Bach - Inventions et sinfonias for piano (Ed. Wiener)

Inventions and sinfonias (2 and 3 part inventions) BWV 772-801 by Jean-Sébastien Bach for piano

Edited from the sources and provided with notes on interpretation by Ulrich Leisinger
Fingering by Oswald Jonas

The Inventions and Sinfonias BWV 772–801, also known as the Two- and Three-Part Inventions, are a collection of thirty short keyboard compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): 15 inventions, which are 2-part contrapuntal pieces, and 15 sinfonias, which are 3-part contrapuntal pieces. They were originally written as musical exercises for his students.

Titles :

Inventions - Two part inventions

• Inventio 1 BWV 772 (earlier version)
• Inventio 1 BWV 772a (later version)
• Inventio 2 BWV 773
• Inventio 3 BWV 774
• Inventio 4 BWV 775
• Inventio 5 BWV 776
• Inventio 6 BWV 777
• Inventio 7 BWV 778
• Inventio 8 BWV 779
• Inventio 9 BWV 780
• Inventio 10 BWV 781
• Inventio 11 BWV 782
• Inventio 12 BWV 783
• Inventio 13 BWV 784
• Inventio 14 BWV 785
• Inventio 15 BWV 786

Sinfonies - Three part inventions

• Sinfonia 1 BWV 787
• Sinfonia 2 BWV 788
• Sinfonia 3 BWV 789
• Sinfonia 4 BWV 790
• Sinfonia 5 BWV 791
• Sinfonia 6 BWV 792
• Sinfonia 7 BWV 793
• Sinfonia 8 BWV 794
• Sinfonia 9 BWV 795
• Sinfonia 10 BWV 796
• Sinfonia 11 BWV 797
• Sinfonia 12 BWV 798
• Sinfonia 13 BWV 799
• Sinfonia 14 BWV 800
• Sinfonia 15 BWV 801

Appendice - Embellished versions

• Inventio 7 BWV 778
• Sinfonia 3 BWV 789
• Sinfonia 4 BWV 790
• Sinfonia 7 BWV 793
• Sinfonia 9 BWV 795
• Sinfonia 11 BWV 797
• Sinfonia 13 BWV 799