Dan Tepfer – Inventions / Reinventions (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

On his new album Inventions / Reinventions, pianist-composer Dan Tepfer performs each of Bach’s beloved 15 Two Part Inventions interleaved in chromatic sequence by 9 of his own free improvisations in the “missing” keys to create a new full, and fully transporting 24-key experience, a 55-minute mix of the timeless and the contemporary. 300 years ago in 1723, Johann Sebastian Bach initially composed his Two Part Inventions as keyboard exercises for his eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. While remaining essential studies for burgeoning musicians, these pieces have also long been cherished by generations of music lovers, and recorded by iconic pianists. Tepfer captured Inventions / Reinventions in nighttime recording sessions that he engineered himself in an intimate salon next door to the Paris apartment where he grew up. His improvisations explore the narrative structure Tepfer divined in Bach’s inventions, where the hero, a musical idea, starts off in the home key, goes through wild harmonic adventures through foreign keys, and finally makes it back home.

Tracklist:
1-1. Dan Tepfer – Invention in C Major, BWV 772 (01:25)
1-2. Dan Tepfer – Invention in C minor, BWV 773 (02:03)
1-3. Dan Tepfer – Improvised Invention in Db Major (03:42)
1-4. Dan Tepfer – Improvised Invention in Db minor (03:18)
1-5. Dan Tepfer – Invention in D Major, BWV 774 (01:12)
1-6. Dan Tepfer – Invention in D minor, BWV 775 (00:53)
1-7. Dan Tepfer – Invention in Eb Major, BWV 776 (01:28)
1-8. Dan Tepfer – Improvised Invention in Eb minor (04:37)
1-9. Dan Tepfer – Invention in E Major, BWV 777 (02:26)
1-10. Dan Tepfer – Invention in E minor, BWV 778 (01:17)
1-11. Dan Tepfer – Invention in F Major, BWV 779 (00:52)
1-12. Dan Tepfer – Invention in F minor, BWV 780 (02:33)
1-13. Dan Tepfer – Improvised Invention in Gb Major (03:31)
1-14. Dan Tepfer – Improvised Invention in Gb minor (04:19)
1-15. Dan Tepfer – Invention in G Major, BWV 781 (00:45)
1-16. Dan Tepfer – Invention in G minor, BWV 782 (01:07)
1-17. Dan Tepfer – Improvised Invention in Ab Major (05:00)
1-18. Dan Tepfer – Improvised Invention in Ab minor (03:09)
1-19. Dan Tepfer – Invention in A Major, BWV 783 (01:16)
1-20. Dan Tepfer – Invention in A minor, BWV 784 (00:52)
1-21. Dan Tepfer – Invention in Bb Major, BWV 785 (01:31)
1-22. Dan Tepfer – Improvised Invention in Bb minor (03:30)
1-23. Dan Tepfer – Improvised Invention in B Major (02:53)
1-24. Dan Tepfer – Invention in B minor, BWV 786 (01:55)