Thomas Ragossnig - Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias (2016)

Why a recording of Bach's Inventions and Sinfonias in altered order? The 1723 fair copy of both the Inventions and the Sinfonias has the keys ordered according to the ascending scale (C major / C minor; D major / D minor etc.). There is however no compelling reason to perform them that way; there are musically more meaningful and attractive sequences. Thomas Ragossnig presents one of them on this CD for the first time. He mixes the Inventions and Sinfonias in the same key and performs them in groups of two or four. The result is a musically exciting sequence of Inventions and Sinfonias that gives the listener the opportunity to linger longer in each key, as in a Baroque suite. Thomas Ragossnig zestfully interprets the various musical affections in these miniatures, so that these complex works function as a musically meaningful and stimulating cycle and not only as ""contrapuntal references"".

Tracklist:

1.Thomas Ragossnig - 2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772 (1:16)
2.Thomas Ragossnig - 2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 773 (2:07)
3.Thomas Ragossnig - 3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787–801: Sinfonia No. 1 in C Major, BWV 787 (1:10)
4.Thomas Ragossnig - 3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787–801: Sinfonia No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 788 (2:05)
5.Thomas Ragossnig - 3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787–801: Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (1:14)
6.2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 780 (2:08)
7.3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787–801: Sinfonia No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 795 (3:20)
8.2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779 (1:00)
9.2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 14 in B-Flat Major, BWV 785 (1:31)
10.3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787–801: Sinfonia No. 14 in B-Flat Major, BWV 800 (2:01)
11.2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 5 in E-Flat Major, BWV 776 (1:39)
12.3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787–801: Sinfonia No. 5 in E-Flat Major, BWV 791 (3:13)
13.2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 782 (1:48)
14.3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787–801: Sinfonia No. 10 in G Major, BWV 796 (1:09)
15.3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787–801: Sinfonia No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797 (2:30)
16.2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 10 in G Major, BWV 781 (0:56)
17.2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 3 in D Major, BWV 774 (1:07)
18.3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787–801: Sinfonia No. 3 in D Major, BWV 789 (1:17)
19.2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775 (0:55)
20.3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787–801: Sinfonia No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 790 (1:52)
21.3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787–801: Sinfonia No. 12 in A Major, BWV 798 (1:32)
22.3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787–801: Sinfonia No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 799 (1:53)
23.2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784 (1:06)
24.2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783 (1:22)
25.2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 7 in E Minor, BWV 778 (1:42)
26.3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787–801: Sinfonia No. 6 in E Major, BWV 792 (1:26)
27.3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787–801: Sinfonia No. 7 in E Minor, BWV 793 (2:37)
28.2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 6 in E Major, BWV 777 (3:23)
29.2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 786 (1:13)
30.3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787–801: Sinfonia No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 801 (1:27)