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Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Discography - Part 12

Complete Recordings 2004

< Part 11: Complete Recordings 2003

Part 13: Complete Recordings 2005 >


1

Minsoo Sohn, piano (candidate for the Artist Diploma, 2004): January 21, 2004 at 8:00 p.m. [K-1]

 

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Minsoo Sohn (Piano)

New England Conservatory of Music

Jan 21, 2004

2-CD / TT:

Recorded live at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts,.USA. Artist Diploma Recitals.
1st recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by M. Sohn.
Source: WorldCat Libraries


2

Mitsuko Morikawa: Staff Recital (Piano Music) [K-2]

 

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Mitsuko Morikawa (Piano)

Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music BW CD 04-03

Jan 25, 2004

CD / TT:

Recorded live at Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music, Berea, Ohio, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries & OPAL (Ohio Private Academic Library)


3

J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations [K-2]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

David Schrader (Harpsichord)

Forces of Virtue Records

Jan 2004

CD / TT: 75:07

Recorded at Air Wave Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Buy this album at:
CD: Amazon.com | Amazon.de


4

Bach: Variations Goldberg [K-1]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Daniel Propper (Piano)

Skarbo 1059

Mar 16-17, 2004

CD / TT: 53:40

Recorded at Saint-Marcel Lutheran Church, Paris, France.
1st recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by D. Propper.
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Music Download: Amazon.com


5

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Chih-yu Chen [KV-1]

 

Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (without repeats) [38:35]

Chih-Yu Chen (Piano)

YouTube

Mar 21, 2004

Audio / TT:

Recorded live at 5th International Piano Competition "Johann Sebastian Bach", Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. 1st Prize Winner: Chih-Yu Chen, Taiwan.
1st recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by C.Y Chen.
Listen on YouTube:
Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Complete Work [38:35]


6

J.S. Bach: Goldberg-Variationen [T-1]

Bach-D. Sitkovetsky: Goldberg Variations BWV 988, arranged for string trio

Goldberg-Trio Bonn (String Trio)

Verena Schoneweg (Violine); Harrald Schoneweg (Viola), Christian Brunnert (Violoncello)

AVI Music

Mar 2004

CD / TT: 42:08

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7

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

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Fabio Bonizzoni (Harpsichord)

Glossa Platinum 31508

May 2004

CD / TT: 79:02

Recorded at Chiesa del Colletto, Roletto, Italy.
Buy this album at:
CD: Amazon.com | Amazon.de
Music Download: ClassicsOnline


8

New 'Goldberg Variations' at Gilmore [K-1] [K-2]

12 musicians composed a new piece, based on Bach's Goldberg Variations BWV 988. Among them:
Bright Sheng: 'Variation Fugato' (2003) [4:00]
Derek Bermel: 'Kontraphunktus' (2004) [3:00]
David Del Tredici: 'My Goldberg (Gymnopedie)'
Lukas Foss: 'Goldmore Variation'
Fred Hersch: 'Melancholy Minuet'
Fred Lerdahl: Chasing Goldberg, for piano (2004) [3:00]

Gilbert Kalish (Piano)

Gilmore International Keyboard Festival

May 2004

Web /

Comissioned by and performed at The Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
1st recording of the work.
Listen to some of these variations at: NPR


9

Bach and Before (Vol. VI) [K-3]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988 []

Walter Schenkman (Piano)

WSchenkman

May 2004

CD / TT:

Recorded at Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley, Colorado, and InSight-Sound Recording Studio in Loveland, Colorado, USA.
3rd recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by W. Schenkman.


10

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations [K-4]

 

Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [42:49]

Yuji Takahashi (Piano)

Avex Classics AVCL-25026
Avex Classics AVCL-84069

Jul 6-8, 2004

CD / TT: 42:49
CD / TT: 42:49

Recorded at Kasakaneno Bunka Hall "PAL", Japan.
2nd recording of GV by Y. Takahashi.
Listen on YouTube:
Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Complete Work [42:53]
Buy this album at:
CD (2004): Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD (2004): Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD (2014): Amazon.de
CD (2014): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD (2014): Amazon.com | Amazon.de


11

Bach/Busoni: Goldberg Variations / Liszt: Petrarch Sonnets / Busoni: Recuillement [K-1]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988, arranged by Ferruccio Busoni [36:02]

Claudius Tanski (Piano)

MDG 3121323

Jul 15-16, 2004

CD / TT: 74:54

Recorded AT Fürstliche Reitbahn, Bad Arolsen, Germany.
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12

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

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Cédric Pescia (Piano)

Claves Records 2407

Jul 26-28, 2004

CD / TT: 41:31

Recorded at L'heure bleue, Salle de Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
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CD (2005): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD (2011): Amazon.com
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13

