LIST OF RECORDINGS OF THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS

This is a partial list of recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations.
Listed by date

★ Wanda Landowska - November 1933 Paris - EMI 5 67200 - ADD - ''harpsichord''

★ Claudio Arrau - January-March 1942 - RCA CD GD 87841 - ''piano''

★ Wanda Landowska - 1945 - New York City - RCA - ''harpsichord''

★ Glenn Gould - June 21 1954 Toronto, from CBC broadcast - mono - ''piano''

★ Glenn Gould - June 10 1955 New York - Sony Classical 52 594 - ADD - ''piano''

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★ One of the best-known and most highly regarded, performed on the piano by Gould as his eye-opening debut recording; Gould later came to criticize his early off-beat and lyrical interpretation, expressing reservations about its pianistic affectation, overt emotionalism, and lack of temporal unity.

★ Rosalyn Tureck - 1957 - HMV / Capitol London - Abbey Road Studios - 2 CD Philips "Great pianists of the century" - ''piano''

★ Glenn Gould - 1959 live at Salzburg Festival - Sony Classical 52685 - ADD - ''piano''

★ Ralph Kirkpatrick - 1959 Deutsche Grammophon 439 673-2 - ADD - ''harpsichord''

★ Helmut Walcha - June 1960-March 1961 - Hamburg - EMI 4 89166 - ADD - ''harpsichord''

★ Maria Yudina - January 1968 - Moscow - Philips 456 994-2 "Great pianists of the century" - ''piano''

★ Wilhelm Kempff - July 1969 Deutsche Grammophon 439 978-2 - ADD - ''piano''

★ Charles Rosen - July 1969 Sony SBK 48173 - ADD - ''piano''

★ Marga Scheurich - 1977 LP Saphir Intercord INT 120.886 - ''harpsichord''

★ Gustav Leonhardt - 1978 Deutsche Harmonia Mundi GD77149 - ADD - ''harpsichord''

★ Trevor Pinnock - 1980 Archiv Produktion 415 130-2 - ADD - ''harpsichord''

★ Alexis Weissenberg - 1981 EMI 5 74952 2 - ''piano''

★ Glenn Gould - April/May 1981 New York - originally CBS Masterworks MK 37779, now Sony Classical 52619 - DDD - ''piano''

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★ One of Gould's very few re-recorded pieces, this time a more classical, dignified and sober rendition, won two 1983 Grammy Awards for "best instrumental soloist performance (without orchestra)" and "best classical album"

★ Grigory Sokolov - 27 February 1982, Leningrad (live) - Melodiya - ''piano''

★ András Schiff - Decca 1983 - 417 116-2 (1 CD) - All repeats

★ Chen Pi-hsien - October 1985 at Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt Naxos 8.550078 - DDD - ''piano''

★ Kenneth Gilbert - April 1986 - 1 CD Harmonia Mundi - Mas de Vert, Arles - ''harpsichord''

★ Maria Tipo - 26-28 June 1986 Paris EMI HMV 5 86666 - DDD - ''piano''

★ Jean Guillou - November 1987 Eglise Notre-Dame des Neiges, Alpe d'Huez, France Dorian 90110 - ''organ''

★ Ton Koopman - 1988 ERATO 45326-2 - DDD - ''harpsichord''

★ Rosalyn Tureck - 1979 or 1984 - DG - Most probably Hamburg - Reissue 1988 1 CD VAI Audio - Piano

★ Keith Jarrett - January 1989 ECM Records 839 622-2 - DDD - ''harpsichord''

★ Christiane Jaccottet - 1991 Pilz 160127 - ''harpsichord'' - ''no repeats'' ^[1]

★ Virginia Black - Collins 1991 - 70032-2 (2 CDs) - All repeats

★ Maggie Cole - 1991 Virgin 5 61555 (2 CD) - DDD - ''clavicembalo''

★ Vladimir Feltsman - October 26 1991 live at the Moscow Conservatory - Musical Heritage Society 513260T - DDD - ''piano'' - All repeats

