tracks a2, b2, c3, d3, f3, f4 alto vocals Hertha Töpper
tracks c4, e1, f4 bass vocals Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
bassoon Fritz Henker
bassoon Karl Kolbinger
cello Oswald Uhl
tracks a1, a3, b1, b3, c2, c5, d1, d2, d4 to d6, e2 to f1 choir Münchener Bach-Chor
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
conductor Karl Richter
double bass Franz Ortner
flute [transverse] Walter Theurer
horn Kurt Richter
liner notes Georg von Dadelsen
oboe d'amore Edgar Shann
oboe d'amore Kurt Hausmann
orchestra Münchener Bach-Orchester
organ Hedwig Bilgram
producer Karl-Heinz Schneider
recording supervisor, engineer [recording] Walter Alfred Wettler
tracks a2, c1, d3, f4 soprano vocals Maria Stader
tracks c1, f2, f4 tenor vocals Ernst Haefliger
trumpet Adolf Scherbaum
violin Otto Büchner
Recorded at München, Musikhochschule
13 to 20, 22 to 26 Februari 1961, 5 to 9 April 1961.