Exactly 300 years after Bach completed his unique cosmos of the Sei Solo á Violino senza Basso accompagnato, Kolja Lessing is presenting a collection, rich in discovery, of also 6 solo violin works inspired by Bach. The anthology In the Spirit of Bach opens with the Suite in G minor op. 43 by Ferdinand David – an epochal contribution to the Bach renaissance in the immediate vicinity of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Robert Schumann.

The other 5 works are all in first editions documenti...