alto vocals Marga Höffgen
bass vocals [jesus] Franz Kelch
bass vocals [petrus, pilatus, arien] Hans-Olaf Hudemann
choir Thomanerchor
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
conductor Günther Ramin
contrabass Konrad Spitzbarth
flute Erich List
flute Helmut Böhme
harpsichord Gernot Schwickert
lute Walter Gerwig
oboe Peter Fischer
oboe Willy Gerlach
oboe [da caccia] Fritz Hunger
oboe [da caccia] Johannes Wagner
orchestra Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
organ Johannes Kästner
soprano vocals Agnes Giebel
tenor vocals [evangelist] Ernst Haefliger
viola [da gamba], cello [violoncello] Alwin Bauer
viola d'amore Fritz Händschke
viola d'amore Hans Drechsel
Recorded At Thomaskirche Leipzig
Cloth box with three seperately packed LPs (in sewn foldout covers) plus 32-page booklet with photos (glued in - not printed!) and text in English, German and French as well as two seperate small cards with information on how to handle plastic records.
Lp One is APEK 511a/APEK 511b) holding Sides One and Six, LP Two is APEK 512a/APEK 512b holding Sides Two and Five, LP Three is APEK 513a/APEK 513b holding Sides Three and Four.
Recorded 18.-23.10.1954