Goldberg Variations discography

This is a partial list of commercial or professional recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations, organized chronologically. You can alphabetically sort each column by clicking on the small box at the top of that column (click again to sort reverse-alphabetically).

Artist	Date	Place	Recording	Instrument and repeats
Serkin, Rudolf	circa 1928	Stuttgart	Welte piano rolls	piano
Landowska, Wanda	November 1933	Paris	EMI 5 6720 ADD	harpsichord
Arrau, Claudio	January–March 1942		RCA CD GD 87841	piano
Lanowska, Wanda	1945	New York City	RCA	harpsichord
Tureck, Rosalyn	1947		mono Allegro / Everest	piano
Kirkpatrick, Ralph	1952		mono Haydn Society	harpsichord
Leonhardt, Gustav	1953	Vienna	stereo (the first of three recordings by this artist)	harpsichord
Ahlgrimm, Isolde	January 1954	Vienna	Philips, mono	Ammer harpsichord
Gould, Glenn	June 21, 1954	Toronto	from CBC broadcast, mono	piano
Gould, Glenn	June 10, 1955	New York	Sony Classical 52 594 ADD; Goldberg Variations	piano (Steinway D-274)
Demus, Jörg	1955	Austria	Nixa WLP 5241, mono	piano
Richter, Karl	January 1956		Telefunken	harpsichord
Friskin, James	March 28, 1956	Masonic Temple, Brooklyn, New York	Bach Guild / Vanguard	harpsichord
Tureck, Rosalyn	1957	London, Abbey Road Studios	HMV / Capitol, 2 CD Philips "Great pianists of the century"	piano
Gould, Glenn	1959	live at Salzburg Festival	Sony Classical 52685 ADD	piano
Kirkpatrick, Ralph	1959		Deutsche Grammophon 439 673-2 ADD	harpsichord
Walcha, Helmut	June 1960-March 1961	Hamburg	EMI 4 89166 ADD	harpsichord
Leonhardt, Gustav	1965		Teldec (Das Alte Werk)	harpsichord
Serkin, Peter	March 1965	New York	RCA (the first of 3 recordings by this artist)	piano
Yudina, Maria	January 1968	Moscow	Philips 456 994-2 "Great pianists of the century"	piano
Kempff, Wilhelm	July 1969		Deutsche Grammophon 439 978-2 ADD	piano
Rosen, Charles	July 1969		Sony SBK 48173 ADD	piano
Richter, Karl	1970		Archiv Produktion POCA-9085	harpsichord
Newman, Anthony	1971		Columbia M 30538	harpsichord
Spiegelman, Joel	May 1973		East-West, ISI Productions, Atlantic New Age Bach: The Goldberg Variations ADD	"Kurzweil 250 Digital Synthesizer"
Kipnis, Igor	1976	New York	EMI / Angel	harpsichord
Leonhardt, Gustav	August 1976	Haarlem	Deutsche Harmonia Mundi GD77149 ADD (his third and last recording)	harpsichord
Curtis, Alan	September 23, 1976	location unknown	EMI 7630622	1728 Christian Zell harpsichord
Scheurich, Marga	1977		LP Saphir Intercord INT 120.886	Cembalo, harpsichord
Nikolayeva, Tatiana	1979	Moscow	Melodiya C10-13091 (2LP), Relief CR861006 (1CD), Victor VICC40126/7 (2CD). Nikolayeva's 1st recording.	Piano
Tureck, Rosalyn	1979 or 1984	Most probably Hamburg	DG, Reissue 1988 1 CD VAI Audio	Piano
Pinnock, Trevor	1980		Archiv Produktion 415 130-2 ADD	harpsichord
