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Bach Inventions, Sinfonias, French Suite No 5

Inventions and Sinfonias that earn their place among the finest in the catalogue

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Johann Sebastian Bach

Genre:

Instrumental

Label: ECM New Series

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 0

Mastering:

Stereo
DDD

Catalogue Number: 4766355

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: C Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: C minor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: D Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: D minor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: E flat Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: E Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: E minor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: F Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: F minor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: G Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: G minor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: A Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: A minor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: B flat Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: B minor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: C Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: C minor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: D Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: D minor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: E flat Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: E Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: E minor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: F Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: F minor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: G Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: G minor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: A Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: A minor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: B flat Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: B minor Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
(6) French Suites, Movement: No. 5 in G, BWV816 Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Till Fellner, Piano
While Bach may have conceived his Inventions and Sinfonias as teaching pieces, Till Fellner’s intelligent and characterful pianism consistently embraces the music behind the method book. Varied articulations and well conceived scaling of dynamics imbue the pianist’s natural propensity for generating singing lines with shapely expression. Cogent examples of this include the E major Invention’s subtle off-beat accentuations between the hands, the C major’s unpressured dialogues, the D minor’s incisive vitality, and the F major Sinfonia’s easy bounce and gentle spring. The often protracted D minor Sinfonia retains its melodic poignancy at Fellner’s headlong pace, although his tapered phrasing of the F minor Sinfonia’s theme grows predictable with each repetition.

Purists may also take issue with the tonal haze and mist resulting from Fellner’s liberal pedalling in the E major Sinfonia or, in the G major French Suite, the pianist’s soft-grained Allemande and Loure. However, the Sarabande’s simple eloquence plus the crisply pointed Bourrée and Gigue more than compensate. All told, the Inventions and Sinfonias in Fellner’s hands rank alongside the catalogue’s strongest piano versions (including Gould, Schiff, Koroliov, Hewitt and Peter Serkin), and benefit from ECM’s superior, state-of-the-art engineering.

Bach Inventions, Sinfonias, French Suite No 5

(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: C

(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: C minor

(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: D

(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: D minor

(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: E flat

(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: E

(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: E minor

(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: F

(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: F minor

(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: G

(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: G minor

(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: A

(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: A minor

(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: B flat

(15) 2-Part Inventions, Movement: B minor

(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: C

(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: C minor

(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: D

(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: D minor

(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: E flat

(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: E

(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: E minor

(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: F

(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: F minor

(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: G

(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: G minor

(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: A

(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: A minor

(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: B flat

(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: B minor

(6) French Suites, Movement: No. 5 in G, BWV816

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