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Goldberg Variations BWV 988


German Title

Goldberg-Variationen

English Title

Goldberg Variations (GV, The Goldbergs)

French Title

Variations Goldberg

Italian Title

Variazioni Goldberg

Hebrew Title

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Event

Private

Composed

Leipzig, c1741

Scoring

Harpsichord

Score

References

BGA: III | NBA: V/2 | BC: L 9 | First Published: Nuremberg, 1741-1742

Commentary

Links

Music

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Contents

Recordings | Reviews | Discussions | Articles | Links

Discography

Part 1: Complete Recordings 1900-1949 (6)
Part 2: Complete Recordings 1950-1959 (24)
Part 3: Complete Recordings 1960-1969 (29)
Part 4: Complete Recordings 1970-1979 (35)
Part 5: Complete Recordings 1980-1989 (69)
Part 6: Complete Recordings 1990-1994 (50)
Part 7: Complete Recordings 1995-1999 (77) = 290

Part 8: Complete Recordings 2000 (40)
Part 9: Complete Recordings 2001 (19)
Part 10: Complete Recordings 2002 (14)
Part 11: Complete Recordings 2003 (20)
Part 12: Complete Recordings 2004 (28)
Part 13: Complete Recordings 2005 (17)
Part 14: Complete Recordings 2006 (22)
Part 15: Complete Recordings 2007 (34)
Part 16: Complete Recordings 2008 (39)
Part 17: Complete Recordings 2009 (24) = 257

Part 18: Complete Recordings 2010 (36)
Part 19: Complete Recordings 2011 (32)
Part 20: Complete Recordings 2012 (33)
Part 21: Complete Recordings 2013 (38)
Part 22: Complete Recordings 2014 (56)
Part 23: Complete Recordings 2015 (63)
Part 24: Complete Recordings 2016 (67)
Part 25: Complete Recordings 2017 (62)
Part 26: Complete Recordings 2018 (45)
Part 27: Complete Recordings 2019 (45) = 476

Part 28: Complete Recordings 2020 (81)
Part 29: Complete Recordings 2021 (3)
Part 30: Complete Recordings 2022 (2)
Part 31: Complete Recordings 2023 (1)
= 87
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Reviews

Bach's Goldberg Variations on Piano: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Round-Up of Goldberg Variations Recordings: Recordings | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7
Review: Three Goldbergs from Roma - One from Albuquerque (R. Bahrami, J. Crossland, O. Dantone, D. Propper)
Review: Goldberg Variations - Cole
Review: Goldberg Variations by Jill Crossland
Review: Goldberg Variations Ekaterina Dershavina, piano
Review: Dinnerstein's Goldbergs [S. Schwartz]
Review: Egarr Goldbergs [B. Lehman]
Review: Richard Egarr Performs Bach's Goldberg Variations [D. Satz]
Goldberg Variations Review: Egarr [P. Bright]
Review: BWV 988 - Feltsman (re-issued) [J. Laurson]
Review: Hantai’s Bach
Review: Pierre Hantai's 2nd Recording of the Goldberg Variations
Review: Goldbergs Ketil Haugsand
Review: Hewitt’s Goldberg Variations
Review: Robin Holloway - Gilded Goldberg
Review: Helga Ingolfsdottir’s Goldberg Variations
Review: Bach Goldberg Variations recorded by Kimiko Ishizaka [S. Smirnoff]
Short Review: Jeno Jando Records Bach's Goldberg Variations
Review: An Organ Version of Bach's Goldberg Variations
Review: Leonhardt’s Goldberg on Vanguard
Review: Goldberg Variations from Lifschitz
Review: Newman in Goldbergs, and in general
Review: Another Goldberg Variations From Nikolayeva
Review: Goldbergs by Joseph Payne
Review: Three Goldbergs
Review: Bach's Goldberg Variations on Fortepiano
Review: Five Hours of Bach
Review: The New and Improved Goldberg Variations from Andras Schiff
Review of Shemer's Goldberg
Short Review: Bach and Haskell Small
Review: Suzuki’s Goldberg Variations
Review: Bach's Goldberg Variations on the Lautenwerk
Review: Goldberg Variations Käte van Trich, organ
Review: Young Rosalyn Tureck’s Goldberg Variations
Review: Tureck vs harpsichord in the Goldbergs
Review: Verlet’s Goldberg Variations
Review: Andre Vieru Records the Goldberg Variations & More
Review: Goldberg Variations by Jory Vinikour
Review: Goldberg Variations from Weissenberg
Review: Zhu plays the Goldbergs

 

Discussions

General Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Quodlibet in Goldberg Variations | Goldberg Variations for Strings
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Daniel Barenboim
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Pieter-Jan Belder
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Ekaterina Dershavina
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Simone Dinnerstein
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Richard Egarr
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Vladimir Feltsman
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Céline Frisch
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Glenn Gould
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Pierre Hantaï
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - arranged by Robin Holloway
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Jene Jando
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Keith Jarrett
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Gustav Leonhardt
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Vance Makin
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Anthony Newman
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Scott Ross
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Andras Schiff
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Ragna Schirmer
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Haskell Small
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Greta Sultan
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Gwendolyn Toth
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Rosalyn Tureck
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Sergio Vartolo
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Blandine Verlet

 

Articles

Article: The Quodlibet as Represented in Bach’s Final Goldberg Variation BWV 988/30 [by Thomas Braatz]

Article: The Serious Nature of the Quodlibet in Bach's “Goldberg Variations” [by Michael Marissen]

 

