Editor: Ullrich Scheideler Fingering: Michael Schneidt Bach’s Inventions and Sinfonias are rightly considered as indispensable to every pianist. In his famous preface to the collection, Bach himself called it an “Instruction” which teaches students and keyboard lovers to “treat correctly” both two and three voices, to “achieve a singing style in playing” and to “acquire a strong foretaste of composition”. To this end, Bach created timelessly beautiful music which has lost nothing of its relevance to us nearly 300 years after its creation. We are now presenting a new edition of this classic collection, which draws upon all known sources and offers the best in “instruction”, especially with respect to the transmitted embellishment variants. The new Bach – ideal for pianists of every age! 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 Sinfonia 1 C major BWV 787 Sinfonia 2 c minor BWV 788 Sinfonia 3 D major BWV 789 Sinfonia 4 d minor BWV 790 Sinfonia 5 E flat major BWV 791 Sinfonia 5 (ornamented) E flat major BWV 791a Sinfonia 6 E major BWV 792 Sinfonia 7 e minor BWV 793 Sinfonia 8 F major BWV 794 Sinfonia 9 f minor BWV 795 Sinfonia 10 G major BWV 796 Sinfonia 11 g minor BWV 797 Sinfonia 12 A major BWV 798 Sinfonia 13 a minor BWV 799 Sinfonia 14 B flat major BWV 800 Sinfonia 15 b minor BWV 801 Appendix: Ornamented versions (Sinfonias 4, 7, 9, 11, 13)