alto vocals Paul Esswood
tracks b1 to b7 bass vocals Max Van Egmond
tracks a1 to a7, c6 to d6 bass vocals Thomas Hampson
tracks b1 to b13 bassoon Frans R. Berkhout
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 bassoon Milan Turkovic
tracks b1, b4 to b10, b13 cello Lidewij Scheifes
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 cello Mark Peters
tracks a2, a3, c2, c4, d1, d6 cello Nikolaus Harnoncourt
tracks b1 to b13 cello Wouter Möller
tracks b1 to b13 choir Collegium Vocale
tracks b1 to b13 choir Knabenchor Hannover
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 choir Tölzer Knabenchor
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 chorus master Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
tracks b1 to b13 chorus master Heinz Hennig
tracks b1 to b13 chorus master Philippe Herreweghe
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 concert flute [flauto traverso] Leopold Stastny
direct metal mastering by Sönke Bahns
tracks b1 to b13 french horn [corno da caccia] Ab Koster
tracks b1 to b13 french horn [corno da caccia] Bob Stoel
tracks b1 to b7 french horn [corno da caccia] Knut Hasselmann
liner notes Gerhard Schuhmacher
liner notes Nikolaus Harnoncourt
tracks a1 to a7, c6, d6 oboe David Reichenberg
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 oboe Jürg Schaeftlein
tracks d5 oboe Sam Kegley
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 oboe da caccia Marie Wolf
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 oboe [taille] Marie Wolf
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 oboe d'amore Jürg Schaeftlein
tracks b1 to b13 oboe d'amore Ku Ebbinge
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 oboe d'amore Marie Wolf
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 orchestra Concentus Musicus Wien
tracks b1 to b13 orchestra Leonhardt-Consort
tracks b1 to b13 organ Bob Van Asperen
tracks b2, b3, b11 organ Gustav Leonhardt
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 organ Herbert Tachezi
tracks b1 to b13 recording supervisor [gesamtleitung], conductor Gustav Leonhardt
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 recording supervisor [gesamtleitung], conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 soprano vocals Allan Bergius
tracks b2, b12 soprano vocals Ansgar Pfeiffer
tracks b2, b12 soprano vocals Roger Cericius
tenor vocals Kurt Equiluz
tracks b1 to b13 timpani Nick Woud
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 trumpet [naturtrompete, zink] Friedemann Immer
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 viola Josef De Sordi
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 viola Kurt Theiner
tracks b1 to b13 viola Ruth Hesseling
tracks b1 to b13 viola Staas Swierstra
tracks b1 to b13 violin Alda Stuurop
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 violin Alice Harnoncourt
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 violin Andrea Bischof
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 violin Anita Mitterer
tracks b1 to b13 violin Antoinette Van Den Hombergh
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 violin Helmut Mitter
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 violin Karl Höffinger
tracks b1 to b13 violin Lucy Van Dael
tracks b1 to b13 violin Marc Destrubé
tracks b1 to b13 violin Marie Leonhardt
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 violin Peter Schoberwalter
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 violin Walter Pfeiffer
tracks a3, a7 violin [piccolo] Alice Harnoncourt
tracks b1 to b13 violone Anthony Woodrow
tracks a1 to a7, c1 to d6 violone Eduard Hruza
tracks b2, b7 written-by [text] Jakob Ebert
tracks b13 written-by [text] Markgraf Albrecht Von Brandenburg
tracks c5 written-by [text] Nikolaus Herman
tracks a1, a4, a7 written-by [text] Philipp Nicolai
tracks c1 to c5 written-by [text] Picander
tracks b10 written-by [text] Samuel Rodigast
tracks c7 written-by [text] [apostelgeschichte 14, 22] [uncredited] Saint Luke
tracks b8 written-by [text] [matthäus 20, 14] Saint Matthew
tracks b5 written-by [text] [psalm 146, 10] [uncredited] Unknown Artist
tracks b1 written-by [text] [psalm 146, 1] [uncredited] Unknown Artist
tracks b3 written-by [text] [psalm 146, 5] [uncredited] Unknown Artist
Copyright (c) TELDEC Schallplatten GmbH
Record Company TELDEC »Telefunken-Decca« Schallplatten GmbH
Mastered At Teldec-Press GmbH
Published By Bärenreiter-Verlag
Published By Copyright Control
Pressed By Teldec-Press GmbH
On spine:
Bach • Kantatenwerk • Complete Cantatas BWV 140, 143-146 35

On box-set front:
Joh. Sebas. Bach
Das Kantatenwerk / Complete Cantatas
Das Alte Werk/Teldec logo - top right side
Digital - top left side
Silver round sticker, left center: Mit Partitur / Avec Patitions / With Score
Gold round sticker, right center: Teldec Technology. DMM. Direct Metal Mastering. Teldec Quality
Vol.35

