Gloria in excelsis Deo
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.BIS-2201

By Bach Collegium Japan, Gerd Turk, Hana Blazikova, Masaaki Suzuki, Peter Kooij, and Robin Blaze. By Johann Sebastian Bach. Documentaries. BluRay. Naxos #BIS-2201. Published by Naxos (NX.BIS-2201).

In June 1995, a virtually unknown group of Japanese musicians embarked on the monumental task of recording the complete sacred cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach. Almost eighteen years later, on 23rd February 2013, the Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki - by then household names in the international music world - reached their goal when they finished recording the 55th release of a series which, in the meantime, had been met with overwhelming acclaim worldwide. Made in conjunction with the final cantata recording, this film commemorates the occasion. Besides performances of the three last cantatas - Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV191, Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV69 and Freue dich, erloste Schar, BWV30 - the film includes interviews with Masaaki Suzuki and key members of Bach Collegium Japan as well as behindthe-scenes footage.