Goldberg Variations discography

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This is a list of commercial or professional recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations , organized chronologically. The list is sortable by clicking on the small arrows at the top of each column.

ArtistDatePlaceRecordingInstrument and repeats
Serkin, Rudolf circa 1928 Stuttgart Welte piano rollspiano
Landowska, Wanda November 1933 Paris EMI 5 6720 ADDharpsichord
Arrau, Claudio January–March 1942RCA CD GD 87841piano
Landowska, Wanda 1945New York CityRCAharpsichord
Tureck, Rosalyn 1947mono Allegro / Everestpiano
Kirkpatrick, Ralph 1952mono Haydn Societyharpsichord
Leonhardt, Gustav 1953 Vienna stereo Vanguard (the first of three recordings by this artist)harpsichord
Demus, Jörg June 1953 Austria Nixa WLP 5241, monopiano, 49 minutes
Ahlgrimm, Isolde January 1954 Vienna Philips, monoAmmer harpsichord
Gould, Glenn June 21, 1954 Toronto from CBC broadcast, monopiano, no repeats.
Gould, Glenn June 10, 1955 New York City Sony Classical 52 594 ADD; Goldberg Variations piano (Steinway D-274), no repeats.
Richter, Karl January 1956Telefunkenharpsichord
Friskin, James March 28, 1956Masonic Temple, Brooklyn, New YorkBach Guild / Vanguardharpsichord
Tureck, Rosalyn 1957London, Abbey Road StudiosHMV / Capitol, 2 CD Philips "Great pianists of the century"piano
Gould, Glenn 1959live at Salzburg Festival Sony Classical 52685 ADDpiano
Kirkpatrick, Ralph 1959Deutsche Grammophon 439 673-2 ADDharpsichord
Walcha, Helmut June 1960 – March 1961HamburgEMI 4 89166 ADDharpsichord
Malcolm, George 1963UK L'Oiseau Lyre Thomas Goff harpsichord
Demus, Jörg June 1963 Vienna Westminster WMS 1004, stereopiano, 54 minutes
Leonhardt, Gustav 1965Teldec (Das Alte Werk)harpsichord
Serkin, Peter March 1965New York CityRCA (the first of 5 recordings by this artist when he was 17)piano
Yudina, Maria January 1968MoscowPhilips 456 994-2 "Great pianists of the century"piano
Kempff, Wilhelm July 1969Deutsche Grammophon 439 978-2 ADDpiano
Rosen, Charles July 1969Sony SBK 48173 ADDpiano
Richter, Karl 1970Archiv Produktion POCA-9085harpsichord
Newman, Anthony 1971Columbia M 30538harpsichord
Spiegelman, Joel May 1973East-West, ISI Productions, Atlantic New Age Bach: The Goldberg Variations ADD"Kurzweil 250 Digital Synthesizer"
Demus, Jörg 1974Nuova Erapiano, 74 minutes
Johannesen, Grant c. 1975Golden Crest 4167piano
Kipnis, Igor 1976 New York City EMI / Angelharpsichord
Leonhardt, Gustav August 1976 Haarlem Deutsche Harmonia Mundi GD77149 ADD (his third and last recording)harpsichord
Curtis, Alan September 23, 1976location unknownEMI 76306221728 Christian Zell harpsichord
Scheurich, Marga 1977LP Saphir Intercord INT 120.886Cembalo, harpsichord
Nikolayeva, Tatiana 1979MoscowMelodiya C10-13091 (2LP), Relief CR861006 (1CD), Victor VICC40126/7 (2CD). Nikolayeva's 1st recording.piano
Tureck, Rosalyn 1979 or 1984Most probably HamburgDG, Reissue 1988 1 CD VAI Audiopiano
Pinnock, Trevor 1980Archiv Produktion 415 130-2 ADDharpsichord
Weissenberg, Alexis 1981EMI 5 74952 2piano
Gould, Glenn April/May 1981 New York City originally CBS Masterworks MK 37779, now Sony Classical 52619 DDD (his second and last studio recording of the Goldbergs)piano (Yamaha CF II), No repeats.
