More By Artist: Japan
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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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Adolescent Sex (Repackage) [ Arista / CD - released 11/Sep/2006 ] |
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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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Ghosts [ Virgin / LP - released 1/Nov/2013 ] |
Japan
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... |
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Quiet Life (Triple LP + CD Box Set) [ BMG / ADA / 4 LP/CD - 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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Tin Drum (Deluxe Half Speed Mastering Double Gatefold LP) [ Virgin / 2 LP - released 24/Aug/2018 ] Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road, each record was cut using a half-speed mastering technique; a specialist artisan process, which results in cuts that have a superior high frequency (treble) response and solid and stable stereo images. In... |
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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... |
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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"... |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
