art direction David Smart
tracks 1 to 18; cd1, 1 to 14; cd2 bass vocals Jan Opalach
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
conductor Joshua Rifkin
tracks 13 to 18; cd1 countertenor vocals Allan Fast
tracks 1 to 14; cd2 countertenor vocals Douglas Stevens
tracks 1 to 12; cd1 countertenor vocals Steven Rickards
cover [painting] Matthias Grünewald
design Smith & Gilmour
tracks bwv 56, 82, 99, 158 engineer [recording] John Dunkerley
tracks bwv 106, 131 engineer [recording] Stanley Goodall
ensemble The Bach Ensemble
liner notes Mark Audus
liner notes [french translation] Philippe Danel
liner notes [german translation] Friederike Schoeneck-Böttger
producer Peter Wadland
tracks 1 to 12; cd1 soprano vocals Ann Monoyios
tracks 13 to 18; cd1 soprano vocals Julianne Baird
tracks 1 to 14; cd2 soprano vocals Laurie Monahan
tracks 1 to 12; cd1 tenor vocals Edmund Brownless
tracks 13 to 18; cd1 tenor vocals Frank Kelley
tracks 1 to 14; cd2 tenor vocals William Hite
Phonographic Copyright (p) The Decca Record Company Limited
Copyright (c) The Decca Record Company Limited
Manufactured By PMDC, Germany
Recording locations: The American Academy of Arts and Letters New York, November 1985 (BWV 106, 131); Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen MA, March-April 1988 (BWV 56, 82, 158).
Total Playing Time: CD1; 55' 54, CD2; 51' 15.
Made and printed in Germany.
Includes 26 page booklet with sung texts in German and English.

Barcode: 028945808727
Matrix / Runout: 458 088-2 01 + (CD1)
Matrix / Runout: 425 822-2 02 > (CD2)
Other: 458 088-2 (Catalogue No. On CD1)
Other: 458 089-2 (Catalogue No. On CD2)
Rights Society: BIEM
Rights Society: MCPS
Label Code: LC 0254
SPARS Code: DDD
Other: PY 925 (On Back Cover)
Other: OF2 (Boxed On Back And Spine)