Serkin, Peter 30 January 1982 Freiburg, Germany (live)SWF 75/76 (the second of his recordings of the work)piano
Sokolov, Grigory 27 February 1982 Leningrad (live)Melodiyapiano
Schiff, András 1983 Decca 417 116-2 (1 CD)All repeats
Nikolayeva, Tatiana April 1983 Aarhus, DenmarkClassico Classcd 416 (1CD). Nikolayeva's 2nd recording.piano
Ross, Scott April 1985live at Tabaret Hall, University of OttawaErato / Fonovoxharpsichord
Pi-hsien, Chen [1] October 1985Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt Naxos 8.550078 DDDpiano
Serkin, Peter 12–15 March 1986 Saint Paul, Minnesota (live)ProArte CDD-331 (the third of his recordings of the work)piano
Gilbert, Kenneth April 1986Mas de Vert, Arles1 CD Harmonia Mundiharpsichord
Tipo, Maria 26–28 June 1986 Paris EMI HMV 5 86666 DDDpiano
Nikolayeva, Tatiana 10 November 1986St. John’s, Smith Square, LondonBBC 6483445 (1CD). Nikolayeva's 3rd recording.piano
Nikolayeva, Tatiana 9 September 1987Berwald Hall, StockholmBluebell ABCD043 (1CD). Nikolayeva's 4th recording.piano
Lazko, Igor c.1987Belgrade Broadcasting, PGP 2330172piano
Guillou, Jean November 1987Eglise Notre-Dame des Neiges, Alpe d'Huez, France Dorian 90110organ
Hussong, Stefan 1987/1988 Thorofon DDD chromatic button accordion
Ross, Scott January 1988Salle Blanqui, ParisEMI / Virgin Veritasharpsichord
Koopman, Ton 1988ERATO 45326-2 DDDharpsichord
Jarrett, Keith January 1989ECM Records 839 622-2 DDD; J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations harpsichord
Kawalla, Bronisława February 1989Polskie Nagrania PNCD 055 DDDpiano
Vartolo, Sergio June 1989Tactus harpsichord
Barenboim, Daniel October 12, 1989Live recording, Teatro Colón, Buenos AiresErato ER2-45468piano
Asperen, Bob van July 1991 Berlin EMI 7 54209 DDDharpsichord
Schie, Tjako van February 1991NetherlandsRondo 001 DDDpiano
Jaccottet, Christiane [2] 1991Pilz 160127harpsichord, no repeats
Black, Virginia 1991Collins 70032-2 (2 CDs)harpsichord, all repeats
Cole, Maggie 1991Virgin 5 61555 (2 CDs) DDDharpsichord
Feltsman, Vladimir October 26, 1991live at the Moscow Conservatory Musical Heritage Society 513260T DDDpiano, all repeats
Nikolayeva, Tatiana January 23, 1992Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, LondonHyperion Records CDA66589. Nikolayeva's 5th recording.piano
Hantaï, Pierre June 1992Opus 111 OPS 30–84 DDD (the first of his two recordings)harpsichord
Verlet, Blandine September 1992L'Eglise de Saint Hippolyte (Tarn), FranceAstrée Auvidis E 8745 (her second recording of this work). Re-released on Naïve, 20121751 Hemsch harpsichord
Canino, Bruno January 16–17, 1993 Lugano Ermitage ERM 412-2 DDDpiano
Lauriala, Risto September 13–14, 1993ALBA ABCD103piano
Gavrilov, Andrei 1993Deutsche Grammophon 435 436-2 DDDpiano
New European Strings Chamber Orchestra October 1993 Hamburg Nonesuch, transcription by Dmitry Sitkovetsky orchestra
Bühler-Kestler, Eleanore October 1993BayreuthCHARADE; CHA 3012 DDDharpsichord
