Compact discs. Oratorio. Libretto by C.F. Henrici. Archiv: 427 648-2 (427 649-2--427 651-2). Program notes by Christoph Wolff in German, with English translation, by Albert Basso in Italian, with French translation, by John Eliot Gardiner in English, with German,French, and Italian translations, and libretto in German, with English, French, and Italian translations (124 p. : ill.) inserted in container. Recorded Apr. 1988, The Maltings, Snape, Aldeburgh, England. Barbara Bonney, Anne Monyoios, soprano ; Anne Sofie von Otter, alto ; Michael Chance, counter-tenor ; Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Evangelist), Howard Crook, tenor ; Andreas Schmidt (Jesus), Olaf Bär, baritone ; Cornelius Hauptmann, bass ; Monteverdi Choir ; London Oratory Junior Choir ; English Baroque Soloists ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor. Sung in German.