the works of Bach and those Protestant German composers that influenced him such as Dietrich Buxtehude, Heinrich Schütz, Johann Hermann Schein and Georg Böhm. Best known for their performances of Bach’s Cantatas, they have also performed his Passions, as well as Handel’s Messiah and Monteverdi's Vespers. Most of these works are for a full chorus, but it also presents smaller programs for soloists and small vocal groups. Alex Ross identifies Suzuki’s approach to Bach’s music as falling between two extremes, that of large ensembles (now regarded as old-fashioned in this repertoire), and on the other hand that of purists with one voice per part. According to Ross, Suzuki's interpretations tend towards subtlety rather than flamboyance avoiding "abrupt accents, florid ornaments, and freewheeling tempos that are fashionable in Baroque performance practice". Ross praises Suzuki's clarity and musicality but suggests that at times the performances can seem to lack force. The BBC reviewed a 2013 release in the cantata series as "Fluently stylish and idiomatic, the performers live and breathe Bach's music with as much immediacy as if it had been composed yesterday". Members Concertmaster (violin, viola and viola d'amore): Ryo Terakado Sopranos Hana Blažíková Minae Fujisaki Yoshie Hida Tamiko Hoshi Mihoko Hoshikawa Naoco Kaketa Yumiko Kurisu Joanne Lunn Aki Matsui Dorothee Mields Sachiko Muratani Rachel Nicholls Yukari Nonoshita Carolyn Sampson Eri Sawae Mikiko Suzuki Aki Yanagisawa Altos Hiroya Aoki Yuko Anazawa Pascal Bertin Robin Blaze Mutsumi Hatano Yoshikazu Mera Toshiharu Nakajima Claudia Schmitz Tamaki Suzuki Akira Tachikawa Chiharu Takahashi Yukie Tamura Sumihito Uesugi Matthew White Makiko Yamashita Tenors Yusuke Fujii Hiroto Ishikawa Takayuki Kagami Koki Katano Jan Kobow Wolfram Lattke Satoshi Mizukoshi Katsuhiko Nakashima Takanori Onishi Makoto Sakurada Michio Shimada Jun Suzuki Yosuke Taniguchi Akira Takizawa Gerd Türk Andreas Weller Basses Daisuke Fujii Jun Hagiwara Yoshiya Hida Toru Kaku Peter Kooy Tetsuya Odagawa Yoshitaka Ogasawara Tetsuya Oi Kazuhiko Ono Naoki Sasaki Chiyuki Urano Yusuke Watanabe Roderick Williams Dominik Wörner Seiji Yoshikawa. References Mixed early music groups Japanese orchestras Japanese choirs Musical groups established in 1990 Bach choirs Bach music ensembles 1990 establishments in Japan