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variationen (BWV 988) [K-1]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Gösta Funck (Harpsichord)

Classic Concert Record CCR-662064

Jul 27-28, 2004

CD / TT: 62:27

Recorded at St. Margarethen, Stotel, Germany.
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14

Bach: Goldberg-Variationen [K-2]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Irma Issakadze (Piano)

Ohems Classics 628

Aug 2004

2-SACD / TT: 85:17

Recorded at Media Hyperium, Los Angeles, California, USA
Buy this album at:
CD: Amazon.de
Music Download: ClassicsOnline


15

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 [KV-1]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Monica Chew (Piano)

SoundCloud

Sep 15, 2004

Audio / TT: 44:53

Recorded live at Hertz Hall, Berkeley, California, USA.
Listen on SoundCloud:
Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Complere Work [44:53]


16

Bach: The Goldberg Variations [K-1]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Donald Shaw (Piano) [Steinway # 34819)

Don Shaw - Doctors Without Borders Project

Sep 28-30, 2004

CD / TT:

Recorded in Westchester, New York, USA.


17 / 18

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 [K-3]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [75:46]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [78:52]

Jaroslav Tůma (clavichords on CD-1, harpsichord on CD-2)

Arta Classics 10136

Oct 2004

2-CD / TT: 154:00

2 different complete recordings on two different keyboard instruments. World premiere recordings on clavichord. All three instruments used in the recording were built by Martin Kather in Hamburg.
Buy this album at:
2-CD: Arta Classics


19

J.S. Bach: Variations Goldberg [K-3]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Erik Feller (Organ) [Orgue G. Silbermann - Freiberg, Germany, 1735]

Arion 68673

Dec 9-12, 2004

CD / TT: 58:28

Recorded in Freiberg, Germany.


20

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

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Sally Christian (Piano)

Classical West

2004

CD / TT: 76:37

Buy this album at:
CD: Amazon.com


21

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

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Catherine Ennis (Organ) [5- stop 6-rank Chapel organ, built in 2000 by Klais of Bonn, Germany]

Mollterz 001

2004

CD / TT:

Recorded at Commonwealth Chapel of St. Lawrence Jewry Church, London, England.
Buy this album at:
CD: Mollterz Recordings


22

J.S. Bach: The Variations Goldberg

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Vance Makin (Piano)

Neurology Edition

2004

CD / TT: 77:23

Insert background music: Bach's additional 14 canons on the Goldberg bass, discovered in 1974.
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Vance Makin


23

Bach: Goldberg Variations [K-1]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [39:30]

Chloe Christian Pang (Piano)

Serenfinity Records CCP-5412

2004

CD / TT: 39:30

Recorded when she was 12 years old, as the youngest pianist in history to document one of the most complex works for the keyboard!
1st recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by by C.C. Pang.
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CD (2006): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


24

Trisdee Goldberg Variations [KV-1]

 

Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [59:51]

Trisdee na Patalung (Piano) [Steinway]

Vimeo

2004

Video / TT: 59:51

Recorded & filmed probably in Thailand. Rare, restored video of Trisdee's performance of the Goldberg Variations when he was 18.
Watch on Vimeo:
Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Complete Work [59:51]


25

J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations played by Ian Barton Stewart [KV-1]

 

Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [59:56]

Ian Barton Stewart (Piano) [Steinway Model A]

YouTube

2004 [Published: May 9, 2018]

Audio / TT: 59:56

Recorded at...
Listen on YouTube:
Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Complete Work [59:56]


26

J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations: Vas Bence guitar [TV-1]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988, transcribed for solo guitar by József Eötvös [28:12]

Bence Vas (Guitar)

YouTube

2004

Audio / TT:

Recorded in Landi, Switzerland.
Listen on YouTube:
Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Complete Work [28:12]


27

Entspannung & Wachsein - J.S. Bach: Goldberg-Variationen - Ein Musikalisches Heilmittel

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Toni Weiser (Organ)

Nous-Verlag

2004

Book & CD / TT: 59:00

 

28

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [K-2]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Monica Leone (Piano)

ProClassica

2004 ?

CD / TT: 78:54

2nd recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by M. Leone.
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< Part 11: Complete Recordings 2003

Part 13: Complete Recordings 2005 >

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (January 2004 - January 2021)
Thanks to contributors: Sw Anandgyan (April 2006); Raya Cohelio (November 2010); Arie Goud (July 2010); Edward Shannon Jeter (February 2011); Teddy Kaufman (January 2007, April-May 2007); Bradley Lehman (June 2007); Thomas Radleff (February 2004); Serge Smirnoff (February 2014, March 2020, June 2020); Teri Noel Towe (June 2007); Johan van Veen (January 2004)

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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