While John Eliot Gardiner performed his near-complete Bach sacred cantata ‘pilgrimage’ in the course of the great millennial year in 50 contrasting locations, Masaaki Suzuki’s 18 year journey has been ...

This serene, melancholy disc is a double memorial. It's dedicated to both Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who died in 2006, and to the conductor Craig Smith, who died last year, with whom the mezzo soprano ...

Cantata No. 51, 'Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!' Bach Collegium Japan Masaaki Suzuki, Conductor Carolyn Sampson, Soprano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Alles mit gott und nichts ohn' ihn Johann ...

“For the glory of God alone.” With these words, Bach signed off each of his two hundred sacred cantatas. But with so many to choose from, it’s hard to know where to begin. Our guide lifts the lid on a ...

In 1993, when Robert von Bahr received a letter at his Stockholm office proposing that his company, BIS Records, undertake a complete cycle of all 200 Bach cantatas with someone named Masaaki Suzuki ...

I was excited about this recording because it features two of my favourite baroque voices of the moment – countertenor Tim Mead and soprano Lucy Crowe, but it turns out the instrumental playing is ...