Bach: Cantatas, Vol 9 (BWV 24, 76, 167) /Bach Collegium Japan * Suzuki [Import]

Johann Sebastian Bach (Artist), Masaaki Suzuki (Artist), Robin Blaze (Artist), Gerd Turk (Artist), Chiyuki Urano (Artist), Midori Suzuki (Artist), Bach Collegium Japan (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 15, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bis
• ASIN: B00000I53A
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #284,563 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cantata No.24, 'Ein ungefärbt Gemüte', BWV24

2. Cantata No.76, 'Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes', BWV76

3. Cantata No.167, 'Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe', BWV167

4. Cantata No. 76, 'Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes,' BWV 76 (BC A97): 'Wer aber hört...'

5. Cantata No. 76, 'Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes,' BWV 76 (BC A97): 'Fahr hin, abgöttische Zunft!...'

6. Cantata No. 76, 'Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes,' BWV 76 (BC A97): 'Du hast uns, Herr, von allen Straßen...'

7. Cantata No. 76, 'Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes,' BWV 76 (BC A97): 'Es woll uns Gott genädig sein...'

8. Cantata No. 76, 'Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes,' BWV 76 (BC A97): Sinfonia

9. Cantata No. 76, 'Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes,' BWV 76 (BC A97): 'Gott segne noch die treue Schar...'

10. Cantata No. 76, 'Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes,' BWV 76 (BC A97): 'Hasse nur, hasse mich recht...'

11. Cantata No. 76, 'Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes,' BWV 76 (BC A97): 'Ich fühle schon im Geist...'

12. Cantata No. 76, 'Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes,' BWV 76 (BC A97): 'Liebt, ihr Christen, in der Tat!...'

13. Cantata No. 76, 'Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes,' BWV 76 (BC A97): 'So soll die Christenheit...'

14. Cantata No. 76, 'Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes,' BWV 76 (BC A97): 'Es danke, Gott, und lobe dich...'

15. Cantata No. 24, 'Ein ungefärbt Gemüte,' BWV 24 (BC A102): 'Ein ungefarbt Gemute', Aria for alto

16. Cantata No. 24, 'Ein ungefärbt Gemüte,' BWV 24 (BC A102): 'Die Redlichkeit ist eine von den Gottesgaben', Recitative for tenor

17. Cantata No. 24, 'Ein ungefärbt Gemüte,' BWV 24 (BC A102): 'Alles nun, das ihr wollet', Chorus

18. Cantata No. 24, 'Ein ungefärbt Gemüte,' BWV 24 (BC A102): 'Die Heuchelei ist eine Brut, die Belial gehecket', Recitative for bass

19. Cantata No. 24, 'Ein ungefärbt Gemüte,' BWV 24 (BC A102): 'Treu' und Wahrheit sei der Grund', Aria for tenor

20. Cantata No. 24, 'Ein ungefärbt Gemüte,' BWV 24 (BC A102): 'O Gott, du frommer Gott', Chorus

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Editorial Reviews

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What is it about Bach cantatas and the millennium? For years after the landmark Harnoncourt-Leonhardt series from the early 1980s, none of the big-name period-instrument conductors (or their record labels) were inclined to tackle all 200-plus Bach cantatas. Then three complete sets started appearing in the late '90s--conducted by John Eliot Gardiner (the entire series to be issued in 2000), Ton Koopman (well under way), and proverbial dark horse Masaaki Suzuki. He and his Bach Collegium Japan got off to a less-than-flashy start with volume 1 but have gone from strength to strength since then: vol. 7 and vol. 8 are superb; vol. 6 is positively exhilarating. Volume 9 is just as impressive--especially the exultant Cantata No. 76, Die Himmel erzählen, featuring an extensive virtuoso part for tromba da tirarsi (slide trumpet), for which the BCJ's trumpeter specially researched and built an instrument. The other two cantatas are essentially cheerful, if smaller-scale affairs; the opening aria of Cantata No. 24 has an amusing note of self-satisfied German chauvinism. Soprano Midori Suzuki and countertenor Robin Blaze combine boylike purity with grown-up technique; bass Chiyuki Urano doesn't quite manage the fast passage work of his bravado trumpet-and-bass aria, but he and tenor Gerd Türk do good work overall. Suzuki's radiant chorus and orchestra are the equals of any such group in the world. --Matthew Westphal

Customer Reviews

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suzuki's cantata series is the one to beat, May 30, 1999

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Ryan Michero ([e-mail]) (Dallas, TX, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bach: Cantatas, Vol 9 (BWV 24, 76, 167) /Bach Collegium Japan * Suzuki (Audio CD)

I am a great lover of Bach's cantatas, and I think I have sampled every major group of cantata recordings available (from Harnoncourt/Leonhardt, Koopman, Gardiner, K. Richter, Rifkin, Herreweghe, Rilling, and various others). I have found no set of recordings as consistently satisfying as that of Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan. This terrific volume would be a great introduction to these wonderful recordings.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Bach from non-European artists., October 9, 2001

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Marlon Borba (Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bach: Cantatas, Vol 9 (BWV 24, 76, 167) /Bach Collegium Japan * Suzuki (Audio CD)

This release from Bach Collegium Japan shows a masterful blend of technique and interpretation. Not only the ensemble and choir are absolutely first-rate but the soloists also do their parts with panache (two of them are from Europe, I must agree). Another interesting aspect of this disc is the careful rebuilding of these Cantatas, to the detail of one of the musicians (Toshio Shimada) to build a special 'corno da caccia in B flat'. I know the recordings are a bit expensive but by all means buy them all.

5.0 out of 5 stars Bach: Cantatas, Vol 9 (BWV 24, 76, 167) /Bach Collegium Japan * Suzuki, December 11, 2010

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Bjorn Viberg (European Union) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bach: Cantatas, Vol 9 (BWV 24, 76, 167) /Bach Collegium Japan * Suzuki (Audio CD)

Bach: Cantatas, Vol 9 (BWV 24, 76, 167) /Bach Collegium Japan * Suzuki is a recording under the direction of Masaaki Suzuki on this NEC sponsored BIS Records AB recording from 1998. Robin Blaze is a joy to listen to and the sound quality is stupendous. The liner-notes have been written by Tasashi Isoyama and Masaaki Suzuki. Highly recommended indeed. 5/5.