Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki

Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 55 – BWVV 69, 30 & 191

Bach Collegium Japan Chorus

Masaaki Suzuki

Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele (Chorus)

Hana Blazikova

Recitative: Wie gross ist Gottes Gute doch! (Soprano)

Robin Blaze

Aria: Meine Seele, auf! erzahle (Alto)

Gerd Turk

Recitative: Der Herr hat grosse Ding an uns getan (Tenor)

Peter Kooij

Aria: Mein Erloser und Erhalter (Bass)

Chorale: Es danke, Gott, und lobe dich (Chorus)

Part I: Freue dich, erloste Schar (Chorus)

Part I: Recitative: Wir haben Rast (Bass)

Part I: Aria: Gelobet sei Gott, gelobet sein Name (Bass)

Part I: Recitative: Der Herold kommt und meldt den Konig an (Alto)

Part I: Aria: Kommt, ihr angefochtnen Sunder (Alto)

Part I: Chorale: Eine Stimme lasst sich horen (Chorus)

Part II: Recitative: So bist du denn, mein Heil, bedacht (Bass)

Part II: Aria: Ich will nun hassen (Bass)

Part II: Recitative: Und ob wohl sonst der Unbestand (Soprano)

Part II: Aria: Eilt, ihr Stunden, kommt herbei (Soprano)

Part II: Recitative: Geduld, der angenehme Tag (Tenor)

Part II: Freue dich, geheilgte Schar (Chorus)

Gloria in excelsis Deo (Chorus)

Duet: Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui sancto (Soprano, Tenor)

Sicut erat in principio (Chorus)

Masato Suzuki

J.S. Bach: Concertos for Harpsichord & Strings, Vol. 2

Carolyn Sampson

Robert von Bahr, CEO of BIS Records, writes of this release: “When we finished the Bach Sacred Cantatas there was an emptiness with us all participants, which was - partly - alleviated by the fact that there were several records of secular Cantatas still to be recorded. And now we are at the bitter end of those as well, and there are no more Bach Cantatas to be recorded. After 23 years of a steady diet of Bach Cantatas, to be without them is brutal and cruel. All the better, then, that we have finished on a high point. Carolyn Sampson’s singing in the solo cantata BWV 204 beggars belief - it is as close to Heaven one can hope to come on this Earth. Big words, and yet too small for what she does. This is the crowning glory of a series that has transformed my life and given me so much more fulfillment that I could possibly have hoped for. Thank you, Masaaki and your faithful BCJ, for creating a musical treasure possible to be treasured by a grateful mankind.”


Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 55 – BWVV 69, 30 & 191

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