Bach Collegium Japan

Bach Collegium Japan (BCJ) is composed of an orchestra and a chorus specializing in Baroque music, playing on period instruments. It was founded in 1990 by Masaaki Suzuki with the purpose of introducing Japanese audiences to European Baroque music; Suzuki is still the music director. The ensemble has recorded all of Bach’s cantatas, a project that extended from 1995 to 2018 and accounts for over half of its discography.

Genre: japanese-classical-performance, japanese-orchestra, baroque-ensemble

Copyright Verification

CopyrightID (CopyrightChains tx_hash): 0x1e279a112714f7057dabc60c0e42edf3bc3fc7c7674cfabb8d0861156bb5ff7e
Status: registered
Registered: 2026-06-11T15:06:04+00:00
Explorer: https://explorer.copyrightchains.com/tx/0x1e279a112714f7057dabc60c0e42edf3bc3fc7c7674cfabb8d0861156bb5ff7e

Top Tracks

Albums (45)

J.S. Bach - The Vocal Works (2024)
J.S. Bach: Concertos for Harpsichord & Strings, Vol. 2 (2022)
J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 (2020)
Bach: Concertos for Harpsichord & Strings, Vol. 1 (2020)
J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (2020)
Bach: The Secular Cantatas (2019)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" (Live) (2019)
J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 10 (2018)
Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123 (2018)
J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 9 – The Contest Between Phoebus and Pan (2018)
Bach: Celebratory Cantatas (2017)
Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor & Exsultate, Jubilate (2016)
J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 7 (2016)
J.S. Bach: Trauerode, BWV 198 (2016)
Bach: Lutheran Masses, Vol. 2 (2016)
J.S. Bach: Birthday Cantatas (2015)
J.S. Bach: Lutheran Masses, Vol. 1 (2015)
Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 (2015)
Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 4 (Academic Cantatas) (2014)
J.S. Bach: Concertos for 2 Harpsichords (2014)
Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 55 – BWVV 69, 30 & 191 (2013)
Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 3 (2013)
Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 53 (2013)
Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 52 (2012)
Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 51 (2012)
Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 2 (2012)
Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 50 (2012)
Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 49 (2011)
Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 48 (2011)
Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 47 (2010)
A Choral Year With Bach (2010)
Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 46 (2010)
Bach: Motets (2010)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 45 (2009)
Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 / Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4 (2009)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 44 - Bwv 43, 88, 146 (2009)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 43 - Bwv 57, 110, 151 (2009)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 42 - Bwv 13, 16, 32, 72 (2009)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 41 - Bwv 56, 82, 84, 158 (2008)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 40 - Bwv 79, 137, 164, 168 (2008)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 39 - Bwv 28, 68, 85, 175, 183 (2008)
Bach: Mass in B minor (2007)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 37 - Bwv 35, 169, 170, 200 (2007)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 21 - Bwv 65, 81, 83, 190 (2003)
Bach, J.S.: St. John Passion, Bwv 245 (1999)

Full machine-verifiable record (JSON-LD, dual-chain proof, every album and recording): https://artists.proofprofile.net/storage/jsonld/artists/c091/artist-1753233.json