alto vocals [chorus] Chiharu Takahashi
alto vocals [chorus] Hiroya Aoki
alto vocals [chorus] Robin Blaze
alto vocals [chorus] Tamaki Suzuki
tracks 1 to 15 baritone vocals [soloist] Christian Immler
bass vocals [i, chorus] Chiyuki Urano
bass vocals [i, chorus] Christian Immler
bass vocals [ii, chorus] Dominik Wörner
bass vocals [ii, chorus] Yusuke Watanabe
bass vocals [soloist] Dominik Wörner
bassoon [fagotto continuo] Kiyotaka Dohsaka
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
conductor Masaaki Suzuki
countertenor vocals [soloist] Robin Blaze
engineer Matthias Spitzbarth
executive-producer Robert von Bahr
flute [flauto traverso ii] Liliko Maeda
flute [flauto traverso i] Kiyomi Suga
harpsichord [cembalo continuo] Masaaki Suzuki
harpsichord [cembalo continuo] Masato Suzuki
layout, typography [typesetting] Andrew Barnett
layout, typography [typesetting] Compact Design Ltd.
liner notes Klaus Hofmann
liner notes [english translation] Andrew Barnett
liner notes [french translation] Jean-Pascal Vachon
oboe [ii], oboe d'amore [ii] Go Arai
oboe [i], oboe d'amore [i], soloist Masamitsu San-no-miya
oboe [taille] Ayaka Mori
orchestra, chorus Bach Collegium Japan
painting [front cover] Jacob Jordaens
photography by Andrew Redpath
photography by Henry Dombey
photography by Holger Jacoby
photography by Luluka Ota
photography by Marco Borggreve
photography by William Unwin
producer, edited by, mixed by Thore Brinkmann
soprano vocals Hana Blažíková
soprano vocals [chorus] Aki Matsui
soprano vocals [chorus] Eri Sawae
soprano vocals [chorus] Joanne Lunn
soprano vocals [chorus] Minae Fujisaki
soprano vocals [soloist] Joanne Lunn
technician [tuning] Akimi Hayashi
tenor vocals [i, chorus] Katsuhiko Nakashima
tenor vocals [i, chorus] Taiichiro Yasutomi
tenor vocals [ii, chorus] Yusuke Fujii
tenor vocals [ii, chorus] Nicholas Phan
tracks 1 to 15 tenor vocals [soloist] Katsuhiko Nakashima
tenor vocals [soloist] Nicholas Phan
timpani Atsushi Sugahara
trumpet [tromba iii] Hidenori Saito
trumpet [tromba ii] Joël Lahens
trumpet [tromba i] Jean-François Madeuf
viola Akira Harada
viola Hiroshi Narita
violin [ii] Ayaka Yamauchi
violin [ii] Azumi Takada
violin [ii] Yuko Takeshima
violin [i] Natsumi Wakamatsu
violin [i] Yuko Araki
violin [i], concertmaster [leader] Ryo Terakado
violoncello [continuo] Toru Yamamoto
violone [continuo] Takashi Konno
Phonographic Copyright (p) BIS Records AB
Copyright (c) BIS Records AB
Copyright (c) Klaus Hofmann (3)
Recorded At Kobe Shoin Women's University, Japan
Recorded September 2016 at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
℗ & © 2017

Equipment: BIS’s recording teams use microphones from Neumann, DPA and Schoeps, audio electronics from RME,
Lake People and DirectOut, MADI optical cabling technology, monitoring equipment from B&W,
STAX and Sennheiser, and Sequoia and Pyramix digital audio workstations.
Original format: 24-bit / 96 kHz

TT: 80'53
36-page digital booklet with notes in English, German and French, including the original sung text and the English translation.
Released also on SACD with the same catalog number