Weissenberg, Alexis	1981		EMI 5 74952 2	piano
Gould, Glenn	April/May 1981	New York	originally CBS Masterworks MK 37779, now Sony Classical 52619 DDD (his second and last studio recording of the Goldbergs)	piano (Yamaha CF II)
Sokolev, Grigory	27 February 1982	Leningrad (live)	Melodiya	piano
Schiff, András	1983		Decca 417 116-2 (1 CD)	All repeats
Nikolayeva, Tatiana	April 1983	Aarhus Denmark	Classico Classcd 416 (1CD). Nikolayeva's 2nd recording.	piano
Ross, Scott	April 1985	live at Tabaret Hall, University of Ottawa	Erato / Fonovox	harpsichord
Pi-hsien, Chen[1]	October 1985	Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt	Naxos 8.550078 DDD	piano
Gilbert, Kenneth	April 1986	Mas de Vert, Arles	1 CD Harmonia Mundi	harpsichord
Tipo, Maria	26–28 June 1986	Paris	EMI HMV 5 86666 DDD	piano
Nikolayeva, Tatiana	10 November 1986	St. John’s, Smith Square, London	BBC 6483445 (1CD). Nikolayeva's 3rd recording.	piano
Nikolayeva, Tatiana	9 September 1987	Berwald Hall, Stockholm	Bluebell ABCD043 (1CD). Nikolayeva's 4th recording.	piano
Lazko, Igor	c.1987		Belgrade Broadcasting, PGP 2330172	piano
Guillou, Jean	November 1987	Eglise Notre-Dame des Neiges, Alpe d'Huez, France	Dorian 90110	organ
Hussong, Stefan^(in German)	1987/1988		Thorofon DDD	chromatic button accordion
Ross, Scott	January 1988	Salle Blanqui, Paris	EMI / Virgin Veritas	harpsichord
Koopman, Ton	1988		ERATO 45326-2 DDD	harpsichord
Jarrett, Keith	January 1989		ECM Records 839 622-2 DDD; J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations	harpsichord
Kawalla, Bronisława	February 1989		Polskie Nagrania PNCD 055 DDD	piano
Vartolo, Sergio	June 1989			Tactus harpsichord
Barenboim, Daniel	October 12, 1989	Live recording, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires	Erato ER2-45468	piano [2]
Asperen, Bob van	July 1991	Berlin	EMI 7 54209 DDD	harpsichord
Schie, Tjako van	February 1991	Netherlands	Rondo 001 DDD	piano
Jaccottet, Christiana [3]	1991		Pilz 160127	harpsichord no repeats
Black, Virginia	1991		Collins 70032-2 (2 CDs)	All repeats
Cole, Maggie	1991		Virgin 5 61555 (2 CDs) DDD	harpsichord
Feltsman, Vladimir	October 26, 1991	live at the Moscow Conservatory	Musical Heritage Society 513260T DDD	piano All repeats
Nikolayeva, Tatiana	January 23, 1992	Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London	Hyperion Records CDA66589. Nikolayeva's 5th recording.	piano
Hantaï, Pierre	June 1992		Opus 111 OPS 30-84 DDD (the first of his two recordings)	harpsichord
Verlet, Blandine	September 1992	L'Eglise de Saint Hippolyte (Tarn), France	Astrée Auvidis E 8745 (her second recording of this work). Re-released on Naïve, 2012	1751 Hemsch harpsichord
Canino, Bruno	January 16–17, 1993	Lugano	Ermitage ERM 412-2 DDD	piano
Lauriala, Risto	September 13–14, 1993		ALBA ABCD103	piano
Gavrilov, Andrei	1993		Deutsche Grammophon 435 436-2 DDD	piano