Links

General

Music of Intellect - The Goldberg Variations
In depth commentaries of The Goldberg Variations and on The Well Tempered Clavier Book 1. This is a site for the technically minded. Has some nice quotes and interesting piano graphics. There are also Midi files [Iori Fujita]

The Goldberg Variations [N/A]
Contains analyses of this work from Tovey, Angela Hewitt, Yo tomita etc. Also contains an essay entitled 'In Search of Bach's Harpsichord' [Vance Makin]

Canons of the Goldberg Variations
|Analysis of the Goldberg Canons [Timothy A. Smith]

Facsimile edition of the Goldberg Variations
On-line Book Review - Bach’s Clavier-Übungen in facsimiles [Yo Tomita]

Bach: Goldberg Variations
Essay, including reviews of some recordings [Jeremy Epstein]

Goldberg Variations for keyboard, BWV 988
Composition Description [John Keillor / AMG]

The symmetrical binary principal
In Bach, Baroque & Beyond [Timothy A. Smith]

The Goldberg Variations
Composition | Publication | Form | Reception | BWV 1087 | Transcriptions | Trivia | Books | Editions | Recordings | External links [Wikipedia]

Discographies

a+30+a'Goldberg Variations
This is a huge discography of every conceivable performance of this mighty work. Includes images of the disc covers as well as short reviews. Also has information about the many scores of this work which have been published [Yoshiro Shikata / Pooh]

Les Variations Goldberg
Discography, including short reviews of several recordings [French] [Patachonf]

Bach, JS : The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
List of recordings [Hippo's web site]

BACH: Goldberg Variations BWV 988
List of recordings [English/Korean] [Go Classic]

Bach 's Goldberg Variations
Partial discography, including short reviews of several recordings [English/Chinese] [BH2000]

喜欢巴赫《戈德堡变奏曲》的朋友来聊聊- 无忌论坛 [N/A]
List of recordings, including short reviews of several [Chinese] [Forum Xitec]

Individual Recordings

"Goldberg Variations" by J. S. Bach
Glenn Gould's notes to his 1956 recording of the Goldberg Variations [in Richard Geib's Universe] [Glenn Gould]

Goldberg Variations - J. S. Bach - 32 Pianists
Read about the Goldberg Variations' performance where each variation was played by a different pianist

J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations for Classical Guitar
J.S. Bach's Acclaimed Goldberg Variations arranged for Classical Guitar by Lynn Harting-Ware. MP3 audio samples and information on the score and CD Forest Scenes containing her arrangemsnts [Lynn Harting-Ware]

Glenn Gould's notes on the Goldberg Variations, 1955 [N/A]
In National Library of Canada Website [Glenn Gould]

Some thoughts on the Goldberg Variations [N/A]
In Sony Music Website [Murray Perahia]

GV by Abram Bezuijen [N/A]
[Abram Bezuijen]

GV by Audun Kayser [N/A]
[Audun Kayser]

GV by Jory Vinikour [N/A]
[Jory Vinikour]

GV by József Eötvös [N/A]
On Guitar [József Eötvös]

GV by Kurt Rodarmer
On Guitar (including audio samples) [Kurt Rodarmer]

GV by Lynn Harting-Ware
On Guitar [Lynn Harting-Ware]

GV by Tjako van Schie
[Tjako van Schie]

 

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (January 2004 - November 2023)

Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Details
Copmplete Recordings: 1900-1949 | 1950-1959 | 1960-1969 | 1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1994 | 1995-1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023
Comparative Review: Goldberg Variations on Piano: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Comparative Review: Round-Up of Goldberg Variations Recordings: Recordings | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7
Reviews of Individual Recordings: GV - R. Barami, J. Crossland, O. Dantone, D. Propper | GV - M. Cole | GV - J. Crossland | GV - E. Dershavina | GV - S. Dinnerstein | GV - R. Egarr [Lehman] | GV - R. Egarr [Satz] | GV - R. Egarr [Bright] | GV - Feltsman | GV- P. Hantai | GV - P. Hantaï (2nd) | GV - K. Haugsand | GV - A. Hewitt | GV - R. Holloway | GV- H. Ingolfsdottir | GV- K. Ishizaka | GV - J. Jando | GV - B. Lagacé | GV - G. Leonhardt | GV- K. Lifschitz | GV - A. Newman | GV - T. Nikolayeva 3rd | GV- J. Payne | GV - W. Riemer | GV - C. Rousset | GV - S. Schepkin, M. Yudina & P. Serkin | GV - A. Schiff [ECM] | GV- H. Small | GV - M. Suzuki | GV - G. Toth | GV - K.v. Trich | GV - R. Tureck [Satz] | GV - R. Tureck [Lehman] | GV- B. Verlet | GV - A. Vieru | GV - J. Vinikour | GV - A. Weissenberg | GV - Z. Xiao-Mei
General Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Quodlibet in GV | GV for Strings
Discussions of Individual Recordings: GV - D..Barenboim | GV - P.J. Belder | GV - E. Dershavina | GV - S. Dinnerstein | GV - R. Egarr | GV - V. Feltsman | GV - C. Frisch | GV - G. Gould | GV - P. Hantaï | GV - R. Holloway | GV - J. Jando | GV - K. Jarrett | GV - G. Leonhardt | GV - V. Makin | GV - A. Newman | GV - S. Ross | GV - A. Schiff | GV - R. Schirmer | GV - H. Small | GV - G. Sultan | GV - G. Toth | GV - R. Tureck | GV - S. Vartolo | GV - B. Verlet
Articles: The Quodlibet as Represented in Bach’s Final Goldberg Variation BWV 988/30 [T. Braatz]


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