Cantatas of Contentment

Recorded July 2017 at the Saitama Arts Theater, Concert Hall, Japan ℗ & © 2018, BIS Records AB, Åkersberga TT: 66:11 BIS’s recording teams use microphones from Neumann, DPA and Schoeps, audio electronics from RME, Lake People and DirectOut, MADI optical cabling technology, monitoring equipment from B&W, STAX and Sennheiser, and Sequoia and Pyramix digital audio workstations. Front cover: "Apotheosis of the Arts", painted ceiling from c. 1706 by Giovanni Francesco Marchini (1672–1745) for the Great Hall of the Castle of Wiederau. "Special thanks to the Saitama Arts Foundation" 36-page booklet with notes in English, German and French, including the original sung text and the English translation.