Kumamoto, Mari December 1, 1993King Records (Japan) KICC-110piano
Serkin, Peter June 1–3, 1994New York CityBMG Classics 09026 68188 2 DDD (the fourth of his recordings of the work)piano
Lifschitz, Konstantin June 10–13, 1994Denon Records #78961 DDD (Lifschitz was 17 at time of recording.)piano
Rousset, Christophe September 27–29, 1994originally L'Oiseau-Lyre, now Decca 475 7080 DDDharpsichord, all repeats
Dershavina, Ekaterina 1994Arte Nova Catalog #: 340110piano, all repeats except Aria da capo
Schepkin, Sergey January 15, 1995Ongaku Records 024-107 DDDpiano, all repeats
Cooper, Kenneth (harpsichordist)1995Berkshire Bach Societyharpsichord
Bartos, Samuel 1995Connoisseur Societypiano
Aldwell, Edward 1996Biddulph flw001 DDDpiano
Kurt Rodarmer, Rodarmer, Kurt 1996Sony SK 60257 DDDtwo guitars (overdubbed)
Sutherland, Robin 1996d'Note Classics DND 1013- ADDpiano, all repeats
Suzuki, Masaaki February, June and July 1997 BIS BIS-CD-310819 DDDharpsichord All repeats
Eötvös, József 1997EJ-01WZ DDDsolo guitar
Mašek, Michal 1997LT 0056-2 131piano
Katz, Shelley 18–19 November 1997Snape Maltings Concert HallPrivate Label – Produced by Erik Smith with fewer than 30 edits to the entire masterpiano, all repeats except for minor variations
Ivo Janssen Februari 1998Voidpiano
Tureck, Rosalyn March 1998 Hamburg 2 CD DG (the seventh and last recording of the Goldbergs by this artist)piano
Vieru, Andrei 1998Harmonia Mundi 901666piano
Bezuijen, Abram 1998VLS Records VLC 0598organ
Zhu, Xiao-Mei 1999Mandala Records DDDpiano
Canadian Brass 1999RCA Red Seal DDD (Echo Award 2002)brass quintet
Martin Beaver, David Harding, and Bryan Epperson1999CBC Studios, Toronto, OntarioCBC Musica Viva MVCD 1130string trio
Koroliov, Evgeni 1999Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyHänsslerpiano
Belder, Pieter-Jan 20 April, 8/9 July 1999Brilliant Classics 92284 DDDharpsichord
Hewitt, Angela 28 August-1 September 1999Henry Wood Hall, LondonHyperion Records CDA 67305piano
Schirmer, Ragna June 1999Johanniterkirche, Groß Eichsen, GermanyBerlin Classics 001716 DDDpiano
Les Violons du Roy September 1999Saint-Irénée, Québec, Canada1 CD Doriantranscription for string orchestra
Amati String Trio December 1999Middelburg Synagogue, The NetherlandsColumns Classics 99564 DDDstring
Perahia, Murray July 2000Sony Classical SK/SM 89243 DDDpiano (Steinway D-274)
Okonar, Mehmet 2000LMO-Records UTC 8697408800030 DDDpiano [3]
Kłosiewicz,Władysław 2000Accord ACD 081-2harpsichord
Canadian Brass 2000RCA 63610horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba
Jacques Loussier Trio 2000Telarc CD-83479 DDDjazz trio
Caine, Uri 2000Recorded in New York, Italy and Germany October 1999 – January 2000Winter & Winter 910 054 The Goldberg Variations rock, dub, electro, jazz, ragtime, blues, avant-garde, valse, Christmas music, soul, tango, mambo, gospel, bebop, experimental, drum & bass, samba, klezmer, bossa nova, etc.
