Masaaki Suzuki founded the Bach Collegium Japan in 1990 and has since recorded all of J.S. Bach's sacred cantatas with them.
Instruments
The organ used for this recording, built by Marc Garnier, was completed in 1983 and features 33 stops across four manuals.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in January 2016 at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel in Japan.
Compositional Technique
In the Chorale partita on 'Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig', BWV 768, Bach uses specific time signatures to convey meaning, such as 12/8 for Christ conquering death and 3/4 for the heavenly world.
Composition History
Bach's Concerto in D minor, BWV 596, is a transcription of a concerto by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) and was mistakenly attributed to Bach's son, Wilhelm Friedemann, until 1911.
Performer Biography
Masaaki Suzuki, the organist on this album, began working as a church organist at the age of twelve in Kobe, Japan.
Instruments
The Garnier organ at Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel has interchangeable pedalboards, offering both traditional French and German models.
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