art direction Nikolaus Boddin choir Münchener Bach-Chor composed by Johann Sebastian Bach conductor Karl Richter tracks 1-1 to 1-7 engineer [balance engineer] Hans-Peter Schweigmann tracks 1-8 to 1-12, 2-11 to 2-18 engineer [balance engineer] Harald Baudis tracks 1-13 to 1-17 engineer [balance engineer] Klaus Scheibe tracks 2-1 to 2-10, 2-19 to 2-27 engineer [balance engineer] Walter Alfred Wettler tracks 1-1 to 1-7 engineer [recording engineer] Gernot Westhäuser tracks 1-13 to 1-17 engineer [recording engineer] Hans-Rudolf Müller tracks 1-1 to 1-7 engineer [recording engineer] Jürgen Bulgrin liner notes Nicholas Anderson tracks 2-19 to 2-27 liner notes [english translation of sung text] Derek McCulloch tracks 1-8 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-10 liner notes [english translation of sung text] Lionel Salter tracks 1-8 to 1-17, 2-1 to 2-10 liner notes [french translation of sung text] Christian Hinzelin tracks 2-19 to 2-27 liner notes [french translation of sung text] Jacques Fournier liner notes [traduction] Dennis Collins liner notes [Übersetzung] Sylvia Höfer tracks 1-1 to 1-17, 2-11 to 2-27 orchestra Münchener Bach-Orchester tracks 2-1 to 2-10 orchestra Solistengemeinschaft Der Bachwoche Ansbach photography by [cover] Gerd Weissing photography by [fischer-dieskau, schreier, richter] Siegfried Lauterwasser photography by [mathis] Klaus Hennch photography by [stader, bach-chor und -orchester] Werner Neumeister tracks 1-1 to 1-17, 2-11 to 2-18 producer Dr. Gerd Ploebsch tracks 2-1 to 2-10, 2-19 to 2-27 producer Hans Hickmann tracks 1-1 to 1-17, 2-11 to 2-18 producer Helen Kuzaj tracks 1-8 to 1-12 producer [recording producer] Hansjoachim Reiser tracks 2-19 to 2-27 producer [recording producer] Karl-Heinz Schneider tracks 2-11- to 2-18 producer [recording producer] Rainer Brock Phonographic Copyright (p) Polydor International GmbH Copyright (c) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH Copyright (c) Derek McCulloch Copyright (c) Lionel Salter Copyright (c) Jacques Fournier Copyright (c) Christian Hinzelin Recorded At Herkulessaal, München Recorded At Münster Heilsbronn Glass Mastered At Sony DADC Recordings: München, Residenz, Herkulessaal, 8/1959 (BWV 202), 7/1968 (BWV 4), 7/1969 (BWV 56), 12/1971 & 1/1972 (BWV 51), 10/1977 & 5/1978 (BWV 140); Heilbsronn [corrected from Heilbronn] Münster, 7/1961 (BWV 147) ℗ 1959 (BWV 51, 202)/1964 (BWV 147)/1969 (BWV 4)/1970 (BWV 56)/1979 (BWV 140) Polydor International GmbH, Hamburg