In the first work: Gunthild Weber, soprano; Helmut Krebs, tenor; Herman Schey, bass; Berliner Motettenchor. Berliner Philharmoniker; Fritz Lehmann, conductor. In the second work: Helmut Krebs, tenor; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Chor der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik, Frankfurt a. Main; Orchester des Bachfestes Göttingen 1950; Maria Jung, organ; Fritz Lehmann, conductor
For both works the edition recorded: Gesamtausgabe, v. 1 (Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1851)
Program notes by Werner Neumann on slipcase and on card inserted, the latter including the libretti with English translation by H. S. Drinker.
Durations: 25:9; 24:10, respectively.
The first work was recorded in the Jesus-Christas-Kirche, Berlin, June 10, 1952. The second work was recorded in the Johanniskirche, Göttingen, July 31-Aug. 2, 1950.