Tracklist

Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme, BWV 140 - Kantate Zum 27. Sonntag Nach Trinitatis (25. November 1731)	(26:09)
1	1. Chorale. Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme …	1:09
2	2. Recitativo (Tenore). Er Kommt, Er Kommt …	1:03
3	3. Aria Duetto (Soprano, Basso). Wenn Kömmst Du, Mein Heil? …	5:57
4	4. Chorale (Tenore). Zion Hört Die Wächter Singen …	3:53
5	5. Recitativo (Basso). So Geh Herein Zu Mir …	1:23
6	6. Aria Duetto (Soprano, Basso). Mein Freund Ist Mein …	5:23
7	7. Choral. Gloria Sei Dir Gesungen …	1:29
Der Herr Ist Mein Getreuer Hirt, BWV 112 - Kantate Zum Sonntag Misericordias Domini (8. April 1731)	(12:59)
8	1. [Chorus]. Der Herr Ist Mein Getreuer Hirt …	2:35
9	2. Aria (Alto). Zum Reinen Wasser Er Mich Weist …	3:58
10	3. Recitativo (Basso). Und Ob Ich Wandert Im Finstern Tal …	1:37
11	4. [Duetto] (Soprano, Tenore). Du Bereitest Für Mir Einen Tisch …	3:45
12	5. Choral. Gutes Und Die Barmherzigkeit …	0:59
Wir Danken Dir, Gott, Wir Danken Dir, BWV 29 - Kantate Zum Ratswechsel, Leipzig 1731 (27. August)	(23:27)
13	1. Sinfonia	3:37
14	2. Chorus. Wir Danken Dir, Gott, Wir Danken Dir …	3:11
15	3. Aria (Tenore). Halleluja, Stärk Und Macht …	5:38
16	4. Recitativo (Basso). Gott Lob! Es Geht Uns Wohl! …	0:58
17	5. Aria (Soprano). Gedenk An Uns Mit Deiner Liebe …	5:49
18	6. Recitativo [E Chorus] (Alto). Vergiss Es Ferner Nicht, Mit Deiner Hand …	0:29
19	7. Arioso (Alto). Halleluja, Stärk Und Macht …	1:49
20	8. Choral. Sei Lob Und Preis Mit Ehren …	1:47

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – BIS Records AB
• Copyright (c) – BIS Records AB
• Copyright (c) – Klaus Hofmann
• Copyright (c) – Marco Borggreve
• Copyright (c) – Ludék Sojka
• Copyright (c) – Koichi Miura
• Copyright (c) – Will Unwin
• Recorded At – Kobe Shoin Women's University, Japan

Credits

• Alto Vocals [Choir] – Chiharu Takahashi, Hiroya Aoki, Robin Blaze, Tamaki Suzuki
• Bass Vocals [Choir] – Daisuke Fujii, Naoki Sasaki, Peter Kooij, Toru Kaku
• Bass Vocals [Soloist] – Peter Kooij
• Bassoon [Continuo] – Yukiko Murakami
• Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach
• Countertenor Vocals [Soloist] – Robin Blaze
• Directed By – Masaaki Suzuki
• Edited By – Elisabeth Kemper
• Engineer, Mixed By – Thore Brinkmann
• Executive-Producer – Robert von Bahr
• Harpsichord [Cembalo, Continuo] – Masato Suzuki
• Liner Notes – Klaus Hofmann
• Liner Notes [English Translation - Program Notes], Layout, Typography [Typesetting] – Andrew Barnett
• Liner Notes [French Translation] – Jean-Pascal Vachon
• Oboe [I], Oboe d'Amore [I], Soloist – Masamitsu San'nomiya*
• Oboe [II], Oboe [Taille] – Atsuko Ozaki (tracks: 1 to 7, 13 to 20)
• Oboe [II], Oboe d'Amore [II] – Yukari Maehashi (tracks: 1 to 12)
• Orchestra, Choir – Bach Collegium Japan
• Organ [Continuo] – Naoko Imai
• Organ [Obbligato] – Masato Suzuki (tracks: 13 to 20)
• Organ, Soloist – Masato Suzuki
• Photography By [Front Cover, Peter Kooij] – Marco Borggreve
• Photography By [Gerd Türk] – Koichi Miura
• Photography By [Hana Blažíková] – Ludék Sojka
• Photography By [Robin Blaze] – Will Unwin
• Producer, Mixed By – Jens Braun
• Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Aki Matsui, Hana Blažíková, Minae Fujisaki, Yoshie Hida
• Soprano Vocals [Soloist] – Hana Blažíková
• Technician [Organ Tuner] – Matthieu Garnier (tracks: 13 to 20)
• Technician [Tuner] – Akimi Hayashi
• Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Gerd Türk, Hiroto Ishikawa , Katsuhiko Nakashima, Satoshi Mizukoshi
• Tenor Vocals [Soloist] – Gerd Türk
• Timpani – Atsushi Sugahara
• Trumpet [Tromba Da Tirarsi] – Jean-François Madeuf (tracks: 1 to 7)
• Trumpet [Tromba I], Horn [Corno I] – Jean-François Madeuf
• Trumpet [Tromba II], Horn [Corno II] – Graham Nicholson
• Trumpet [Tromba III] – Hidenori Saito
• Viola – Hiroshi Narita , Mina Fukazawa
• Violin [I] – Yuko Araki , Yuko Takeshima
• Violin [I], Leader – Natsumi Wakamatsu
• Violin [II] – Ayaka Yamauchi, Azumi Takada, Yukie Yamaguchi
• Violin, Violino Piccolo, Soloist – Natsumi Wakamatsu
• Violoncello [Continuo] – Hidemi Suzuki
• Violone [Continuo] – Takashi Konno

Notes

Cantatas from Leipzig 1730s-40s (I)
℗ & © 2012 BIS Records AB, Akersberga
Recording: September 2011 at Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan

Equipment: Neumann microphones; RME Octamic D microphone preamplifier and
high resolution A/D converter; Sequoia Workstation; Pyramix DSD Workstation;
B&W Nautilus 802 loudspeakers; STAX headphones
Original format: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit

Total Time: 63'38.

32-page digital booklet with notes in English, German and French, including the original sung text and the English translation.
Originally released on SACD in November 2012.