Begun in 1994, this series was called "the recording project of the nineties" by The Guardian. The series will continue to feature the scholarly contributions of Professor Christoph Wolff, one of the world's leading experts on the music of Bach.

In 1997, the Bach Cantata Project was awared the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis "Echo Klassik 1997."

Born in Zwolle, Holland, in 1944, Ton Koopman decided very early in his musical studies to specialize in the 17th and 18th centuries, using authentic instruments combined with a performing style based on sound scholarship. His extensive activities as a soloist and conductor have been recorded on a large number of LPs and CDs for labels including Erato, Teldec, Philips and Deutsche Grammophon.