Biographical and program notes in German, with translations in English and French in booklet laid in container. Compact discs. Recorded in Munich between June, 1958 and Apr., 1961 and in Tokyo, May 9, 1969 (Mass). Irmgard Seefried (1st work), Antonia Fahberg (1), Evelyn Lear (2), Gundula Janowitz (3), Maria Stader (4), Ursula Buckel (5), sopranos ; Hertha Töpper (1-2, 4), Christa Ludwig (3), mezzo-sopranos ; Marga Höffgen, alto (5) ; Ernst Haefliger (1-2, 4-5), Fritz Wunderlich (3), tenors ; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1), Hermann Prey (2), baritones ; Franz Crass, bass-baritone (3) ; Kieth Engen (1-2), Max Proebstl (1), Ernst-Gerold Schramm (5), basses ; Münchener Bach-Chor ; Münchener Bach-Orchester ; Karl Richter, conductor. Sung in German and Latin.