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C.P.E. BACH
Cello Concertos in A minor, B flat major & A major Hidemi Suzuki (cello/direction) Bach Collegium Japan [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/1997 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Complete Secular Cantatas Joanne Lunn, Robin Blaze, Carolyn Sampson, Katsuhiko Nakashima, Hiroya Aoki, Makoto Sakurada, etc / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / 10 CD Box Set - released 6/Dec/2019 ] "The SACD sound is near ideal for such music, needing as it does to balance the intimate with a sense of public rejoicing. It catches the colours of the distinctive solo voices on display." MusicWeb |
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J S BACH
Secular Cantatas Vol IV [BWV205 & BWV207] Joanne Lunn, Robin Blaze, Wolfram Lattke & Roderick Williams / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2014 ] "The outstanding moment is Gratitude's 'Ätzet dieses Angedenken', in which Robin Blaze's gentle singing is accompanied by a lyrical pair of flutes." (Gramophone) |
JOE HISAISHI
Dream Songs - The Essential Joe Hisaishi Joe Hisaishi (piano, work arranger, melodica) / London Symphony Orchestra / New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra [ Decca / 2 CD - released 21/Feb/2020 ] Joe Hisaishi, the acclaimed Japanese composer behind some of the world's best-loved animé films, has released his new album, Dream Songs: The Essential Joe Hisaishi in which he celebrates his diverse and distinguished catalogue of compositions |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphony no.2 'Lobgesang' Jone Martinez (soprano), Eri Sawae (soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 6/Mar/2026 ] Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan, renowned for their definitive interpretations of Bach's vocal music, have also garnered critical acclaim for their recordings of major choral and orchestral works, including Mozart's Requiem and the Mass... |
SAMUEL BARBER / BELA BARTOK
Barber / Bartok: Piano Concertos Keith Jarrett (piano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, New Japan Philharmonic, Kazuyoshi Akiyama & Dennis Russell Davies [ ECM New Series / CD - released 10/Jun/2015 ] For much of the 1980s, Keith Jarrett balanced his improvisational activities with performances of classical music and contemporary composition. On this disc, with concert recordings from 1984 and 1985, he is heard playing Samuel Barber's Piano... |
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Kooij/Bach Collegium Japan
Bach: Cantatas Vol.20 [ Bis / CD - released 6/Jan/2003 ] |
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W.A. MOZART
A Mozart concert [incls 'Piano Concerto No. 20'] (Recorded live in Tokyo on 27 January 2005) Martha Argerich (piano) with Renaud Capucon (violin) & Gautier Capucon (cello) / New Japan Philharmonic [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "This magnificent live concert, taped in Tokyo in 2005, provides a fine opportunity to see and hear the performer some of us regard as the finest female classical pianist and perhaps even the finest living pianist period." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
J. S. BACH
Concertos for Two Harpsichords Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord) & Masato Suzuki (harpsichord) Bach Collegium Japan [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 22/Mar/2014 ] "Masaaki imagines these works very much as chamber creations but presented with a warm resonance which will suit almost all constituencies...both Masaaki and Masato rejoice in the simple elegance and devotional belonging which these pieces afford." |
J.S. BACH
Bach: Musikalisches Opfer Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord), Members of the Bach Collegium Japan [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 13/Oct/2017 ] Johann Sebastian Bach's appearance on 7th May 1747 at the court of Frederick the Great is the best documented event in the composer's otherwise unglamorous career. During the proceedings, Frederick provided Bach with an exceptionally difficult theme... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Concertos for Harpsichord, Vol. 2 Masato Suzuki (harpsichord & direction), Bach Collegium Japan [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] The concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach for solo harpsichord and strings are some of the earliest, if not the very first, keyboard concertos. In all likelihood Bach wrote them for his own use (or that of his talented sons) - probably to be performed... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 1 Masato Suzuki (harpsichord & direction) / Bach Collegium Japan [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Many of Bach's harpsichord concertos are almost certainly transcriptions of earlier works written for other instruments. |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 10) Nos 179, 105 & 186 Miah Persson (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Collegium Japan, Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] Recording of the Month - Gramophone Magazine (Awards Issue 99) |
KUHNAU / ZELENKA / J.S. BACH
Magnificat Miah Persson (soprano) / Yukari Nonoshita (soprano) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS Baroque / CD - released 30/Jun/2004 ] "The Bach Collegium Japan is outstanding." Early Music America |
Midori Suzuki, sop; Yoshikazu Mera, counter-tenor, Collegium Japan, Suzuki
Bach J.S. - Cantatas (Vol 8) Nos 22, 23 & 75 [ BIS / CD - released 21/May/2001 ] Masaaki Suzuki and his now famous Bach Collegium Japan continue |
J. S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 3 (Nos 12, 54, 162, 182) Midori Suzuki (soprano) Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor) Gerd Turk (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "The performances are, to my ears, of unmatched excellence. Masaaki Suzuki's direction never falters and his solo vocalists seem to go from strength to strength as the series progresses." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice |
HANDEL
Messiah (Complete Oratorio) Midori Suzuki, Yoshikazu Mera, John Elwes, David Thomas / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/1997 ] Rosette Recording (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine. Midori Suzuki, Yukari Nonoshita, Yoshie Hida / Bach Collegium Japan / Suzuki [ BIS / 2 CD - released 19/May/2001 ] Suzuki's group now perform the Monteverdi Vespers |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem Miku Yasukawa (soprano) Jochen Kupfer (bass-baritone) Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/May/2025 ] Before conquering concert halls with his symphonies, Johannes Brahms made a name for himself as a choral conductor. He led vocal ensembles in his hometown of Hamburg, in Detmold and Vienna, enriching the repertoire with his own music. |
OHKI
Japanese Rhapsody / Symphony No. 5, 'Hiroshima' New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Nov/2006 ] "The Hiroshima Symphony is a startling, bracing and deeply felt meditation on the effects of war – a lesson that still needs to be repeated, again and again" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
