MKV (matroska video) files often come with multiple audio and subtitle tracks. Not all video players allow to select which audio and subtitle track you want to play.
Free
Media Player Classic - Home Cinema is my favourite video player and it does allow to switch audio and subtitle tracks in .mkv files.
You can download Media Player Classic from the official
website.
It's also included in one of the most popular
K-Lite codec pack.
You may have some problem finding where to change tracks as this option is not placed in the most logical place.
You would expect it to be in
Play > Audio, but actually you need to go to
Play > Filters > ffdshow Video Decoder
Another useful tool working with .mkv files is
MKVToolNix. It's an open source, multi-platform set of tools to create, alter and inspect Matroska files. You can, for example, easily remove unwanted tracks from the file or change which audio track will be default.