advisor [wissenschaftliche berater] Hans Gunter Hoke
advisor [wissenschaftliche berater] Werner Neumann
bass vocals Siegfried Lorenz
bassoon [basso continuo] Gerd Schulze
cello [basso continuo] Burkhard Schmidt
choir Thomanerchor
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
conductor Hans-Joachim Rotzsch
contrabass [basso continuo] Rainer Hucke
design Monika Prust
engineer [tonregie] Eberhard Richter
liner notes Hans-Joachim Schulze
oboe Günter Heidrich
orchestra Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig
organ [basso continuo] Walter Heinz Bernstein
photography by Hansjoachim Mirschel
recording supervisor [musikregie] Reimar Bluth
soprano vocals Arleen Auger
tenor vocals Peter Schreier
timpani Karl Mehlig
trombone [alto old diapason] Gerhard Eßbach
trombone [bass old diapason] Rolf Bachmann
trombone [tenor old diapason] Karl Semsch
trumpet [iii] Roland Rudolph
trumpet [ii] Heinz Stiefel
trumpet [i], trombone [discant old diapason] Ludwig Güttler
violin Eberhard Palm
Recorded in 1981 in Paul-Gerhardt-Church in Leipzig, Saxonia, Germany.

Co-Production with VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, GDR.
Label Code: S 201 422 A (Label Side A)
Label Code: S 201 422 B (Label Side B)