On box-set back:
Folge • Volume 35
Mastered: TELDEC
Pressed: Germany
Concentus musicus Wien with original instruments.
Leonhardt-Consort with original instruments.
[Mit Textbeilage + Partituren / Program notes + scores enclosed / Texte annexé + partitions]
This record, manufactured with Teldec's DMM Technology (Direct Metal Mastering), sets new standards for a sound of superior purity, transparency and dynamics. No annoying echoes and surface noise disturb the listening pleasure (also written in German)
Titelseite: Johann Sebastian Bach: einige Jahe vor seiner Ernennung zum Kantor in Leipzig. Gemälde von J.J. Ihle (1720) Bach Museum Eisenach (also in Engflish and French)
Made in Germany . TELDEC Schallplatten GmbH., Heussweg 25, 2000 Hamburg 20 (Western Germany) (P) & (C) 1984
LC 3706
Stereo

Besides the 2 records the cardboard reinforced box contains also 3 inserts / booklets, each with size 12' by 12':
1) An 8-page stapled booklet with a track and credits-list plus notes and all the sung-texts in German, English and French: catalog# 6.35653-00-501. (c) 1984 BY TELDEC Schallplatten GmbH, Heussweg 25, 2000 Hamburg 20 (Western Germany)
2) A 32-page stapled booklet (pages numbered from 769 to 800) with all the music-scores of the 5 Cantatas and the Chronological list of the cantatas: catalog# 6.35653-00-503 (SKW 35/1-2). (c) 1984 BY TELDEC Schallplatten GmbH, HeuBweg 25, 2000 Hamburg 20 (Wester Germany).
3) An 6 page folder with a Nikolaus Harnoncourt 20 Jahre (20 years) artistic biography (in German, English and French) and Examplary results of 20 years of artistic collaboration records list and covers. The last page with photos of Harnoncourt. No catalog#. (C) 1984 BY TELDEC Schallplatten GmbH. Printed in Germany. 534

The Instruments:
Kantaten 140, 145 und 146:
Naturtrompete in D, Zink: Meinl & Lauber, Geretsried; Kopie von Roland Wilson, 1982 - Querflöte: Carl August Grenser, Dresden um 1750 - Barockoboen: P. Paulhahn, deutsch, um 1720; Vas Dias, London, nach Denner - Oboe d'amore: Paul Hailperin, Wien, 1975 - Oboe da caccia: Paul Hailperin, Wien 1973, nach Johann Heinrich Eichentopf, Leipzig 1724 - Violine piccolo: Marian Petz, Wien 1777 - Violinen: Jacobus Stainer, Absam 1665; Josef Leidolff, Wien 1709; Ferdinando Alberti, Mailand um 1750; Jacobus Stainer, Absam um 1660; Mittenwald, 18. Jh.; Vincenzo Riggiero, Cremona 1699; Mittenwald 18. Jh. - Viola: Tirol, 17. JH.; Marcellus Hollmayr, Wien um 1650 - Fagott: M. Deper, Wien um 1720 - Violoncello: Andrea Castagneri, Paris 1744 - Violone: Antony Stefan Posch, Wien 1729 - Truhenorgel: Jürgen Ahrend, Loga bei Leer1972
Kantaten 143 und 144:
Corno da caccia: Österreichisches Naturhorn, 18. Jh.; Kopie Alexander, Mainz; Deutsches Naturhorn, Ende des 18. Jh. - Pauken: Ende des 19. Jh. - Oboe d'amore: Kopie nach J. H. Eichentopf, um 1723 - Violinen: Jacobus Stainer, Absam 1676; Iannuarius Gagliano, Neapel 1732; Domenico Montagnana, Venedig 1739; J. B. Lefévre, Amsterdam 1765; Georg Klotz, Mittenwald 1791 - Violen: Paulus Castello, Genua 1776; Aegidius Klotz, Mittenwald 1760 - Fagott: Kopie nach Caleb Gedney, London 1745 - Violoncelli: Vincenzo Ruggiero, Cremona; Girolama Amati um 1700 - Violone: Giselberti, Parma 1982 - Orgel: Truhenorgel von Jürgen Ahrend, Loga bei Leer

Contr. Copyr.
(C ) & (P) 1984
Label Code: LC 3706
Other: 6.35 653-1 (Catalog number LP 1)
Other: 6.35 653-2 (Catalog number LP 2)
Other: 6.35653-00-501 (Catalog number booklet (8 pages))
Other: 6.35653-00-503 (SKW 35/1-2) (Catalog number booklet (32 pages))
Matrix / Runout: DMM A C-6 35 653-01-1 B-B-1 (Side A runout stamped/etched)
Matrix / Runout: DMM A O C-6 35 653-01-2/2 B-B-I (Side B runout stamped/etched)
Matrix / Runout: DMM A O C-6. 35 653-02-1 B-B-I (Side C runout stamped/etched)
Matrix / Runout: DMM A O C-6 35 653-02-2/2 B-B-I (Side D runout stamped/etched)