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Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427 'Great' RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Olivia Vermeulen (alto), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Christian Immler (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Stripping the score right back, Suzuki makes musicianship dominate. He taps into the subtle arts of his fellow performers, especially Carolyn Sampson, to create a benchmark performance…Sampson... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Choral
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Building a Library, September 2020, Recommended Recording
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Bach - Motets RecommendedYukari Nonoshita & Aki Matsui (soprano), Damien Guillon (counter-tenor), Satoshi Mizukoshi (tenor) & Dominik Wörner (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
The performance is, as you'd now expect from [Suzuki's] Collegium, excellent. Voices range from delicate soloists to a splendidly light and transparent 18-strong chorus. Instrumental support... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Choral Award Winner
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2010, Winner - Musique Chorale
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Building A Library, May 2021, Recommended Recording
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 RecommendedAnn-Helen Moen (soprano), Roxana Constantinescu (mezzo-soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor) & Benjamin Bevan (baritone)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
The orchestra and chorus are comparatively small under Suzuki, the tempos slightly on the fast side, the soloists able to cope with the appalling difficulties of their music, but not outstandingly... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th March 2018
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Record Review, 31st March 2018, Recording of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232 RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano I), Rachel Nicholls (soprano II), Robin Blaze (alto), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
The choir is small enough, two/three to a part, to project great clarity and detail - 'Osanna' is delightfully exuberant - though elsewhere Suzuki's tempos are rather deliberate… — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th October 2007
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2008
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 34 RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
On March 25, 1725, Bach celebrated the Feast of the Annunciation and Palm Sunday with a special cantata, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern ('How beautifully shines the morning star'), a work... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 30 RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Solo soprano and trumpet… have long made Bach's cantata 'Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen' a favourite with audiences. …this new performance with Carolyn Sampson and trumpeter Toshio Shimada is... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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If, as is often said, Bach saw fugue as simply the most natural medium for composing beautiful music, Suzuki demonstrates that it is also good for the exciting, the playful, the sombre, and... — More…
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 55 RecommendedHana Blažíková (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
There's a striking transparency in even the densest of counterpoint...Over 18 years Suzuki seems to have subtly changed his relationship with Bach, from a reverential approach to confident familiarity.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th November 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2013, Editor's Choice
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 RecommendedAnn-Helen Moen (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo), Allan Clayton (tenor), Neal Davies (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
This marvelous performance is reproduced in superb, lifelike sound, full of impact but without any sense of artificial enhancement. Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan have given us... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 54 Hana Blažíková (soprano), Damien Guillon (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Suzuki balances detail sensitively, helped by the SACD sound...Hana Blažíková duets exuberantly with trumpet in her aria...this is a superb disc, Suzuki at one with Bach - and both at their... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, Choral & Song Choice
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