Masaaki Suzuki Essentials

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Masaaki Suzuki Essentials

In 2017, Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan recorded the final instalment of their Bach cantata series. Over 22 years and 55 albums, Suzuki and his incredible team of voices and players produced what has since become acknowledged as one of the greatest recording projects of the 21st century. Here you can listen to some of the most astonishing moments from those cantatas, but so much more, too. Savour highlights from the Passions, the B minor Mass and the motets, as well as the Brandenburg Concertos and Christmas Oratorio. And there’s Handel too, courtesy of a vibrant, thrilling Messiah, alongside Beethoven, Mozart and Monteverdi. Away from the podium, Suzuki is a world-class organist, and his recordings of Buxtehude and Bach have taken in some of Germany’s most historic instruments. Enjoy this exploration of an infinitely engaging and exciting Baroque musician.

Contrapunctus I

3:32

No. 1, Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen

Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

8:20

No. 39, Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine

Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

7:41

I. Chorus. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben

Yukari Nonoshita, Peter Kooij, Masaaki Suzuki, Gerd Türk, Robin Blaze, Bach Collegium Japan

4:17

For unto us a child is born (Chorus)

Yoshikazu Mera, Midori Suzuki, Masaaki Suzuki, John Elwes, Bach Collegium Japan, David Thomas

3:47

Hallelujah! (Chorus)

Yoshikazu Mera, Masaaki Suzuki, Midori Suzuki, John Elwes, Bach Collegium Japan, David Thomas

3:45

I. Allegro

Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

9:36

Kommt, eilet und laufet (Chorus)

Chiyuki Urano, Yukari Nonoshita, Jan Kobow, Patrick van Goethem, Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

4:59

I. Kyrie. Kyrie eleison (Chorus)

Robin Blaze, Carolyn Sampson, Peter Kooij, Rachel Nicholls, Masaaki Suzuki, Gerd Türk, Bach Collegium Japan

10:39

Introitus. Requiem aeternam

Carolyn Sampson, Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

4:25

Sequence VI. Lacrimosa dies illa

Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

3:06

IVb. Sanctus. Præludium - Benedictus

Benjamin Bevan, Masaaki Suzuki, James Gilchrist, Roxana Constantinescu, Bach Collegium Japan, Ann-Helen Moen, Ryo Terakado

11:14

II. Scherzo. Molto vivace - Presto (Live)

Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

14:13

Sonata sopra il Soggetto Reale: I. Largo

Emmanuel Balssa, Ryo Terakado, Kiyomi Suga, Masaaki Suzuki

5:49

Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639

2:57

Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied

Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

4:30

Ad pectus: Aria. Sicut modo geniti infantes rationabiles (Tenor, Bass)

Makoto Sakurada, Yoshikazu Mera, Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Yoshitaka Ogasawara

2:07

Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben, SWV 391

Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

4:01

No. 1, Chorus. Herr, unser Herrscher, dessen Ruhm

Ingrid Schmithüsen, Makoto Sakurada, Chiyuki Urano, Masaaki Suzuki, Gerd Türk, Yoshikazu Mera, Peter Kooij, Bach Collegium Japan, Yoshie Hida

9:10

Pas de deux

Masaaki Suzuki, Tapiola Sinfonietta

3:47

Kyrie

Stephan MacLeod, Midori Suzuki, Mutsumi Hatano, Stephan Van Dyck, Yukari Nonoshita, Masaaki Suzuki, Gerd Türk, Yoshie Hida, Bach Collegium Japan, Yosuke Taniguchi, Yoshitaka Ogasawara

4:01

Psalmus: Dixit Dominus (a 6)

Masaaki Suzuki, Gerd Türk, Yukari Nonoshita, Midori Suzuki, Stephan Van Dyck, Yoshie Hida, Bach Collegium Japan, Mutsumi Hatano, Yosuke Taniguchi, Stephan MacLeod, Yoshitaka Ogasawara

7:04

Sonata Seconda, for recorder and basso continuo

Masaaki Suzuki, Dan Laurin

6:50

Kyrie

Carolyn Sampson, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

7:36

I. Toccata

2:27

II. Fugue

6:12

I. Gloria in excelsis Deo

Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

6:14

I. Chorus. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

6:54

I. Sinfonia

Masaaki Suzuki, Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij, Bach Collegium Japan, Robin Blaze

5:56

Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (Chorus)

Damien Guillon, Masaaki Suzuki, Gerd Türk, Hana Blažíková, Bach Collegium Japan, Peter Kooij

4:29

Aria

4:44

II. Weinen, Klagen

Makoto Sakurada, Masaaki Suzuki, Yumiko Kurisu, Peter Kooij, Yoshikazu Mera, Bach Collegium Japan

6:57

I. Aria. Wiederstehe doch der Sunde…

Yoshikazu Mera, Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

6:06

Aria with Chorale. Komm, du susse Todesstunde (Alto)

Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

5:24

III. Sarabande

5:36

Aria. Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen (Bass)

Bach Collegium Japan, Peter Kooij, Masaaki Suzuki

6:46

Chorale. Komm, o Tod, du Schlafes Bruder (Chorus)

Peter Kooij, Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1:33

Aria. Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen (Soprano)

Masaaki Suzuki, Carolyn Sampson, Bach Collegium Japan

9:30

I. Jesu, der du meine Seele (Chorus)

Daniel Taylor, Yukari Nonoshita, Peter Kooij, Makoto Sakurada, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

5:23

Recitative. Der Tod Bleibt doch (Alto, Bass)

Masaaki Suzuki, Gerd Türk, Robin Blaze, Peter Kooij, Bach Collegium Japan

4:20

II. Andante e piano

Masaaki Suzuki, Masato Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

5:55

Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846

2:26

Fugue No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 853

5:32

Kyrie

Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

6:09

Fugue, BWV 951

7:35

Toccata in A Minor

5:08

Ciaccona in E Minor, BuxWV 160

5:22

IV. Finale. Presto - Allegro (Arr. R. Wagner for 4 voices, choir and orchestra)

Makoto Sakurada, Bach Collegium Japan, Yuko Anazawa, Masaaki Suzuki, Chiyuki Urano, Noriko Ogawa, Yoshie Hida

25:10

Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage

Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

7:37

Chorale. Wie soll ich dich empfangen... (Chorus)

Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1:05