Cantatas, Volume 1 Main Performer or Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki Accompaniment/Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan Soloists: Yumiko Kurisu, soprano Akira Tachikawa, counter-tenor Koki Katano, tenor Peter Kooy, bass Instrumentation: Choir Orchestra Organ Violin Vocal Individual Works: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV4 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV150 Der Herr denket an uns, BWV196 Format: Compact Disc Record Label: Bis Catalog Number: CD-751 Year Released/Recorded: 1995 Total Playing Time: 45'12 Comments: Hostens said: Very interesting bwv 162. In the third movement an instrumental obligato for the aria is added and written by suzuki. Gunnar Engan said: This is the first recording of a cantata series that is intended to be complete. By present (april 97) four CD's have been issued. I am strongly recomending them all. They are among the very best I have ever heard of Bach cantatas. If Suzuki and his Bach Collegium is following the same line of supreme quality througout the forthcoming recordings, I will be looking forward to every new issue in this series. I will not dwell on the individual works, because they are all equally superb, as are the soloist and all the rest. Arthur Jerijian said: WOW!!!!! Up to now, all the Bach cantata CDs that I've listened to were cheerful ceremonies and sublime joyous praises. Never did I expect Bach to write cantatas that are as dark, heavy, and powerful as BWV 4 and 150! Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan do these works justice in this recording, never failing to capture the intense emotion in every note! In addition, the cantatas on these CDs do not have any recitatives (and I don't happen to be a big fan of recitatives myself). This volume of the cantatas, and Volume #6 (BWV 21, 31), are perhaps the two best recordings performed by Suzuki. I highly recommend this CD, especially if you enjoy Mozart's Requiem (K.626). Acknowledgements: Thank you to the following for submitting this recording and for your comments: hostens Gunnar Engan Arthur Jerijian Date First Submitted: 04/16/1997 Purchasing: Suggested Purchasing Sources Note: Inclusion in this database does not guarantee the availability of any recording. Some recordings may be out-of-print or no longer available.

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