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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

Variationi Goldberg

Hebrew Title

ååøéàöéåú âåìãáøâ

Event

 

Composed

Leipzig, c1741

Scoring

Harpsichord

Score

References

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

Commentary

Links

Music

Music Examples

Contents

Recordings | Reviews | Discussions | Articles | Links

Recordings

Complete Recordings - Until 1950
Complete Recordings - 1951-1960
Complete Recordings - 1961-1970
Complete Recordings - 1971-1980
Complete Recordings - 1981-1990
Complete Recordings - 1991-2000
Complete Recordings - From 2001

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 Ekaterina Dershavina, piano
Review: Goldberg Variations by Jill Crossland
Review: Egarr Goldbergs [B. Lehman]
Review: Richard Egarr Performs Bach's Goldberg Variations [D. Satz]
Goldberg Variations Review: Egarr [P. Bright]
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
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: Five Hours of Bach
Review: The New and Improved Goldberg Variations from Andras Schiff
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 | 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 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
Dis: 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]

Links

   

Title

Description

Author/Webmaster

General

   

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

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

Imy Fujita

The Goldberg Variations

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

In All Classical (AMG)

John Keillor

Les Variations Goldberg

Discography [French]

 

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

     

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

In National Library of Canada Website

Glenn Gould

Some thoughts on the Goldberg Variations

In Sony Music Website

Murray Perahia

GV by Abram Bezuijen

 

Abram Bezuijen

GV by Audun Kayser

 

Audun Kayser

GV by Jory Vinikour

 

Jory Vinikour

GV by József Eötvös

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

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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (January 2004 - March 2008)

Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Details
Recordings:
Until 1950 | 1951-1960 | 1961-1970 | 1971-1980 | 1981-1990 | 1991-2000 | From 2001
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 - R. Egarr [Lehman] | GV - R. Egarr [Satz] | GV - R. Egarr [Bright] | GV- P. Hantai | GV - P. Hantaï (2nd) | GV - K. Haugsand | GV - A. Hewitt | GV - R. Holloway | GV- H. Ingolfsdottir | GV - J. Jando | GV - B. Lagacé | GV - G. Leonhardt | GV- K. Lifschitz | GV - A. Newman | GV - T. Nikolayeva 3rd | GV- J. Payne | 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 | Quodlibet in GV | GV for Strings
Discussions of Individual Recordings:
GV - D..Barenboim | GV - P.J. Belder | GV - E. Dershavina | 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
Article:
The Quodlibet as Represented in Bach’s Final Goldberg Variation BWV 988/30 [by Thomas Braatz]

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