Toth, Gwendolyn 2000Zefiro Recordings ZR 103 (2 CDs)lute harpsichord
Frisch, Celine 2001Alpha 14 (2 CDs) with BWV 1087harpsichord
Degazio, Bruno 2001 electronic wind instrument [4] [5]
Vinikour, Jory 2001 San Raphael, CA Delos Recordsharpsichord All repeats
Dimetrik, Wolfgang 2001Amphion records 20126 DDDaccordion
Schlimé, Francesco Tristano 2001Accord ACD 098 with BWV 622piano
Bahrami, Ramin February 2002La Chaux-de-Fonds (CH)Decca 476 282 DDDpiano
Schiff, András October 2002 Basel ECM DDD (his second recording; made live in concert)piano
Haugsand, Ketil 2002 Simax PSC 1192harpsichord
Bjørkøe, Christina 2002Scandinavian Classics 220590 -205 DDDpiano
Crossland, Jill 2003Apex (Warner Classics) 0927 49979 2 DDDpiano
Hantaï, Pierre 2003Mirare MIR 9945 DDD (his second recording)harpsichord
Stadtfeld, Martin March 2004Sony BMG SK93101 DDDpiano
Väyrynen, Mika 2004ALBA ABCD 191accordion
Ennis, Catherine 2004Mollterzorgan
Ogeil, Jacqueline 2004ABC Classics – Discovery 476 3529harpsichord
Raitinen, Trio Zilliacus Persson [6] 2004Caprice CAP-21695string trio
Jandó, Jenő 2005Naxos 8.557268 DDDpiano
Martins, João Carlos 2005Tomato 2126piano
Trio, Gaede 2005Tacet 070CD (2 CD) DDDstring trio
Tůma, Jaroslav 2005Arta F101362 (2 CD)harpsichord, clavichords
Egarr, Richard 8–11 March 2005Harmonia Mundi HMU 907425.26, with BWV 1087 DDDharpsichord
Cheung, Pius 2006MPCmarimba
Beausejour, Luc 2006Analektaharpsichord
Gould, Glenn (with Zenph Re-Performance)May 2007 Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto Sony Classics, 88697-03350-2piano
Barshai, Elena Autumm 2007Brilliant Classicsorgan
Dinnerstein, Simone 2007Telarc CD-80692 DDDpiano
Levin, Beth April 28, 2007 Steinway Hall, New York City Centaur Records, Inc. CRC 2927 DDDpiano
Schliessmann, Burkard July 17–19, 2007 Teldex Studios Berlin BAYER 100 326 (Qualiton)piano
MacGregor, Joanna September 30 – October 1, 2007 Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria Warner Classics 2564-68393piano
Blassel, Sylvain 2008Lontano (Warner Classics) 2568 69199-6 DDDharp
Finch, Catrin 2008Deutsche Grammophon 477 8097 DDDharp
Korevaar, David 2008Ivory Classics 77005piano
Crawford, Lisa Goode 2008Centaur CRC 2899 DDDharpsichord
Lim, Dong-Hyek 2008EMIpiano
Schepkin, Sergey July 22, 2008 Jordan Hall, Boston King International, Inc., Tokyo, Japan KKC 29 DDD; Schepkin's second recording of this workpiano
Staier, Andreas 2009BerlinHarmonia mundi HMU 902058harpsichord
Cload, Julia 2009LondonMeridianpiano
Sebestyén Nyírő, Nyírő, Sebestyén Dec. 6, 2007, Published 2009BaselMHMC Budapestpiano
Bacchetti, Andrea 2010Sacile (PN), ItalyDynamic CDS-659piano
Erez, Tzvi 2010Toronto, CanadaNiv Classicalpiano
Arad, Avner 2010New York CityMSR Classics MS-1167piano
Devine, Steven 2010Suffolk, EnglandChandos 0780harpsichord
Angelich, Nicholas 2010Virgin Classicspiano
Bloss, Nick van 2010Henry Wood Hall, London Nimbus Records piano
Shemer, David2011Christ Church, JerusalemAriaharpsichord
Fretwork2011[?]HMU907560viol consort
Sohn, Minsoo 2011 The Banff Centre, Alberta Honens 21794piano
Jalbert, David 2011Palais Montcalm, Québec CityATMApiano
Gurning, Alexander 2011Flagey Studio 1, BrusselsAvantipiano
Tepfer, Dan 2011Sunnysidejazz piano
Tsalka, Michael December 1 & 2, 2012Roxy Studio, Berlin, Germanypaladino musicclavichords
Worms, Marcel 2012Zeeuwse Concertzaal Middelburg, NetherlandsZefirpiano
Perrotta, Maria 2012Deccapiano
Douglass-Ishizaka, Kimiko 2012 Teldex Studio, Berlin Open Goldberg Variations piano (Bösendorfer 290 Imperial) [3]
Garnati Ensemble2012Auditorio del C.C.R. Fray Luis De Leon, Guadarrama (Madrid)Sony Music 88725474372arranged for string trio by Yuval Gotlibovich
Magalhães, Luís and Schumann, Nina2012Endler Hall, Stellenbosch University, South AfricaTwo Pianistsarrangement for two pianos by Rheinberger/Reger
Costin, Robert Dec. 2012The Chapel of Pembroke College, CambridgeStone Recordsorgan
