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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

Recorded in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Bach: Goldberg Variations [K-3]
Wanda Landowska plays Bach [K-5]
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations / Italian Concerto (Landowska) (1933-1936)

Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [45:41 / 46:34 / 46:45 / 47:11 / 46:00]

Wanda Landowska (Harpsichord)

EMI
Pearl
Materpiece
Classica d'Oro
History
Grammofono
Naxos 8.110313

Nov 1933

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CD / TT: 72:37

Recorded in Paris, France.
1^st recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by W. Landowska. 
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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

Apr 1942 [CD published: Norvard: 2000]

CD / TT: 52:28 (orig. 78s)

Recorded in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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

Recorded in New York, NY, USA.
2^nd recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by W. Landowska.
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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.
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