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Japan is between 1 and 2 percent Christian, but conductor Masaaki Suzuki is among that group. This Christmas release has a personal flavor, especially coming as it does on the heels of the completion of his monumental cycle of Bach cantatas with his Bach Collegium Japan. The selections are pieces that have been performed at a series of Bach Collegium Japan Christmas concerts at Tokyo's Suntory Hall, and they are an intriguing combination of standards and almost unknown music, mostly from the Renaissance and Baroque eras. The standards are arranged by Suzuki's son Masato Suzuki, who also plays the seven 18th century, French organ Noëls by Louis-Claude Daquin interspersed among the vocal pieces; these too are unusual. The arrangements of the likes of Silent Night and Hark! the herald angels sing stretch them slightly harmonically; they are distinctive but restrained. Some things haven't changed: the choir sounds as precise as ever, and the elder Suzuki's ability to drill singers to the point of good pronunciation, even in English (notoriously difficult for Japanese speakers), is undiminished. For those intrigued by the slightly mysterious quality of the whole Bach project, this may only deepen the mystery, but that's all to the good. An offbeat and recommended Christmas release.
© TiVo
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Traditional, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Aki Matsui, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2 (Louis-Claude Daquin)
Louis-Claude Daquin, Composer - Masato Suzuki, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Traditional, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Masaaki Suzuki, Conductor, MainArtist - Masato Suzuki, Arranger - Gerard Moultrie, Lyricist
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Louis-Claude Daquin, Composer - Masato Suzuki, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Paul Gerhardt, Lyricist - Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Masaaki Suzuki, Conductor, MainArtist - Masato Suzuki, Arranger
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Louis-Claude Daquin, Composer - Masato Suzuki, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Franz Xaver Gruber, Composer - Josef Mohr, Lyricist - Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Masaaki Suzuki, Conductor, MainArtist - Masato Suzuki, Arranger - Aki Matsui, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Traditional, Composer - Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Masaaki Suzuki, Conductor, MainArtist - Masato Suzuki, Arranger - Heinrich Seuse, Lyricist
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Masaaki Suzuki, Conductor, MainArtist - Masato Suzuki, Arranger
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Festgesang, WoO 9, MWV D4 (Traditional)
Traditional, Composer - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Charles Wesley, Lyricist - Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Masaaki Suzuki, Conductor, MainArtist - Masato Suzuki, Arranger - Aki Matsui, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Traditional, Lyricist - John Francis Wade, Composer - Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Masaaki Suzuki, Conductor, MainArtist - Masato Suzuki, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Traditional, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - William J. Kirkpatrick, Composer - Edmund Sears, Lyricist - George Ratcliffe Woodward, Lyricist - Richard S. Willis, Composer - Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Masaaki Suzuki, Conductor, MainArtist - Masato Suzuki, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2 (Louis-Claude Daquin)
Louis-Claude Daquin, Composer - Masato Suzuki, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Louis-Claude Daquin, Composer - Masato Suzuki, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Samuel Scheidt, Composer - Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Masaaki Suzuki, Conductor, MainArtist - Valentin Thilo, Lyricist - Masato Suzuki, Arranger
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Louis-Claude Daquin, Composer - Masato Suzuki, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Masaaki Suzuki, Conductor, MainArtist - Masato Suzuki, Arranger
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Louis-Claude Daquin, Composer - Masato Suzuki, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger - Masato Suzuki, Arranger - Hiroya Aoki, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aki Matsui, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Toru Kaku, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2018 BIS 2018 (P) BIS
Album review
Japan is between 1 and 2 percent Christian, but conductor Masaaki Suzuki is among that group. This Christmas release has a personal flavor, especially coming as it does on the heels of the completion of his monumental cycle of Bach cantatas with his Bach Collegium Japan. The selections are pieces that have been performed at a series of Bach Collegium Japan Christmas concerts at Tokyo's Suntory Hall, and they are an intriguing combination of standards and almost unknown music, mostly from the Renaissance and Baroque eras. The standards are arranged by Suzuki's son Masato Suzuki, who also plays the seven 18th century, French organ Noëls by Louis-Claude Daquin interspersed among the vocal pieces; these too are unusual. The arrangements of the likes of Silent Night and Hark! the herald angels sing stretch them slightly harmonically; they are distinctive but restrained. Some things haven't changed: the choir sounds as precise as ever, and the elder Suzuki's ability to drill singers to the point of good pronunciation, even in English (notoriously difficult for Japanese speakers), is undiminished. For those intrigued by the slightly mysterious quality of the whole Bach project, this may only deepen the mystery, but that's all to the good. An offbeat and recommended Christmas release.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:09
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus Masato Suzuki Masaaki Suzuki
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Ambient/New Age Christmas Music
2018 BIS 2018 BIS
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