Japan
Tin Drum (LP) [ Virgin / LP - released 24/Aug/2018 ] 180g vinyl. Partially growing out of their success in the country they were named after, as well as growing friendship and affiliation with such bands as Yellow Magic Orchestra, Japan, on Tin Drum, made its most unique, challenging, and striking... |
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) |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 16) Nos 119 & 194 Jochen Kupfer, Kirsten Sollek-Avella, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Nov/2001 ] Each volume of JS Bach's Cantatas as recorded by Masaaki Suzuki's Bach Collegium Japan is keenly awaited by collectors and critics alike. Indeed, this series has done a great deal to broaden the BIS image so that we are now known not only as "the"... |
Kooij/Bach Collegium Japan
Bach: Cantatas Vol.20 [ Bis / CD - released 6/Jan/2003 ] |
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: 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 |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 11) Nos 136, 138, 95 & 46 Midori Suzuki (sop) Kai Wessel (counter-tenor) / Collegium Japan, Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/1999 ] Masaaki Suzuki and his now famous Bach Collegium Japan continue |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 14) Nos 148, 48, 89 & 109 Midori Suzuki (sop) Robin Blaze (alto) Gerd Tark (ten) / Collegium Japan / Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] Critic's Choice-the Best CDs of 2001 (BBC Music Magazine) |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 9) Nos 24, 76, 167 Midori Suzuki (sop) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) / Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki, [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/1998 ] Masaaki Suzuki and his now famous Bach Collegium Japan continue |
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 4 (Nos 163, 165, 185 & 199) Midori Suzuki (soprano) Akira Tachikawa (counter-tenor) Makoto Sakurada (tenor) Stefan Schreckenberger (bass) / Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/1996 ] "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 (Highlights from the complete oratorio) Midori Suzuki (soprano) Yoshikazu Mera (alto) John Elwes (tenor) David Thomas (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] "This, I felt throughout, is the way the music is supposed to go; this is what Handel meant... Go ye and listen." - Fanfare |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 5 (Nos 18, 143 152, 155 & 161) Midori Suzuki (soprano) Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor) / Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/1997 ] "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 |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 2 (Nos 71, 131 & 106) Midori Suzuki (soprano) Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor) Gerd Turk (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/1996 ] "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 |
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) |