Collected works: Helmuth Rilling's complete cantatas of Bach - there are more than 50 CD's.

The second half of his career was dedicated to the recording of Bach's complete cantatas with the Bach Collegium Japan, directed by Masaaki Suzuki.

They are noted for their Complete Cantatas Brilliant Series, a recording of the complete sacred cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Many of the recordings are familiar, including the complete sacred cantatas directed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt on 60 disks.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt were the first to begin recording the complete cantatas.

Masaaki Suzuki commenced in 1995 a project to record the complete sacred cantatas with his Bach Collegium Japan.

He directs them from the harpsichord and they are currently recording Bach's complete cantatas for BIS records.

In 1995 he commenced a project to record Bach's complete sacred cantatas on the BIS label.

In collaboration with the Concentus Musicus Wien, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, they recorded from 1971 to 1990 Bach's complete sacred cantatas.

He was the alto soloist for most volumes of Pieter Jan Leusink's recording of the complete sacred cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach.