Two-Part Inventions BWV 772-786
Three-Part Inventions BWV 787-801
Discography - Part 6

Complete Recordings 1990-1999

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1

Bach: Complete Works for Harpsichord, Vol. 11: Toccatas Nos. 17; Inventions Nos. 1-5 [DC-11]

Inventions Nos 1-5, BWV BWV 772-776 []

Christiane Jaccottet (Harpsichord)

Digital Concerto 711

1990

CD / TT

2^nd recording of I&S BWV 772-776 by C. Jacottet.

2

Bach: Complete Works For Harpsichord, Vol. 12: Inventions Nos. 6-15; Sinfonias Nos. 1-15; Preludes [DC-12]

Two-Part Inventions Nos 6-15, BWV 777-786 [20:51]
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 []

Christiane Jaccottet (Harpsichord)

Digital Concerto 712

1990

CD / TT: 69:46

2^nd recording of I&S BWV 777-786 by C. Jacottet.
Review: Bach’s Inventions/Sinfonias from Christiane Jaccottet
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3

J. S. Bach: 15 dvouhlasých invencí a 15 tříhlasých sinfonií [K-1]

A) Two-Part Inventions:
1-15. Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786
B) Three-Part Sinfonias:
16-30. Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801

Josef Rafaja (Piano) [Petrof model IV, 1939]

Private label
YouTube

Early 1990's ?

CD / TT:
Audio / TT: 46:41

Recorded in Holešov, Czech Republic. Dedicated to all pianists who are interested in the right way to play Bach ornaments.
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4

J.S. Bach: The Six French Suites BWV 812-817 [K-2]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [24:16]

Joseph Payne (Harpsichord)

BIS
Brilliant Classics

Mar 1992

2-CD / TT: 133:04
2-CD / TT: 93:03

Recorded at Forde Estate, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 1^st recording of Two-Part Inventions BWV 772-786 by J. Payne. The Brillant Classics includes only the French Suites.
Review: Payne’s French suites in the Brilliant Classics box
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5

J.S. Bach: Inventions, Sinfonias, Preludes [K-1]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 []
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 [25:23]

Kathleen McIntosh (Harpsichord)

Gasparo Records

May 1992

CD / TT: 62:08

Recorded at Ponytracks Farm, Portola Valley, CA, USA.
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6

J.S. Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias (Complete) [K-13]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [20:15]
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 [26:41]

János Sebestyén (Piano)

Naxos

Jul 1992

CD / TT: 57:31

Recorded at the Unitarian Church in Budapest, Hungary.
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7

Bach With Pluck! Vol. II [K-1]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [38:34]
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 [27:37]
Arranged for guitar & harpsichord by Elaine Comparone

Dusan Bogdanovic (Guitar); Elaine Comparone (Harpsichord)

Ess.a.y

Aug 1993

CD / TT: 66:11

Recorded at St. Georges's Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Church, Methuen, Massachusetts, USA.
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8

J.S. Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias (Complete) [K-8]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [30:23]
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 [35:31]

Wolfgang Rübsam (Piano)

Naxos

Oct-Nov 1993

CD / TT: 66:06

Recorded at Orum Hall, Valparaiso, Indiana, USA.
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9

Max Reger - J.S. Bach: Complete Organ Arragements [T-2]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 []
All arranged for organ by Max Reger

Rosalinde Haas (Organ) [Albiez-Organ Frankfurt-Niederrad]

MDG 315 0484

1993

2-CD / TT:

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10

Bach: Fantasia in C minor, Two-Part Inventions, Three-Part Inventions, Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue [K-2]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [20:21]
hree-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 [25:48]

Angela Hewitt (Piano)

Hyperion

Jan 1994

CD / TT: 63:09

Recorded at Beethovensaal, Hannover, Germany.
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11

J.S. Bach: Two-Part Inventions [K-2]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 []

Diane Hidy (Piano)

Academy Records

1994

CD / TT: 35:00

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12

J.S. Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias [K-2]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 []
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 []

Miklós Spányi (Clavichord)

Secremat

1994

CD / TT:

Recorded in Tollembeek.

13

Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias [K-5]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [26:00]
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 [32:28]

Peter Serkin (Piano)

RCA Victor Red Seal 09026-68594-2
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Jun 3-6, 1995

CD / TT: 70:49
MP3 / TT: 68:28

Recorded at Manhattan Center Studios, New York City, New York, USA.
Producers: Philip Traugott & Peter Serkin Recording Engineer: Kevin Boutote; Editing Engineer: Steven Deur.
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14

Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias; Prelude, Fugue & Allegro [K-2]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 []
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 []

Dom André Laberge (Harpsichord) [William Dowd]

Analekta/Fleur de Lys

Apr 1996

CD / TT: 65:46

Recorded at Abbaye Benedictine de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, Québec, Canada.
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15

Bach: Inventionen & Sinfonien [K-7]
Blandine Verlet Plays Bach [Box Set] [B-1]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [23:08]
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15) BWV 787-801 [26:35]

Blandine Verlet (Harpsichord) [French/Flemish Harpsichord c1690]

Astrée

Sep 1996

CD / TT: 67:37

Recorded at Musée Unterlinden de Colmar, France.
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16

J.S. Bach: Inventionen und Sinfonien [K-4]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 []
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 []

Leonora Milà (Piano)

Limit RTAC-012

1996

CD / TT:

17

J.S. Bach: Inventions, Sinfonias, Duets [K-1]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 []
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 []

Jaroslav Tůma (Clavichord) [Johann Christoph Georg Schiedmayer, 1789]

Arta Classics

1996

CD / TT: 71:06

Recorded at the Rostejn Castle.
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18

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations [K-1]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [26:23]

Michal Mašek (Piano)

Lotos

Aug 1997

CD / TT: 64:36

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19

J.S. Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias [K-1]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 []
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 []

Walter Heinz Bernstein (Clavichord) [Renate Ammer, Wiederitzsch, 1985, after G. Silbermann?],

W.H. Bernstein (Private recording ?)

1997 [P 1999]

CD / TT:

Recorded at Musikinstrumenten-museum Markneukirchen.

20

Bach: Complete Organ and Other Keyboard Works, Vol. 14
Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias; Fugue sur un thème d’Albinoni [R-14]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [26:50]
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 [33:13]

Bernard Lagacé (Organ) [1961 Beckerath]

Analekta/Fleurs de Lys

May 1998

CD / TT: 70:25

Recorded at Immaculate Conception Church, Montréal, Canada.
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21

J.S. Bach: Complete Inventions, Sinfonias and Duets [K-5]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [22:29]
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 [29:40]

Mario Videla (Harpsichord)

Testigo TT-10105

Jul 12, 1998

CD / TT: 65:02

Recorded at the Church of Santa Felicitas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

22

Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias [K-4]

Two-Part Inventions (15) BWV 772-786 [25:44]
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15) BWV 787-801 [31:16]

Masaaki Suzuki (Harpsichord)

BIS

Jul 1998

CD / TT: 57:00

Recorded at Kobe Shoin Women's University, Japan.
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23

J.S. Bach: Inventionen und Sinfonien & C.P.E. Bach: Sonate d-Moll (Wq 57-4) [K-1]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 []
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 []

Yasuhiro Yamada (Clavichord) [Eckehart Merzdorf, Remchingen, 1997, after J.H. Silbermann, MIM Berlin]

BAGK-1012

Nov 8, 1998

CD / TT:

Recorded live.

24

Bach: Clavier Book for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach [K-3]

Two-Part Inventions (15) BWV 772-786 [1:30, 2:21, 1:43, 1:17, 1:59, 3:57, 1:44, 1:07, 1:48, 1:11, 1:38, 1:37, 1:22, 1:29, 1:34]
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15) BWV 787-801 [1:20, 2:30, 1:29, 1:45, 1:14, 1:33, 1:45, 1:20, 2:55, 1:33, 1:27, 1:41, 1:34, 2:04, 1:33]

Joseph Payne (Harpsichord [3-Part], Clavichord [2-Part])

Hänssler

Feb-Mar 1999

2-CD / TT: 125:58

Recorded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. 2^nd recording of Two-Part Inventions BWV 772-786 by J. Payne.
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25

Bach: Inventionen & Sinfonien BWV 772-801 / Bach-Busoni: Chaconne BWV 1004 [K-1]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [23:43]
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 [26:50]

Vardan Mamikonian (Piano)

Orfeo

Feb, Sep 1999

CD / TT: 65:10

Recorded at Recording Studio of Ulrich Kraus, Wörthsee, Germany.
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26

Lessons with Bach: Complete Inventions · Complete Sinfonias · Little Preludes [K-8]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [24:17]
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 [30:12]

Bob van Asperen (Harpsichord)

Aeolus

Sep 1999

CD / TT: 77:49

Recorded at Doopsgezindekerk, Haarlem, Holland.
Review: Bach's Inventions and Sinfonias
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27

Bach: Six Partitas; Two-Part Inventions [K-4]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [23:27]

Vladimir Feltsman (Piano)

Camerata Tokyo / Urtext
=

Sep 8-11, 1999

2-CD / TT: 143:50
MP3 / TT: 143:53

Recorded at Bolshoi Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Moscow, Russia.
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28

Bach: Inventionen & Sinfonias [K-7]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 []
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 []

Pieter-Jan Belder (Harpsichord)

Brilliant Classics

Nov 1999

CD / TT: 69:23

Recorded at Maria Minor, Utrecht, Holland. 
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29

Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias [K-4]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 []
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 []

Evgeni Koroliov (Piano)

Hänssler

Dec 1999

CD / TT: 54:07

Recorded at HR-Sendesaal, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Review: Bach’s Two and Three Part Inventions from Koroliov
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30

J.S. Bach: Inventionen & Sinfonien [K-1]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 []
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 []

Alena Cherny (Piano)

Valve-Hearts VH 1999

1999

CD / TT:

1^st recording of I&S BWV 772-801 by A. Cherny.
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31

Tasteninstrumente Johann Sebastian Bachs [K-4]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 []
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 []

Christine Schornsheim (Organ)

Querstand

1999

CD / TT: 71:12

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32

J.S. Bach: Inventions, Preludes, Symphonies (Bach Complete Vol. 4) [K-4]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 []
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 []

Ivo Janssen (Piano)

Void (CODAEX)

2000

CD / TT: 70:43

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33

J.S. Bach: Inventions, Sinfonias, Little Preludes (Bach on Clavichord Vol. 3) [K-3]

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [21:42]
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 [23:51]

Richard Troeger (Clavichord)

Lyrichord

2000

CD / TT: 67:48

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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (March 2006 - October 2020)
Thanks to contributors: Teddy Kaufman (January 2007)

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