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Christmas Oratorio BWV248 Monika Frimmer (soprano), Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "The six cantatas that make up Bach's ChristmasOratorio are part of a unified work celebrating not just Christmas itself but also the New Year and Epiphany. Masaaki Suzuki faces plentiful if not invariably stiff competition in this work. In fact, it... |
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Mera sings Bach Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor) / Bach Collegium Japan directed by Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2000 ] A selection of Bach from this wonderful counter-tenor - a delight! |
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Cantatas Vol 20 (Nos 184, 173, 59 & 44) Yukari Nonoshita (soprano) Mutsumi Hatano (alto) Gerd Tark (tenor) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 5/Dec/2002 ] Volume 20 of the Suzuki Bach Cantata series |
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Easter Oratorio: Kommt, eilet und laufet, BWV249 / Ascension Oratorio: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV11 Yukari Nonoshita (soprano) Patrick van Goethem (counter-tenor) Jan Kobow (tenor) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "if you buy only one recording, buy the Suzuki." (MusicWeb March 2006) |
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Cantatas, Vol.31 (Christmas cantatas: BWV91, BWV101, BWV121, BWV133) Yukari Nonoshita (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Gerd Tark (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki (director) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2006 ] "Each feature some of Bach's most appealingly melodious music. As such this disc is a perfect introduction to this wonderfully rich repertoire, truly music's greatest treasure trove" (MusicWeb June 2006) |
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Bach: Cantatas (Vol 36) Nos 6, 42, 103 and 108 Yukari Nonoshita (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) James Gilchrist (tenor) Dominik Werner (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] "This is another splendid achievement by Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan." (MusicWeb December 2007) |
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Six Brandenburg Concertos / Four Orchestral Suites Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "First-class engineering and generous timings (nearly 70 minutes per disc) make this set a prime recommendation if you are looking for this repertoire on period instruments. Outstanding in every way." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
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Cantatas (Vol 38) BWV52, BWV82 (bass version), BWV55 & BWV58 Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Gerd Tark (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] "Easily the best-known piece here is Ich habe genug (BWV 82). Peter Kooij's tender, yearning account is more modestly stated than versions by his more extrovert rivals. Gerd Türk, assisted by Suzuki's beautifully shaped phrasing, makes a stronger... |
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Cantatas (Vol 42) BWV13, BWV16, BWV32 & BWV72 Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Gerd Tark (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] The present volume in the cantata cycle of the Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki consists of four works all written for performances in January 1726. Among these is the New Year's cantata Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV16 (Lord God, we praise you). |
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Cantatas (Vol 34) Nos 1, 126 & 127 Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Gerd Tark (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] " Masaaki Suzuki's poised grandeur brings considerable richness to this marvellous score, a sparkling duo of solo violins offset deftly against the full ivory texture of high horns and low oboes in the chorus, and joined by top-drawer solo singing."... |
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Cantatas, Vol.39 (BWV28, 68, 175, 183) Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2008 ] After two volumes concentrating on solo cantatas, the full forces - including the splendid choir - of Bach Collegium Japan return in this programme of five cantatas dated 1725. The choir instantly makes its presence felt in the first movement of the... |
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St Matthew Passion Gerd Turk / Peter Kooij / Nancy Argenta / Robin Blaze / Makoto Sakurada / Chiyuki Urano / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/1999 ] "a fresh and beautifully-sung reading of the most challenging of all Bach choral works with a first-rate team of soloists led by the free-toned Gerd Türk...a powerful achievement." (Penguin Guide) |
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Cantatas (Vol 51) BWV195, BWV192, BWV157 & BWV120a Hana Blazikova (soprano) Christoph Genz (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki return to their cantatas cycle with four cantatas composed for specific events. These sacred occasional pieces are independent works and did not form part of his cantata cycles for the Sundays and feast days... |
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Cantatas (Vol 46) BWV102, BWV45, BWV17, BWV19 Hana Blazikova (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2010 ] "The Japanese ensemble is at its very best in the sprung and textural luminosity of Herr, deine Augen, whose juxtaposition of dance and remorseful chromatic inflection bursts with character. A high-water mark in the series as we approach the home... |
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Cantatas (Vol 50) BWV49, BWV145, BWV149, BWV174 Hana Blazíkova (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Gerd Türk (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] "Hana Blazikova delivers a clarion brightness...very much in the elegant Collegium Bach Japan vein: luminosity and purity of sentiment prevailing above an overlaid or projected personality...rugged fervour and brilliance spring off the page here.... |
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Cantatas (Vol 47) BWV27, BWV36, BWV47 Hana Blazíkova (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "Suzuki and company continue their excellent work in this superb series, easily the best- sounding of the complete, fuller-chorus versions currently going, done in excellent surround sound. Not much else to say here except keep it coming!" (AudAud.com) |
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Cantatas (Vol 7) Nos 61, 63, 132 & 172 Ingrid Schmithasen (sop) Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor) / Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki, [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/1998 ] Masaaki Suzuki and his now famous Bach Collegium Japan continue |
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Exorcising Ghosts (Double Gatefold LP) [ USM / 2 LP - released 7/Oct/2022 ] Exorcising Ghosts (1984) is a 16-track 2LP set compiled and produced in consultation with lead singer David Sylvian, two years after Japan dissolved. This career spanning 'Best of' features three recordings from the band's early career on the... |
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Quiet Life (Limited Edition Indies Red Vinyl LP) [ BMG / ADA / LP - released 5/Mar/2021 ] That Japan's breakthrough record Quiet Life was released in both 1979 and 1980 is uniquely fitting for a band who were about to step out of the glam rock, post punk shadows of the late 70s and deliver a record with a brand-new sound that would come... |
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Quiet Life (LP) [ BMG / ADA / LP - released 5/Mar/2021 ] That Japan's breakthrough record Quiet Life was released in both 1979 and 1980 is uniquely fitting for a band who were about to step out of the glam rock, post punk shadows of the late 70s and deliver a record with a brand-new sound that would come... |
