Masaaki Suzuki
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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... —
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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... —
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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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One of the most versatile of all Bachians, Masaaki Suzuki still manages to spring a surprise with this outstanding recital...From its woody chuff to bright rasp, the instrument is superbly captured... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2015, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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JS Bach: St Matthew Passion
RecommendedBenjamin Bruns (Evangelist), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Aki Matsui (soprano), Damien Guillon (counter-tenor), Clint van der Linde (baritone), Makato Sakurada (tenor), Zachary Wilder (tenor), Christian Immler (baritone), Toru Kaku (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
It’s fascinating how much his two recordings have in common…what principally differentiates the two sets are the solo singers…Benjamin Bruns’s Evangelist and Christian Immler’s Christus are... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Winner - Choral
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Building a Library, October 2022, Recommended Recording
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Masaaki Suzuki plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 3
on the Great Silbermann Organ of Freiberg Cathedral
Masaaki Suzuki (organ)
Suzuki’s performances are at times quite measured, even understated, although that makes the moments when flair shines through all the more exciting. Overall it is the magisterial sense of the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
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Bach - Brandenburg Concertos & Orchestral Suites
Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord and direction)
Bach Collegium Japan
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Bach - Secular Cantatas I
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
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Building A Library, October 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... —
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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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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 'Lobgesang'
Jone Martínez, Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Eri Sawae, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
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Masaaki Suzuki Plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 6 (on the Arp Schnitger Organ of Martinikerk, Groningen)
Masaaki Suzuki (organ)
Here he returns to the mighty Arp Schnitger instrument in Groningen’s Martinikerk on which he began the project a decade ago, and the propulsive drive of the opening fantasia on Komm, heiliger... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2025, Editor's Choice
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