If BIS founder Robert von Bahr were asked that, he might single out the Bach Collegium Japan's set of Bach's sacred cantatas, which was once available as a limited edition set of 55 sacds. The set is out of print, but individual discs and downloads will probably still be available.
Masaaki Suzuki has finally completed his project to record the complete church cantatas of JS Bach. But what has been driving this quiet Japanese musician to tackle one of the greatest achievements in Western music? Lindsay Kemp travels to Kobe to find out
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No other project ever meant more to me.")
I recently placed two orders on the BIS website. To my amazement, von Bahr packed the shipments himself, using sheets of vintage stamps from his collection as postage. We had a nice email exchange at the time. I cannot imagine that this sort of thing would still happen under Apple's stewardship. (As of this moment, the BIS website seems to be down as part of the overhaul.)
By the way, I hope BIS will continue to make the following "vocal package" available. It was the second order I placed. If you missed out on the Sacred Cantatas box, it's a way to get all of those SACDs and more for a reasonable cost.
BIS Records
https://bis.se › bach-collegium-japan-special-vocal-pac...
We have created a special
package (79 SACDs) with basically all of J.S. Bach's
vocal music, played by the
Bach Collegium Japan under Masaaki Suzuki.
(note: the list also contains a few non-BIS records)
