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Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Secular Cantatas, Vol. 10 'Cantatas Of Contentment' (BWV 30a, 204)

Album 2018 on BIS label
Classical (Baroque)

Recorded July 2017 at the Saitama Arts Theater, Concert Hall, Japan ℗ & © 2018, BIS Records AB, Åkersberga TT: 66:11 BIS’s recording teams use microphones from Neumann, DPA and Schoeps, audio electronics from RME, Lake People and DirectOut, MADI optical cabling technology, monitoring equipment from B&W, STAX and Sennheiser, and Sequoia and Pyramix digital audio workstations. Front cover: "Apotheosis of the Arts", painted ceiling from c. 1706 by Giovanni Francesco Marchini (1672–1745) for the Great Hall of the Castle of Wiederau. "Special thanks to the Saitama Arts Foundation" 36-page booklet with notes in English, German and French, including the original sung text and the English translation.

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	Johann Sebastian Bach , 1685-1750 DE album by
	Bach Collegium Japan , *1990 JP orchestra, chorus, album by
	Masaaki Suzuki hps, org, *1954 JP conductor, album by
	Chiharu Takahashi voc, JP alto vocals
	Hiroya Aoki voc, acg, alto vocals
	Tamaki Suzuki voc, alto vocals
	Robin Blaze voc, *1971 GB alto vocals, countertenor vocals, soloist
	Chiyuki Urano voc, acg, bass vocals
	Daisuke Fujii acg, bass vocals
	Yusuke Watanabe acg, bass vocals
	Dominik Wörner b, bass vocals, soloist
	Kiyotaka Dohsaka bsn, bassoon, fagotto, continuo
	Matthias Spitzbarth , edited by, mixed by, engineer, sound
	Liliko Maeda fl, JP flute, flauto traverso ii
	Kiyomi Suga fl, JP soloist, flute, flauto traverso i
	Masato Suzuki hps, org, harpsichord, cemballo, continuo
	Klaus Hofmann , *1939 DE liner notes, 2017
	Andrew Barnett , liner notes, english translation, layout, typography, typeset
	Jean-Pascal Vachon , liner notes, french translation
	Go Arai ob, oboe, ii
	Masamitsu San-no-miya ob, voc, oboe d'amore, soloist, oboe, i
	Aki Matsui voc, soprano vocals
	Eri Sawae acg, soprano vocals
	Minae Fujisaki acg, soprano vocals
	Carolyn Sampson voc, *1974 GB soprano vocals, soloist
	Akimi Hayashi , technician, tuning
	Hiroto Ishikawa acg, tenor vocals
	Yosuke Taniguchi voc, acg, tenor vocals
	Yusuke Fujii acg, tenor vocals
	Makoto Sakurada voc, tenor vocals, soloist
	Christian Friedrich Henrici , 1700-1764 DE text by
	Christian Friedrich Hunold , 1680-1721 DE text by
	Unknown artist text by
	Atsushi Sugahara perc, *1947 JP timpani
	Hidenori Saito tr, trumpet, tromba iii
	Tomohiro Sugimura tr, JP trumpet, tromba ii
	Jean-François Madeuf tr, alp, FR trumpet, tromba i
	Hiroshi Narita vl, viola
	Mika Akiha vn, vl, viola
	Akira Harada vn, vl, JP violin, ii
	Azumi Takada vn, violin, ii
	Yuko Araki vn, JP violin, ii
	Ayaka Yamauchi vn, voc, violin, i
	Yuko Takeshima vn, voc, violin, i
	Natsumi Wakamatsu vn, voc, JP leader, soloist, violin, i
	Toru Yamamoto vc, violoncello, continuo
	Seiji Nishizawa cb, violone, continuo

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