This documentary film on Bach takes a close look at his life, the places where he worked, his works and the techniques he used when composing as well as the political and cultural life during the composer's time. Recorded at original places, such as Leipzig, Kötchen, Arnstadt and Mühlhausen, this unique film will give a detailed account of the crucial developments in Bach's life as well as of his many compositions. CD1: Total time: 67'51 Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 - Jesu Meine Freude, from Cantata No. 147 - Toccata & Fuga in D minor - Orchestral Suite No. 5 in D - Motet Lobet den Herrn - Italian Concerto in F major - Schlummert Ein, bass aria. - Artists: Consort of London , Robert Haydon, Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink, Hans Fagius, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Michel Corboz, Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord, Bas Ramselaar, bass, Netherlands Bach Collegium, P Jan Leusink CD2: Violin Concerto in E major - Siciliano, from Flute Sonata in E flat - Matthäus Passion: Openings Chorus - Concerto for Oboe d'Amore in A major - Eine Feste Burg ist unserGott, chorus - Partita for violin solo in E major: Prelude - Matthäus Passion: Soprano aria - Badinerie, from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor - Bourrée, from Lute Suite in E minor - Bist Du bei Mir, - English Suite in E minor, Prelude - Concerto for 2 violins & orchestra in D minor, Largo - Artists: Emmy Verhey, violin; Camerata Antonio Lucio, Stephen Preston, flute, Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord, The Choir of King's College Cambridge, Brandenburg Consort, /Rob Visser, oboe d'amore, Amsterdam Bach Soloists, Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, PJ Leusink, Mark Lubotsky , violin, Emma Kirkby, soprano; Brandenburg Consort, S. Cleobury, Consort of London , Robert Haydon Clark, Jacob Lindberg, lute, Johannette Zomer, soprano, Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord, Bob van Asperen, harpsichord, Darius Polach, K. Drzyzgula, violin, Lodz Chamber Orchestra