This recording was made in February 2005 at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, which has an average acoustic resonance of approximately 3.8 seconds.
Performer Biography
Masaaki Suzuki, the director of Bach Collegium Japan, began working as a church organist at the age of twelve and studied harpsichord and organ in Amsterdam.
Composition History
The texts for the inner strophes of the hymns were reworked by a poetically and theologically competent specialist, believed to be Andreas Stübel, the former deputy headmaster of the Thomasschule.
Recording & Production
The recording uses a 5.0 surround sound configuration, with all five channels recorded using the full frequency range and no separate bass channel.
Performer Biography
The Bach Collegium Japan, founded in 1990 by Masaaki Suzuki, aims to introduce Japanese audiences to period instrument performances of Baroque works.
Composition History
Bach's cantata project aimed to provide a cantata for every Sunday and feast day, based on a well-known hymn rather than the usual gospel reading.
Composition History
The four cantatas on this album were written by Johann Sebastian Bach during his second year in Leipzig as part of a major, though uncompleted, sacred music project.