New European Strings Chamber Orchestra	October 1993	Hamburg	Nonesuch, transcription by Dmitry Sitkovetsky	orchestra
Bühler-Kestler, Eleanore	October 1993	Bayreuth	CHARADE; CHA 3012 DDD	harpsichord
Kumamoto, Mari	December 1, 1993		King Records (Japan) KICC-110	piano
Serkin, Peter	June 1–3, 1994		Manhattan BMG Classics 09026 68188 2 DDD (the third of his recordings of the work)	piano
Lifschitz, Konstantin	June 10–13, 1994		Denon Records #78961 DDD (Lifschitz was 17 at time of recording.)	piano
Rousset, Christophe	September 27–29, 1994		originally L'Oiseau-Lyre, now Decca 475 7080 DDD	harpsichord All repeats
Dershavina, Ekaterina	1994		Arte Nova Catalog #: 340110	piano All repeats except Aria da capo
Schepkin, Sergey	January 15, 1995		Ongaku Records 024-107 DDD	piano All repeats
Cooper, Kenneth (harpsichordist)	1995		Berkshire Bach Society	harpsichord
Bartos, Samuel	1995		Connoisseur Society	piano
Aldwell, Edward	1996		Biddulph flw001 DDD	piano
Kurt Rodarmer, Rodarmer, Kurt	1996		Sony SK 60257 DDD	two guitars (overdubbed)
Sutherland, Robin	1996		d'Note Classics DND 1013- ADD	piano All repeats
Suzuki, Masaaki	February, June and July 1997		BIS BIS-CD-310819 DDD	harpsichord All repeats
Eötvös, József	1997		EJ-01WZ DDD	solo guitar
Mašek, Michal	1997		LT 0056-2 131	piano
Katz, Shelley	18–19 November 1997	Snape Maltings Concert Hall	Private Label - Produced by Erik Smith with fewer than 30 edits to the entire master	piano all repeats except for minor variations
Ivo Janssen	Februari 1998		Void	piano
Tureck, Rosalyn	March 1998	Hamburg	2 CD DG (the seventh and last recording of the Goldbergs by this artist)	Piano
Vieru, Andrei	1998		Harmonia Mundi 901666	piano
Bezuijen, Abram	1998		VLS Records VLC 0598	organ
Xiao-Mei, Zhu	1999		Mandala Records DDD	piano
Canadian Brass	1999		RCA Red Seal DDD (Echo Award 2002)	brass quintet
Koroliov, Evgeni	1999	Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Hänssler	piano
Belder, Pieter-Jan	20 April, 8/9 July 1999		Brilliant Classics 92284 DDD	harpsichord
Hewitt, Angela	28 August-1 September 1999	Henry Wood Hall, London	Hyperion Records CDA 67305	piano
Schirmer, Ragna	June 1999	Johanniterkirche, Groß Eichsen, Germany	Berlin Classics 001716 DDD	piano
Les Violons du Roy	September 1999	Saint-Irénée, Québec, Canada	1 CD Dorian	transcription for string orchestra
Amati String Trio	December 1999	Middelburg Synagogue, The Netherlands	Columns Classics 99564 DDD	string
Perahia, Murray	July 2000		Sony Classical SK/SM 89243 DDD	piano (Steinway D-274)
Okonar, Mehmet	2000		LMO-Records UTC 8697408800030 DDD	piano[4]
Kłosiewicz,Władysław	2000		Accord ACD 081-2	harpsichord
Jacques Loussier Trio	2000		Telarc CD-83479 DDD	jazz trio
Caine, Uri	2000	Recorded in New York, Italy and Germany October 1999 - January 2000	Winter & 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.
