[.ca] Inventions & Sinfonias

Straightforward playing:
Janos Sebestyen plays these study pieces clearly, crisply, and cleanly. The tempi are nicely set, and his delicate use of rhythms sounds as though he is playing on the harpsichord. Included on this album are a few selections from the notebook Bach made for his second wife Anna Magdalena, including that perennially charming Minuet in G, Anh. 114.

Fresh, but fails to move:
Janos has an effortless way of playing, although he misses out on the more deliacte nuances found in other recordings. More interesting recordings are Glenn Gould (intoxicating) or Andras Schiff (featherlight and bouncy).

• Inventions: No. 1 In C Major, BWV 772
• Inventions: No. 2 In C Minor, BWV 773
• Inventions: No. 3 In D Major, BWV 774
• Inventions: No. 4 In D Minor, BWV 775
• Inventions: No. 5 In E Flat Major, BWV 776
• Inventions: No. 6 In E Major, BWV 777
• Inventions: No. 7 In E Minor, BWV 778
• Inventions: No. 8 In F Major, BWV 779
• Inventions: No. 9 In F Minor, BWV 780
• Inventions: No. 10 In G Major, BWV 781
• Inventions: No. 11 In G Minor, BWV 782
• Inventions: No. 12 In A Major, BWV 783
• Inventions: No. 13 In A Minor, BWV 784
• Inventions: No. 14 In B Flat Major, BWV 785
• Inventions: No. 15 In B Minor, BWV 786
• Sinfonias: No. 15 In B Minor, BWV 786
• Sinfonias: No. 2 In C Minor, BWV 788
• Sinfonias: No. 3 In D Major, BWV 789
• Sinfonias: No. 4 In D Minor, BWV 791
• Sinfonias: No. 5 In E Flat Major, BWV 791
• Sinfonias: No. 5 In E Flat Major, BWV 791
• Sinfonias: No. 7 In E Minor, BWV 793
• Sinfonias: No. 8 In F Major, BWV 794
• Sinfonias: No. 9 In F Minor, BWV 795
• Sinfonias: No. In G Major, BWV 796
• Sinfonias: No. 11 In G Minor, BWV 797
• Sinfonias: No. 12 In A Major, BWV 798
• Sinfonias: No. 13 In A Minor, BWV 799
• Sinfonias: No. 14 In B Flat Major, BWV 800
• Sinfonias: No. 15 In B Minor, BWV 801
• Fragments Of Anna Magdalena's Notebook: Minuet In G Major, BWV Anh. 114
• Fragments Of Anna Magdalena's Notebook: Minuet In G Minor, BWV Anh. 115
• Fragments Of Anna Magdalena's Notebook: Minuet In G Major, BWV Anh. 116
• Fragments Of Anna Magdalena's Notebook: Polonaise In G Minor, BWV Anh. 119
• Fragments Of Anna Magdalena's Notebook: March In D Major, BWV Anh. 122
• Fragments Of Anna Magdalena's Notebook: Polonaise In G Minor, BWV Anh. 125
• Fragments Of Anna Magdalena's Notebook: Musette In D Major, BWV Anh. 126
• Fragments Of Anna Magdalena's Notebook: Minuet In D Minor, BWV Anh. 132