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Japan
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... |
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
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"... |
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) |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
BUXTEHUDE
Membra Jesu Nostri: Cycle of Cantatas in seven parts Midori Suzuki / Yoshikazu Mera / Bach Collegium Japan / Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/May/1998 ] Highly regarded recording of the famous Cantatas! |
J.S. BACH
St John Passion / St Matthew Passion (Complete) Nancy Argenta, Gerd Turk, Yoshikazu Mera, Masaaki Suzuki & Bach Collegium Japan [ BIS / 5 CD - released 1/Feb/2002 ] |
J.S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 544, (excerpts) Nancy Argenta (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Makoto Sakurada (tenor) Gerd Tark (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki, conductor [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Jan/2005 ] "The overall performance, combined with different presentation options, make it a serious contender for first choice." - MusicWeb March 2005 |
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Cantatas (Vol 29) Nos 2, 3, 38 & 135 Pascal Bertin (counter tenor) Dorothee Mields (soprano) Gerd Turk (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Nov/2005 ] "This release further enhances the reputation of the series as one of the glories of the CD era" (MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
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Cantatas (Vol 44) BWV43, BWV88, BWV146 Rachel Nicholls (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Gerd Turk (tenor) / Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki (conductor) [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] The two cantatas BWV 146 and 43 were composed for Jubilate Sunday and for Ascension Day respectively, both of them joyous occasions celebrating Christ's resurrection and subsequent ascension into heaven. |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 37) BWV169, BWV170, BWV35, BWV200 Robin Blaze (alto) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "Contains some of the richest and strangest jewels of J.S. Bach's sacred cantatas." (MusicWeb Feb 2008) |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Cantatas (Vol 21) Nos 21, 65. 81, 83, 190 Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) James Gilchrist (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2003 ] If there is anyone who has yet to hear Masaaki Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan, they have the opportunity of a novel and stunning musical experience. |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol. 18) Nos 66, 67, 134 Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 2/Mar/2002 ] This is volume 18 of Suzuki's cycle of Bach cantatas performed by the Bach Collegium Japan |
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Cantatas (Vol 15) (Nos 40, 60, 70 & 90) Robin Blaze, Yukari Nonoshita / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2001 ] Masaaki Suzuki's Bach series continues |
