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alto vocals [arien/zeuge i/magd ii] Marie-Claude Chappuis
art direction Georgina Curtis
bass vocals [jesus] Hanno Müller-Brachmann
bass vocals [judas/petrus/pilatus/pontifex ii] Klaus Häger
bassoon [i solo] David Petersen
bassoon [ii solo] Gottfried Kronfeld
booklet editor Mark Pappenheim
cello [solo] Christian Giger
chorus Thomanerchor
chorus Tölzer Knabenchor
chorus master [knabenchor] Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
chorus master [thomanechor] Georg Christoph Biller
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
conductor Riccardo Chailly
coordinator [production co-ordinator] Joanne Baines
cor anglais [solo] Gundel Jannemann-Fischer
cor anglais [solo] Simon Sommerhalder
double bass [solo] Christian Ockert
edited by Ian Watson
edited by Jenni Whiteside
engineer [assistant] Eike Boehm
engineer [assistant] Thomas Haendel
engineer [recording] Philip Siney
executive-producer Ben Pateman
executive-producer Oliver Wazola
flute [i solo] Cornelia Grohmann
flute [i solo] Stephanie Winker
flute [ii solo] Gedrun Hinze-Hönig
flute [ii solo] Wolfgang Loebner
liner notes Andreas Glöckner
liner notes [english libretto translation] Stewart Spencer
liner notes [english translation] Richard Evidon
liner notes [french translation] Hugues Mousseau
oboe, oboe d'amore [i solo] Daniel Fuster
oboe, oboe d'amore [i solo] Henrik Wahlgren
oboe, oboe d'amore [ii solo] Peter Heinze
orchestra Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
organ [chamber organ i solo] Michael Schönheit
organ [chamber organ ii solo] Denny Wilke
photography by [booklet] Gert Mothes
photography by [riccardo chailly, rear cover] Sasha Gusov
producer Andrew Cornall
product manager Ben Pateman
recorder [i solo] Robert Ehrlich
recorder [ii solo] Antje Hensel
soprano vocals [arien/magd i/pilati weib] Christina Landshamer
tenor vocals [arien/pontifex i] Thomas Quasthoff
tenor vocals [arien/zeuge ii] Maximilian Schmitt
tenor vocals [evangelist] Johannes Chum
viola da gamba [solo] Thomas Fritzsch
violin [i solo] Frank-Michael Erben
violin [ii solo] Sebastian Breuninger
Phonographic Copyright (p) Decca Music Group Limited
Copyright (c) Decca Music Group Limited
Made By EDC, Germany
Recorded At Gewandhaus
Record Company Universal Music
Recording location: Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, 2 & 3 April 2009 (live concert recording)
Cover: Frontispiece to Speronte's song collection, Singende Muse an de Pleiße (1736) by an unknown artist - Musikbibliothek, Leipzig, reprinted in Auf den Lebenswegen J.S. Bachs, Verlag der Nation, 1962
Introductory note and translations © 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Sung text translations © 2003 by courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
© 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Made in the EU
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In a fully-transparent 'fatboy' double jewel case with 60 page booklet containing liner notes in English, German & French, plus the sung text in German with English translation.
Barcode: 0 28947 82194 6 (text)
Barcode: 028947821946 (scanned)
Label Code: LC 00171
SPARS Code: DDD
Rights Society: BIEM/SABAM
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LV26 (CD 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0153 (CD 1)
Matrix / Runout: 00289 478 219-5 01 * 5249232 (CD 1)
Other: 478 2195 (Catalogue # CD 1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LV27 (CD 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0156 (CD 2)
Matrix / Runout: 00289 478 219-6 01 + 52494016 (CD 2)
Other: 478 2196 (Catalogue # CD 2)
Pressing Plant ID: MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC (machine-etched in hub, both CDs)