Cantata/Oratorio > Sakurada, Makoto

J.S. Bach - Secular Cantatas Vol. 2: Cantata, BWV 208 "Hunt"; Cantata, BWV 134a / Junker, Lunn, Sakurada, Williams, Guillon

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-07-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia for 2 trumpets, 3 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in F major (early version of BWV 1046); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Die...
Performers: Junker, Sophie [Soprano (Vocal)]; Sakurada, Makoto
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

Compared with J.S. Bach's production of church music his secular vocal works occupy a modest place in his output: today we know of the existence...continue...

Bach: Cantatas Vol 28 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 62, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland," BWV 62 (BC A2); Cantata no 139, "Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott" BWV 139; Cantata no 26, "Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nich...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Imai, Naoko; Kooij, Peter; Masaaki Suzuki [Conductor/Organ]; Nonoshita, Yukari; Sakurada, Makoto; San'nomiya, Masamitsu; Shimada, Toshio; Suzuki, Hidemi; Takada, Azumi; Wakamatsu, Natsu...
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Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Orchestra

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Bach: Cantatas Nos. 74, 87, 128, & 176 [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 128, "Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein" BWV 128; Cantata no 176, "Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding" BWV 176; Cantata no 87, "Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meine...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Kooij, Peter; Nonoshita, Yukari; Sakurada, Makoto
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki

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Bach: Cantatas Vol 40 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2008-09-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Lobe den Herrn, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137; Cantata no 168 "Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort" BWV 168; Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79; Ihr, die ihr e...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Kooij, Peter; Nonoshita, Yukari; Sakurada, Makoto
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

The four cantatas on this recording are dated 1725, a year during which Bach appears to have devoted himself less regularly than previously to the...continue...

Claudio Monteverdi: Sacred Music

2 CD / Dynamic / 2005-09-27

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Cantata Domino canticum novum, motet, version for 2 voices, SV 292; Sancta Maria, succurre miseris, motet for 2 sopranos, SV 328; Fugge, anima mea, mundum, motet for soprano, alto...
Performers: Albeniz, Kepa Martinez de; Arminshaw, Lauren; Bentsen, Helga Stordal; Bertotti, Lavinia; Carmignani, Alessandro; Cecchetti, Mario; Donato, Vincenzo di; Gianese, Antonella; Giardini, Luca; Gini, Rober...

Bach: Cantatas Vol 28 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-09-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 62, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland [II]" BWV 62; Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott recht kindlich kann verlassen!, BWV 139; Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, i...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Kooij, Peter; Nonoshita, Yukari; Sakurada, Makoto
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

"Suzuki and his musicians continue to maintain an admirable standard of excellence, and this disc can be confidently recommended." -George Chien, Fanfare...continue...

Stradella: San Giovanni Battista / Astronio, et al

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2005-03-08

Works: Alessandro Stradella: San Giovanni Battista, oratorio
Performers: Bettini, Fulvio; Massera, Marco; Pozzer, Sylva; Sakurada, Makoto; Vaccari, Patrizia
Conductors: Astronio, Claudio
Ensemble: Ensemble Vocale Musicassieme

Alessandro Stradella, born in 1639, had one of the most colorful biographies in music. His various romantic scandals and his death in a public street...continue...

Bach: Cantatas Vol 26 / Suzuki, Nonoshita, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-01-03

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 180, "Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele," BWV 180; Cantata no 122, "Das neugeborne Kindelein" BWV 122; Cantata no 96, "Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn," BWV 96
Performers: Imai, Naoko; Kenworthy-Brown, Timothy; Kooij, Peter; Mukae, Akimasa; Nonoshita, Yukari; Sakurada, Makoto; Suzuki, Hidemi

"cycle of cantatas, he left us with an extraordinary range of solutions for how the chorale can inspire fantasy and invention. Some pieces are magnificent,...continue...

Bach: Secular Cantatas Vol 1 / Suzuki, Sampson, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2004-11-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit, BWV 210; Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211 "Coffee Cantata"
Performers: Sakurada, Makoto; Sampson, Carolyn; Schreckenberger, Stephan
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

Bach Collegium Japan's first disc of secular cantatas was released in 2004, shortly after the appearance of the 25th volume in ensemble's series of the...continue...

Bach: Cantatas Vol 23 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2004-02-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Meine Seel' erhebt den Herren, BWV 10; Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 93; Wo Gott, der Herr, nicht bei uns hält wenn unsre Feinden toben, BWV 178; Was will...
Performers: Kooij, Peter; Nonoshita, Yukari; Sakurada, Makoto; White, Matthew [Countertenor]
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

Bach: Cantatas Vol 19 / Suzuki, Nonoshita, Blaze, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-10-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 86, "Wahrlich, wahrlich ich sage euch" BWV 86; Cantata no 37, "Wer da gläubet und getauft wird" (incomplete), BWV 37; Cantata no 104, "Du Hirte Israel, hör...
Performers: MacLeod, Stephan; Sakurada, Makoto
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

"The first work on this CD is a little-known gem, No 86, Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch ('Verily, I say unto you'). Succinct and imploring,...continue...

