Masaaki Suzuki on returning to Bach's St Matthew Passion
Thursday, February 13, 2020
The Director of Bach Collegium Japan has made a second recording for BIS of the great work
Twenty five years after his first recording for BIS of JS Bach's St Matthew Passion, Masaaki Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan have taken the work into the studio for a second time, and a magnificent achievement it proves. James Jolly met up with Suzuki when he was in London recently, working with students at the Royal Academy of Music.
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