alto vocals Paul Esswood
tracks d6 to d11 alto vocals Stefan Rampf
bass vocals Thomas Hampson
bassoon Milan Turkovic
choir Tölzer Knabenchor
chorus master Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
direct metal mastering by Sönke Bahns
instrument builder [1972 positive organ] Jürgen Ahrend
instrument builder [1975/1984 oboe d'amore] Paul Hailperin
instrument builder [1979 recorder] Frederick Morgan
instrument builder [harpsichord] Martin Skowroneck
instrument builder [oboe after p. paulhahn] Paul Hailperin
instrument builder [ca.1720 bassoon] M. Deper
instrument builder [ca.1720 oboe] P. Paulhahn
tracks a1 to a6 libretto by Salomon Franck
liner notes Hans Christoph Worbs
luthier [1665 violin], luthier [ca.1660 violin] Jacobus Stainer
luthier [1670 viola da gamba] Jacob Precheisn
luthier [1699 violin] Vincenzo Ruggieri
luthier [1709 violin] Barak Norman
luthier [1709 violin] Josef Leidolff
luthier [1712 violin] Matthias Albanus
luthier [1724 viola d'amore] Paulus Alletsee
luthier [1729 violone] Antony Stefan Posch
luthier [1793 violoncello] Mathias Thir
luthier [ca.1650 viola] Marcellus Hollmayr
luthier [ca.1750 violin] Ferdinando Alberti
luthier [ca.1750 violoncello] Nicola Gagliano
tracks c8 lyrics by Christian Keimann
tracks b1 lyrics by David Denicke
tracks b3 lyrics by Isaias
tracks d7 to d10 lyrics by Johann Hermann Schein
tracks d11 lyrics by Kaspar Bienemann
tracks c3 lyrics by Martin Jahn
tracks b9 lyrics by Martin Moller
tracks b5 lyrics by Paul Gerhardt
tracks d5 lyrics by Paul Speratus
tracks d7 to d10 lyrics by Picander
tracks c5 lyrics by Saint Luke
tracks a2 to a6, d1 to d4, lyrics by Salomon Franck
tracks c4, c7 oboe David Reichenberg
oboe Jürg Schaeftlein
tracks c4, c7 oboe Marie Wolf
orchestra Concentus Musicus Wien
painting Johann Jakob Ihle
positive organ, harpsichord Herbert Tachezi
recorder Elisabeth Von Magnus
recording supervisor, conductor, viola da gamba, liner notes Nikolaus Harnoncourt
tracks d1 to d5 soprano vocals Christoph Wegmann
tenor vocals Kurt Equiluz
viola Josef De Sordi
tracks b1 to b9, c1 to c8 viola Kurt Theiner
violin Andrea Bischof
violin Anita Mitterer
violin Erich Höbarth
violin Helmut Mitter
violin Karl Höffinger
violin Peter Schoberwalter
violin Walter Pfeiffer
violin, viola d'amore Alice Harnoncourt
tracks b1, b5, b8, b9 violoncello Mark Peters
violoncello Rudolf Leopold
violone Eduard Hruza
Record Company TELDEC Schallplatten GmbH
Made By TELDEC Schallplatten GmbH
Copyright (c) TELDEC Schallplatten GmbH
Published By Bärenreiter-Verlag
Mastered At Teldec-Studio, Berlin
On spine:
Bach · Kantatenwerk · Complete Cantatas BWV 152-156 37

On box-set front:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Das Kantatenwerk / Complete Cantatas
Das Alte Werk Teldec logo - top right side

On box-set back:
Concentus Musicus Wien (Mit Originalinstrumenten)

[Mit Textbeilage + Partituren / Program notes + scores inclosed / Texte annexé + partitions
Titelseite: Johann Sebastian Bach: einige Jahre vor seiner Ernennung zum Kantor in Leipzig. Gemälde von J.J. Ihle (1720) Bach Museum Eisenach (also in Engflish and French)
Das Alte Werk and Telefunken/ logos
Made in Germany . TELDEC Schallplatten-GmbH
Heussweg 25, Hamburg 19 (Western Germany)]

Besides the 2 records the cardboard reinforced box contains also 2 inserts / booklets, each with size 12' by 12':
1) An 12-page stapled booklet with a track and credits-list plus notes and all the sung-texts in German, English and French and with supporting text about Bach's Cantata Compositions (by Hans Christoph Worbs) and Nikolaus Harnoncourt : catalog# 6.35656-00-501. Ⓒ 1985 by TELDEC Schallplatten GmbH, Heussweg 25, 2000 Hamburg 20 (Wetern Germany)
2) A 20-page stapled booklet (pages numberd from 829 to 848) with all the music-scores of the 5 Cantatas with consent of publisher Bärebreiter Verlag Kassel: catalog #: 6.35656-00-503 Ⓒ 1985 by TELDEC Schallplatten GmbH, Heussweg 25, 2000 Hamburg 20 (Wetern Germany)

The instruments:
Blockflöte: Frederick Morgan, Fitzroy 1979 - Oboen: P. Paulhahn, deutsch, um 1720; Paul Hailperin, Wien, nach P. Paulhahn - Oboen d'amore: Paul Hailperin, Wien 1975 und 1984 - Fagott: M. Deper, Wien um 1720 - Violinen: Jacobus Stainer, Absam 1665, Mathias Albanus, Bozen 1712, Josef Leidolff, Wien 1709, Vinvenzo Ruggieri, Cremona 1699, Jacobus Stainer, Absam, um 1660; Ferdinando Alberti, Mailand, um 1750; Barak Norman, London 1709; Mittenwald, 18. JH. - Viola: Marcellus Hollmayr, Wien um 1650; Tirol 17. Jh. - Viola d'amore: Paulus Alletsee, München, 1724 - Viola da Gamba: Jacob Precheisn, Wien 1670 - Violoncello: Nicola Gagliano, Neapel um 1750, Matthias Thir, Wien 1793 - Violone: Antony Stefan Posch, Wien 1729 - Truhenorgel: Jürgen Ahrend, Loga bei Leer 1972; Cembalo: Martin Skowroneck, Bremen
Label Code: LC 3706
Rights Society: Contr. Copyr.
Matrix / Runout: DMM A C-6.35 656-01-1 B-B-I (Runout side A)
Matrix / Runout: DMM A O C-6.35 656-01-2 B-B-I (Runout side B)
Matrix / Runout: O DMM A C-6.35 656-02-1 B-B-I (Runout side C)
Matrix / Runout: DMM A C-6.35 656-02-2 B-B-I (Runout side D)
Other: 6.35656-00-501 (Cat.nr. booklet liner notes)
Other: 6.35656-00-503 (SKW 37/1-2) (Cat.nr. booklet scores)