Inventions & Sinfonias, BWV 772-801

"A faithful Guide, whereby admirers of the harpsichord are shown a plain Method of learning not only to play clean in two Parts, but likewise in further Progress to manage three obbligato Parts well and correctly, and at the same time not merely how to get good Inventions, but also how to develop the same well; but above all, to obtain a cantabile Style of playing, and together with this to get a strong Foretaste of Composition."

The inventions were composed in Cöthen; the sinfonias, on the other hand, were probably not finished until the beginning of the Leipzig period.

► INVENTIONS

01. Inventio I in C, BWV 772

02. Inventio II in c, BWV 773

03. Inventio III in D, BWV 774

04. Inventio IV in d, BWV 775

05. Inventio V in Eb, BWV 776

06. Inventio VI in E, BWV 777

07. Inventio VII in e, BWV 778

08. Inventio VIII in F, BWV 779

09. Inventio IX in f, BWV 780

10. Inventio X in G, BWV 781

11. Inventio XI in g, BWV 782

12. Inventio XII in A, BWV 783

13. Inventio XIII in a, BWV 784

14. Inventio XIV in Bb, BWV 785

15. Inventio XV in b, BWV 786

► SINFONIAS

01. Sinfonia I in C, BWV 787

02. Sinfonia II in c, BWV 788

03. Sinfonia III in D, BWV 789

04. Sinfonia IV in d, BWV 790

05. Sinfonia V in Eb, BWV 791

06. Sinfonia VI in E, BWV 792

07. Sinfonia VII in e, BWV 793

08. Sinfonia VIII in F, BWV 794

09. Sinfonia IX in f, BWV 795

10. Sinfonia X in G, BWV 796

11. Sinfonia XI in g, BWV 797

12. Sinfonia XII in A, BWV 798

13. Sinfonia XIII in a, BWV 799

14. Sinfonia XIV in Bb, BWV 800

15. Sinfonia XV in b, BWV 801