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Rudolf Serkin - His Earliest Recordings - Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 / Schubert: Sonata No. 19 / Chopin: Three Etudes [K-1]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [31:49]

Rudolf Serkin (Piano)

Archiphon 105

c1928

CD / TT: 61:25

Recoed in Stuttgart, Germany. Other works: by F. Schubert & F. Chopin.
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Bach: Goldberg Variations [K-3]
Wanda Landowska plays Bach [K-5]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Wanda Landowska (Harpsichord)

EMI / Pearl / Materpiece / Classica d'Oro / History / Grammofono

Nov 1933

TT: 45:41 / 46:34 / 46:45 / 47:11 / 46:00

1^st recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by W. Landowska. Recorded in Paris, France [1-2].
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J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations - Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue [K-1]
Claudio Arrau Performs Bach [B-1]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [77:43/77:55]

Claudio Arrau (Piano)

RCA Victor Gold Seal
Philips

Jan 1942

2-CD / TT: 99:36
3-CD / TT: 190:43

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J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations [K-1]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Eunice Norton (Piano)

Norvard Recordings

1942

CD / TT: 52:28

1^st recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by E. Norton.
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Legendary Performers: Landowska [K-8]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [49:08]

Wanda Landowska (Harpsichord)

RCA / BMG

Jun 1945

2-CD / TT: 149:15

2^nd recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by W. Landowska. Recorded in New York, NY, USA.
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J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations [K-1]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Rosalyn Tureck (Piano)

Allegro / Everest

1947

2-LP / TT: 90:21

1^st recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by R. Tureck. The earliest commercial recording of GV on the piano.
Review: Young Rosalyn Tureck’s Goldberg Variations
Review: Tureck vs harpsichord in the Goldbergs
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Rosalyn Tureck
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J.S. Bach: Complete Piano Works - Album I: The Goldberg Variation; The C minor Passacaglia [K-1]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Gunnar Johansen (Double Keyboard Piano)

Artist Direct

1950-1951

2-LP / TT:

Recorded at Gunnar Johansensen's house, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, USA.