★ Tatiana Nikolayeva - January 23 1992 - Hyperion Records CDA66589

★ Pierre Hantaï - June 1992 - Opus 111 OPS 30-84 - DDD - ''harpsichord''

★ Bruno Canino - Lugano, January 16-17 1993 - Ermitage ERM 412-2 - DDD - ''piano''

★ Andrei Gavrilov - 1993 Deutsche Grammophon 435 436-2 - DDD - ''piano''

★ New European Strings Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra) - October 1993 Hamburg, transcription by Dmitry Sitkovetsky - Nonesuch - ''orchestra''

★ Eleonore Bühler-Kestler - October 1993, Bayreuth - CHARADE; CHA 3012 - DDD - ''harpsichord''

★ Peter Serkin - June 1-3, 1994 Manhattan BMG Classics 09026 68188 2 - DDD - ''piano''

★ Konstantin Lifschitz - June 10-13 1994 Denon Records - #78961 - DDD - ''piano'' (Lifschitz was 17 at time of recording.)

★ Christophe Rousset - September 27-29, 1994 originally L'Oiseau-Lyre, now Decca 475 7080 - DDD - ''harpsichord'' - ''All repeats''

★ Sergey Schepkin - January 15, 1995, Ongaku Records 024-107 - DDD - ''piano'' - ''All repeats''

★ Masaaki Suzuki - February, June and July 1997 BIS BIS-CD-310819 - DDD - ''harpsichord'' - ''All repeats''

★ Rosalyn Tureck - 1998 - 2 CD DG - Hamburg - Piano

★ Rosalyn Tureck - 1999 - (1) Polygram Records - #459599; also (2) Video Arts Int'l (VAI) - #1029^[2]

★ Pieter-Jan Belder - 20 April, 8/9 July 1999 - Brilliant Classics 92284 - DDD - ''harpsichord''

★ Angela Hewitt - 28 August - 1 September 1999, Henry Wood Hall, London, Hyperion Records CDA 67305 - ''piano''

★ Les Violons du Roy - Transcription for string orchestra - September 1999 - 1 CD Dorian - Saint-Irénée, Québec, Canada

★ Amati String Trio - December 1999 Middelburg Synagogue, The Netherlands Columns Classics 99564 - DDD - ''string''

★ Murray Perahia - July 2000 Sony Classical SK/SM 89243 - DDD - ''piano''

★ Celine Frisch - 2001 Alpha 14 (2 CDs) - with BWV 1087 - ''harpsichord''

★ Wolfgang Dimetrik - 2001 amphion records 20126 - DDD - ''accordion''

★ Jill Crossland - 2003 Apex (Warner Classics) 0927 49979 2 - DDD - ''piano''

★ Pierre Hantaï - 2003 - Mirare MIR 9945 - DDD - ''harpsichord''

★ Martin Stadtfeld - March 2004 - Sony BMG SK93101 - DDD - ''piano''

★ Mika Väyrynen - 2004 - ALBA - ABCD 191 - ''accordion''

★ Jenő Jandó - 2005 Naxos 8.557268 - DDD - ''piano''

★ Richard Egarr - 8-11 March 2005 Harmonia Mundi HMU 907425.26 - with BWV 1087 - DDD - ''harpsichord''

★ Pius Cheung - 2006 - MPC - ''marimba''

★ Simone Dinnerstein - 2007 (released in 2007, recorded in 2005).
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Without recording date - To be inserted in the first list

★ Joerg Demus - mid 1950's - Westminster WL 5241 - ''piano''

★ Ito Ema - MA Recordings M024A

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★ Billed as the premier audiophile recording of the Variations, recorded with handmade microphones and independent circuitry for simultaneous digital and analog recordings.

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Footnotes

Footnotes

1. http://www.jsbach.org/jaccottetgoldbergvariations.html
2. http://www.jsbach.org/goldbergrosalyn.html