Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki - Cantatas Vol. 7 flac album

Bach Collegium Japan (BCJ) is composed of an orchestra and a chorus specializing in Baroque music, playing on period instruments. It was founded in 1990 by Masaaki Suzuki with the purpose of introducing Japanese audiences to European Baroque music. Suzuki still remains its music director.

Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 49. More actions. Go to artist profile. Hmm, it looks like we don’t know much about this album. Johann Sebastian Bach; Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki.

Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach. Conductor, Liner Notes – Masaaki Suzuki. Countertenor Vocals – Yoshikazu Mera. Design – Sofia Scheutz.

The soprano cantata Non sa che sia dolore was composed as a musical farewell to one of Bach’s students, while the final piece Amore traditore for bass solo includes a distinct closing aria, utilizing both the voice and the harpsichord in virtuosic passages.

Animated Benevolent Cerebral Devotional Melancholy Ornate Poignant Reverent Serious Somber. Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan. Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 6 (Trauerode). Bach's secular cantatas are not terribly often performed, with the comic Coffee Cantata, BWV 211, probably the most common one. This release is the sixth in the series of secular cantata CDs (are you surprised that there are so many?) by the Bach Collegium Japan under the indefatigable Masaaki Suzuki

Bach: Cantatas Vol 7 BWV 61, 63, 132, 172 Bach Collegium Japan Suzuki.

Secular Cantatas, Vol. 7: Peasant Cantata.

Masaaki Suzuki (鈴木 雅明 Suzuki Masaaki, born 29 April 1954) is a Japanese organist, harpsichordist and conductor, and the founder and musical director of the Bach Collegium Japan. In 1983 he began teaching at Kobe Shoin Women's University, and founded Bach Collegium Japan, a baroque orchestra and chorus, in 1990. The group began giving concerts regularly in 1992, and made its first recordings three years later, when they began recording Bach's complete cantatas for the Swedish label BIS Records. They completed the church cantatas in 2013, but are still working on secular cantatas.

This album has an average beat per minute of 90 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 76/134 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page. Tracklist Ouvertures (Orchestral Suites) (Orchestra of the Bach Collegium Japan feat. conductor: Masaaki Suzuki). Recent albums by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan have never been content to rest on their considerable laurels. Having completed the Herculean task of recording all of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sacred cantatas in 2013, they have continued to explore the master’s diverse range of secular cantatas, arriving at this volume of celebratory works. Along the way Suzuki and his forces have revealed the richness of Bach’s musical imagination and his sense of humour in these works