Frisch, Celine	2001		Alpha 14 (2 CDs) with BWV 1087	harpsichord
Degazio, Bruno	2001			electronic wind instrument[5][6]
Vinikour, Jory	2001	San Raphael, CA	Delos Records	harpsichord All repeats
Dimetrik, Wolfgang	2001		Amphion records 20126 DDD	accordion
Schlimé, Francesco Tristano	2001		Accord ACD 098 with BWV 622	piano
Bahrami, Ramin	February 2002	La Chaux-de-Fonds (CH)	Decca 476 282 DDD	piano
Schiff, András	October 2002	Basel	ECM DDD (his second recording; made live in concert)	piano
Haugsand, Ketil	2002		Simax PSC 1192	harpsichord
Bjørkøe, Christina	2002	Scandinavian Classics 220590 -205 DDD	piano
Crossland, Jill	2003		Apex (Warner Classics) 0927 49979 2 DDD	piano
Hantaï, Pierre	2003		Mirare MIR 9945 DDD (his second recording)	harpsichord
Stadtfeld, Martin	March 2004		Sony BMG SK93101 DDD	piano
Väyrynen, Mika	2004		ALBA ABCD 191	accordion
Ennis, Catherine	2004		Mollterz	organ
Ogeil, Jacqueline	2004		ABC Classics - Discovery 476 3529	harpsichord
Raitinen, Trio Zilliacus Persson [7]	2004		Caprice CAP-21695	string trio
Jandó, Jenő	2005		Naxos 8.557268 DDD	piano
Martins, João Carlos	2005		Tomato 2126	piano
Trio, Gaede	2005		Tacet 070CD (2 CD) DDD	string trio
Egarr, Richard	8–11 March 2005		Harmonia Mundi HMU 907425.26, with BWV 1087 DDD	harpsichord
Cheung, Pius	2006		MPC	marimba
Beausejour, Luc	2006		Analekta	harpsichord
Gould, Glenn (with Zenph Re-Performance)	May 2007	Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto	Sony Classics, 88697-03350-2	piano
Barshai, Elena	Autumm 2007		Brilliant Classics	organ
Dinnerstein, Simone	2007		Telarc CD-80692 DDD	piano
Levin, Beth	April 28, 2007	Steinway Hall, New York City	Centaur Records, Inc. CRC 2927 DDD	piano
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 2564-68393	piano
Blassel, Sylvain	2008		Lontano (Warner Classics) 2568 69199-6 DDD	harp
Finch, Catrin	2008		Deutsche Grammophon 477 8097 DDD	harp
Korevaar, David	2008		Ivory Classics 77005	piano
Crawford, Lisa Goode	2008		Centaur CRC 2899 DDD	harpsichord
Lim, Dong-Hyek	2008		EMI	piano
Schepkin, Sergey	July 22, 2008	Jordan Hall, Boston	King International, Inc., Tokyo, Japan KKC 29 DDD; Schepkin's second recording of this work	piano
Staier, Andreas	2009	Berlin	Harmonia mundi HMU 902058	harpsichord
Sebestyén Nyírő, Nyírő, Sebestyén	Dec. 6, 2007, Published 2009	Basel	MHMC Budapest	piano
Bacchetti, Andrea	2010	Sacile (PN), Italy	Dynamic CDS-659	piano
Erez, Tzvi	2010	Toronto, Canada	Niv Classical	piano
Arad, Avner	2010	New York City	MSR Classics MS-1167	piano
Devine, Steven	2010	Suffolk, England	Chandos 0780	harpsichord
Angelich, Nicholas	2010		Virgin Classics	piano
Bloss, Nick van	2010	Henry Wood Hall, London	Nimbus Records	piano
Sohn, Minsoo	2011	The Banff Centre, Alberta	Honens 21794	piano
Douglass-Ishizaka, Kimiko	2012	Teldex Studio, Berlin	Open Goldberg Variations	piano (Bösendorfer 290 Imperial)[4]
Denk, Jeremy	Jan. 2013	Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, State University of New York	Nonesuch Records	piano (Steinway)
Xavier Torres	2016	Palau de la Música, Valencia, Spain	IBS Classical	piano (Steinway D)

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Without recording date - To be inserted in the list

• Jörg Demus - mid-1950s - Westminster WL 5241 - piano
• Ito Ema^[8] - MA Recordings M024A
• Zuzana Růžičková - Erato – ERA 9034 - Neupert (Mercier-Ythier) harpsichord

References

1. Pi-hsien's recording was released as one of many performances falsely attributed to Joyce Hatto
2. Liner notes
3. Goldberg Variations by Christiane Jaccottet at jsbach.org
4. These recordings are in the public domain, and are available via the article about the Goldberg Variations.
5. 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.
6. Bruno Degazio, Sheridan College, Music Performances (accessed July 28, 2015).
7. Won a Swedish Grammis in the Classical Ensemble of the Year-category in 2004.
8. Billed as the premier audiophile recording of the Variations, recorded with handmade microphones and independent circuitry for simultaneous digital and analog recordings.