Goldberg Variations BWV 988

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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	ווריאציות גולדברג
Event
Composed	Leipzig, c1741
Scoring	Harpsichord
Scoring	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 2^nd 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)

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