All piano students are familiar with Bach’s two-part Inventions – but virtuosos of the keyboard also keep coming back to these timelessly beautiful but by no means easy works. It is hard to believe what Bach was able to express using only two parts! In his famous preface the composer himself calls the work an “Instruction” which teaches students and keyboard lovers to “treat correctly” several parts, to “achieve a singing style in playing” and to “acquire a strong foretaste of composition”. We are now presenting a new edition of this classic collection, which draws upon all known sources.

Contents

• Invention 1 C major BWV 772
• Invention 1 (Triplets) C major BWV 772a
• Invention 2 c minor BWV 773
• Invention 3 D major BWV 774
• Invention 4 d minor BWV 775
• Invention 5 E flat major BWV 776
• Invention 6 E major BWV 777
• Invention 7 e minor BWV 778
• Invention 8 F major BWV 779
• Invention 9 f minor BWV 780
• Invention 10 G major BWV 781
• Invention 11 g minor BWV 782
• Invention 12 A major BWV 783
• Invention 13 a minor BWV 784
• Invention 14 B flat major BWV 785
• Invention 15 b minor BWV 786