Goldberg Variations

:For the novel by Nancy Huston, see The Goldberg Variations (novel).

Recordings

Ordered by date

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• Wanda Landowska - November 1933 Paris - EMI 5 67200 - ADD - harpsichord
• Glenn Gould - June 21 1954 - CBC - mono - piano
• Glenn Gould - June 10 1955 and later on, New York - Sony Classical 52 594 - ADD - piano
• 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. - No repeats
• 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
• Wilhelm Kempff - July 1969 Deutsche Grammophon 439 978-2 - ADD - piano
• Charles Rosen - July 1969 Sony SBK 48173 - ADD - piano
• Gustav Leonhardt - 1978 Deutsche Harmonia Mundi GD77149 - ADD - harpsichord
• Trevor Pinnock - 1980 Archiv Produktion 415 130-2 - ADD - harpsichord
• Glenn Gould - April/May 1981 New York Sony Classical 52619 - DDD - piano
• One of Gould's very few re-recorded pieces, this time a more classical, dignified and sober rendition
• András Schiff - Decca 1983 - 417 116-2 (1 CD) - All repeats
• Chen Pi-hsien - October 1985 at Festeburgkirche, Frankfürt Naxos 8.550078 - DDD - piano
• Maria Tipo - 26-28 June 1986 Paris EMI HMV 5 86666 - DDD - piano
• Keith Jarrett - January 1989 ECM Records 839 622-2 - DDD - harpsichord
• 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
• Pierre Hantai - June 1992 - Opus 111 (OPS 30-84) - DDD - harpsichord
• 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
• Peter Serkin - June 1-3, 1994 Manhattan BMG Classics 09026 68188 2 - DDD - piano
• 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 BWV1087 - harpsichord
• Jill Crossland - 2003 Apex (Warner Classics) 0927 49979 2 - DDD - piano
• Jen? Jandó - 2005 Naxos 8.557268 - DDD - piano