Masaaki Suzuki Bach Organ Works
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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... —
Awards:
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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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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... —
Awards:
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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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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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An interesting and unexpected programme. —
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There’s no doubting the heft of the organ that Christoph Treutmann the Elder built for St Georg’s Grauhof during the second decade of Bach’s employment in Leipzig...For all its sonic splendours,... —
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The organ chorales are wonderfully varied in technique and careful listening offers rewards, some hard won...Suzuki discovers a wealth of expressive nuance and the effectively recorded sound... —
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Masaaki Suzuki Plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 7 (on the Arp Schnitger Organ Martinikerk, Groningen)
Masaaki Suzuki (organ)
As before, the three-manual Schnitger instrument in the Martinikerk, in the northern Dutch city of Groningen, does sterling service. Suzuki’s playing is consistently clear, meticulously dextrous... —