Denk, Jeremy Jan. 2013Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, State University of New York Nonesuch Records piano (Steinway)
Duo Melisande2013ToulouseParatytranscribed by Benedetto Montebello for 2 guitars, modified by the performers
Kawamura, Sachiko2013St. Bartholomew's, BrightonClaudiopiano
Zhu, Xiao-Mei 2014St. Thomas Church, Leipzig Accentuspiano (video DVD)
Vogt, Lars Mar. 2014Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln, GermanyOndine ODE 1273-2piano
Dahl, Carsten 2014 (recorded over 10 years)Kæv Studio, Copenhagn Tiger Music 1902350

Tiger Music 1902138

prepared piano
Villalba, Miquel 2014Girona Auditori, SpainAglae Musicapiano
Dubreil, Pascal 2014Église de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Basse-BodeuxRamée RAM-1404harpsichord
Hewitt, Angela 2015Christuskirche, Firlstraße, Berlin-OberschöneweideHyperionpiano (second recording)
Tharaud, Alexander 2015Aix en Provence – conservatoire Darius MilhaudEratopiano
Sims, Lori 2015Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MITwo Pianistspiano
Levit, Igor 2015Funkhaus Nalepastrasse, BerlinSonypiano
Muller, Jean 2015Conservatoire de la ville de LuxembourgHanssler HC17059piano
Xavier Torres 2016Palau de la Música, Valencia, Spain IBS Classical piano (Steinway D)
Camerata RCO2016BarcaNovastring trio
Esfahani, Mahan 2016 Berlin Deutsche Grammophon GmbHharpsichord
Lester, Richard 2016Nimbus NI5946harpsichord
Schornsheim, Christine2016Capriccio C5286harpsichord
Rana, Beatrice 2016 (7–9 Nov.), released Feb. 2017 Teldex Studio, BerlinWarner Classics – Parlophone 0190295880187piano
Mazzocchin, Giovanni [7] 2016Saletta acustica 'Eric James', Pove del Grappa OnClassical OC17042Bpiano
De Maria, Pietro [8] 2016 Decca piano
Yilmaz, Kemal Cem [9] 2016Auditepiano
La Compagnie Pochette 2016Albastring trio
Belder, Pieter-Jan 2017Brilliant Classics 95471BRharpsichord
Kamerkoor PA'Dam2017CobraRe-composition for choir & baroque ensemble by Gustavo Trujillo
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini 2017 Naive period strings and continuo
Martin Heini2017St. Katharina Parish Church, Horw, SwitzerlandGuildorgan
Serkin, Peter 12 November 2017St. Paul, Minnesota (live)Vivace VTV-8808 (the fifth and last of his recordings of the work)piano
Ji (Ji-Yong) [10] 2018Warner Classicspiano
Rainwater, AnneDecember 14, 2018 Oakland, California piano
Lang Lang September 2020Live recording at Thomaskirche, LeipzigDeutsche Grammophonpiano, all repeats observed (simultaneous studio & live recordings)
Kolesnikov, Pavelrel. Nov 2020

rec. Dec 2019

LondonHyperionpiano
Mazzocchin, Giovanni [11] 2021Saletta acustica 'Eric James', Pove del Grappa OnClassical OC21116Bpiano
Rondeau, Jean April 2021 Paris Erato 9029650811harpsichord, all repeats
Ólafsson, Víkingur October 2023 Reykjavík Deutsche Grammophon 00028948645534piano
MacDonald, Sarah May 2024 Ely Cathedral, United Kingdom Regent Records REGCD568piano

Without recording date – To be inserted in the list

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  1. Pi-hsien's recording was released as one of many performances falsely attributed to Joyce Hatto
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  3. 1 2 These recordings are in the public domain, and are available via the article about the Goldberg Variations.
  4. Much of this material by Bruno Degazio is in the public domain. "Variatio 1. a 1 Clav." is arranged for clarinet and trombone, "Variatio 7. a 1 ô vero 2 Clav. al tempo di Giga" is arranged for clarinet and bassoon; "Variatio 18 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sexta" is arranged for two clarinets and cello; "Variatio 19. a 1 Clav." is arranged for two clarinets and cello; and, "Variatio 21 Canone alla Settima" is arranged for two clarinets and bass.
  5. Bruno Degazio, Sheridan College, Music Performances (accessed July 28, 2015).
  6. Won a Swedish Grammis in the Classical Ensemble of the Year category in 2004.
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