bwv 870-893) [3Hqcd] [Domestic Press] [Japanese Belt And Instructions Included] - Import HQCD

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Otsuka Naoya

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Naoya Otsuka's Mean Law, Vol. 2 is now available, following the highly acclaimed Mean Law Clavier, Vol. 1 (WAONCD 380), which offers unlimited possibilities drawn from a single positif organ. The strict counterpoint by Bach, especially the more complex fugues that characterize Volume 2, are not only unraveled and developed beautifully, but also the possibilities of this instrument are brought out beautifully, with a variety of tones and expressions appearing one after another, so much so that it is hard to believe that this is a single Positif organ. In the liner notes written by Otsuka himself, he describes the second volume and his various attempts at his own series at the Saitama Theatre in Saitama, Japan, which are very interesting. ～Since there is no title page in Bach's own handwriting, we do not know definitively which keyboard instrument he intended to play the "Volume 2" on. However, considering that it is a collection in the same style as "Volume 1," it seems safe to assume that it could be played on any clavier of the time (harpsichord, clavichord, and, depending on the context, organ or the newly born pianoforte, etc.).While "Volume 1" can be played on harpsichord, organ, or clavichord in its own way, I have secretly thought that "Volume 2" is outstandingly beautiful when played on harpsichord. Recently, more and more people have come to believe that a new "pianoforte" sound can be heard in "Vol. 2," and I thought they had a point. However, by daring to play it on the organ this time, I realized that there were many things embedded in it that I had not yet heard. I am looking forward to the possibility that listeners may hear something different from what they are used to hearing. (Naoya Otsuka Profile: Born in Tokyo. He received his basic musical education at Victor Boys Choir and studied piano under Minoru Harada, Yasuko Takahashi, and Hisako Okano. After graduating from the Department of Musicology at Tokyo University of the Arts, he completed his graduate studies in harpsichord at the same university (Doctor of Music). He also graduated from the Department of Harpsichord and Organ at the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music.He has studied harpsichord with Jyunsei Watanabe, Masaaki Suzuki, Michio Kobayashi, and B.v. Aspern, organ with Naoko Imai, Makiko Hayashima, P.v. Dyck, W. Diepenhorst, J.v. Oltmersen, and Tsuguo Hirono, clavichord with Menno van Delft, and after returning to Japan in 1999, he has been active in Tokyo Since returning to Japan in 1999, he has been active as a harpsichord, organ, and clavichord player based in Tokyo, and also conducts workshops for those who are new to these instruments at various locations. In recent years, he has also been highly acclaimed for his conducting activities, focusing on vocal works from the Baroque period, such as "Messiah" (Handel) and "Mass in B minor" (Bach). He is currently a professor at the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, a part-time lecturer at Kunitachi College of Music, and an organ project advisor at the Miyazaki Prefectural Arts Center and the Saitama Arts Theater in Sai-No-Kuni. He is a member of the Japan Harpsichord Society, the Japan Organist Association, and the Japan Organ Society. King International Inc.