Tracklist
In print
First pressed 1979, still pressed 1980 — 6 pressings across 5 countries.
Credits
Elias Gottlob Haussmann
Artwork · cover [back cover, bach portrait inspired by]
Francesco Zuccarelli
Artwork · cover [the adoration of the shepherds]
Johann Kuhnau
Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer
Simon Preston
Conductor
John Dunkerley
Engineer
Anthony Pleeth
Instrument · cello
Barry Guy
Instrument · double bass
Catherine Mackintosh
Instrument · violin
Christopher Hirons
Instrument · violin
Christopher Hogwood
Instrument · organ [chamber]
Clare Shanks
Instrument · oboe
Eleanor Sloan
Instrument · violin
Elizabeth Wilcock
Instrument · violin
Iaan Wilson
Instrument · trumpet
Jan Schlapp
Instrument · viola
Jeremy Ward
Instrument · bassoon
Julie Miller (2)
Instrument · violin
June Baines
Instrument · violin
Katherine Hart
Instrument · viola
Kay Usher
Instrument · violin
Michael Laird
Instrument · trumpet
Miles Golding
Instrument · violin
Monica Huggett
Instrument · violin
Richard Webb
Instrument · cello
Roy Goodman
Instrument · violin
Simon Standage
Instrument · violin
Stanley King (2)
Instrument · oboe
Susan Carpenter-Jacobs
Instrument · violin
Trevor Jones
Instrument · viola
Adrian P. Powers
Liner Notes
Stephen Daw
Liner Notes
Guy Flechter
Mastering
Academy of Ancient Music
Performing Orchestra
Peter Wadland
Producer
Raymond Ware
Producer · executive-producer
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
Vocal · choir
David Thomas
Vocal · bass vocals
Emma Kirkby
Vocal · soprano vocals
Judith Nelson
Vocal · soprano vocals
Paul Elliott
Vocal · tenor vocals