Cantatas Volume 55

Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele BWV 69
Freue dich, erlöste Schar BWV 30
Gloria in excelsis Deo BWV 191

Hana Blažíková, Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk,
Peter Kooij

Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

• 18 years and 55 discs later, a great adventure is brought to a close. The chronological approach adopted by Suzuki means that the three works included here are the last extant cantatas by Bach’s hand.

• This series has been a landmark recording project for BIS and is released to coincide with the labels 40th anniversary.

• Throughout the series, individual volumes have regularly picked up ‘choice’ awards from the major music magazines as well as numerous appearances in the UK classical chart.