Bach: Cantatas Vol 18 / Suzuki, Blaze, Sakurada, Kooij

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-05-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 66, "Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen," BWV 66; Cantata no 134, "Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiss" BWV 134; Cantata no 67, "Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ," BWV...
Performers: Kooij, Peter; Sakurada, Makoto

Bach: Cantatas Vol 16 / Suzuki, Nonoshita, Hida, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 194, "Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest" BWV 194; Cantata no 119, "Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn" BWV 119
Performers: Hida, Yoshie; Kooij, Peter; Kupfer, Jochen; Nonoshita, Yukari; Sakurada, Makoto
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Orchestra

"Masaaki Suzuki gives No 194 a fittingly airy charm, heard most infectiously in 'Hilf, Gott' where an underlying Gavotte (with resonances of the final movement...continue...

Bach Cantatas Vol 13 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2000-11-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 64, "Sehet, welch eine Liebe" BWV 64; Cantata no 25, "Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe," BWV 25; Cantata no 69a, "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele," BWV 69a; Cantat...
Performers: Hida, Yoshie; Kooij, Peter; Nonoshita, Yukari; Sakurada, Makoto; Turk, Gerd
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan; Concerto Palatino Brass Ensemble

"Bach Collegium Japan's stimulating survey of the composer's sacred cantatas continues with a 13th volume...Among the many enjoyable features of the performances are the fresh-sounding...continue...

Bach: Matthäus-Passion / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

3 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1999-12-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Blaze, Robin; Hagiwara, Jan; Hida, Yoshie; Kooij, Peter; Odagawa, Tetsuya; Sakurada, Makoto; Sollek-Avella, Kirsten; Suzuki, Midori; Turk, Gerd; Urano, Chiyuki
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

"Masaaki Suzuki brings to the 'St. Matthew Passion' the same devotional intensity that has characterised his Bach cantata recordings. This focus is immediately evident in...continue...

Bach: Cantatas Vol 11 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1999-11-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 136, "Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz" BWV 136; Cantata no 138, "Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz?" BWV 138; Cantata no 95, "Christus, der ist mein...
Performers: Kooij, Peter; Sakurada, Makoto; Suzuki, Midori; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

Bach: Cantatas Vol 10 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1999-06-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 105, "Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht" BWV 105; Cantata no 179, "Siehe zu, dass deine Gottesfurcht" BWV 179; Cantata no 186, "Ärgre dich, O Seele, nicht," BWV 186
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Kooij, Peter; Sakurada, Makoto

"Suzuki sustains the high standard set by the previous discs in this series. The chorus and instrumentalists are excellent...soprano Miah Persson makes her first appearance...continue...

Baroque Arias Vol 2 / Mera, Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1999-04-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Johann Rudolf Ahle: Zwingt die Saiten in Cithara (from Neu-gepflanzte Thüringische Lust-Garten); Magnificat à 7 (from Neu-gepflanzte Thüringisch...
Performers: Elwes, John; Mera, Yoshikazu; Ogasawara, Yoshitaka; Sakurada, Makoto; Schmithusen, Ingrid; Schreckenberger, Stephan; Suzuki, Midori; Turk, Gerd
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

The unique voice of counter-tenor Yoshikazu Mera thrilled countless classical music lovers with his first release on BIS of Baroque Arias. Now a second volume...continue...

Bach: Cantatas Vol 7 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-05-03

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 61, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" BWV 61; Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63; Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn!, BWV 132; Cantata no 172, "Erschallet, ihr ...
Performers: Kooij, Peter; Mera, Yoshikazu; Sakurada, Makoto; Schmithusen, Ingrid
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

"'Christen, atzet diesen Tag' is both a respendent and tender work, which juxtaposes grand, balletic framing choruses with closely-knit, reflective and limpid arias. It has...continue...

Bach: Cantatas Vol 5 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1997-10-05

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Gleich wie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt, BWV 18; Cantata no 143 "'Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele" BWV 143; Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152; Mein Gott, wie lang, ...
Performers: Kooij, Peter; Mera, Yoshikazu; Sakurada, Makoto; Schmithusen, Ingrid; Suzuki, Midori
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

"The fifth volume of Bach's sacred cantatas performed by the Bach Collegium Japan continues their Weimar survey with five pieces written between c.1713 and 1716...The...continue...

Bach: Cantatas Vol 4 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1997-01-06

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" BWV 199; O heiliges Geist- und Wasserbad, das Gottes Reich uns einverliebet, BWV 165; Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe, BWV 185;...
Performers: Sakurada, Makoto; Schreckenberger, Stephan; Suzuki, Midori; Tachikawa, Akira; Yanagisawa, Aki
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

"This is the fourth disc in the project by Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan to record all of the cantatas. In my reviews...continue...

Bach: Cantatas Vol 3 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1996-06-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12; Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54; Ach, ich sehe, itzt, da ich zu Hochzeit gehe, BWV 162; Himmelskönig sei willkommen, BWV 182
Performers: Kooy, Peter; Kurisu, Yumiko; Mera, Yoshikazu; Sakurada, Makoto
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

"...I applaud BIS for releasing Suzuki's [Bach cantata cycle] one disc at a time. Volume 3 comprises four early cantatas and they make a perfectly...continue...