Goldberg Variations Best Recording - April 2024

Glenn Gould: A State of Wonder - The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 & 1981

• ASIN: B00006FI7C
• UPC: 696998770324
• ASIN: B00006FI7C
• Brand: Sony
• Manufacturer: Sony Classical

Bach: Goldberg Variations

For her second Warner Classics release, young Italian pianist Beatrice Rana turns to a pinnacle of the solo keyboard repertoire and a composer she has described as “my first love”: Johann Sebastian Bach. Her interpretation of his epic Goldberg Variations bears out Le Monde’s judgement that “Beatrice Rana certainly has nothing left to prove when it comes to technique, but what makes an impression are her calm maturity and her sense of architecture,” and Gramophone’s that she is “a fully developed artist of a stature that belies her tender years.” Bach was the composer who most o... [Read More]

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• UPC: 190295880187
• ASIN: B01MYZWFMK
• Brand: Rhino Warner Classic
• Manufacturer: Rhino Warner Classics

Goldberg Variations

• ASIN: B000E6EGX2
• UPC: 028947575085
• ASIN: B000E6EGX2
• Manufacturer: Decca

Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (The Historic 1955 Debut Recording)

In the main, sonic differences between Sony Classical's 20-bit remastering of this landmark 1955 recording and its previous incarnation in the CBS Great Performances series (CBS MYK 38479) are subtle rather than striking. Tape hiss is reduced, while ambient studio noise is heightened, bringing Glenn Gould's trademark humming and squeaky chair more into the foreground. One can also perceive slight changes in microphone setups between certain variations. Gould completists, however, will want this Glenn Gould Edition transfer for two fugues recorded in 1957, drastically different from the pianist... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0000028NE
• UPC: 074645259420
• ASIN: B0000028NE
• Manufacturer: Sony Classical

Bach: Goldberg Variations

Sixteen years have passed since Angela Hewitt's first, justly celebrated, version of Bach's immortal Goldberg Variations. In these newly recorded performances from 2015, she commits her ever-evolving response to a work which contains the 'shadowed lesson of the whole world,' and which continues to play a central role in her life as an artist.

• ASIN: B01HOU7H2C
• UPC: 034571281469
• ASIN: B01HOU7H2C
• Brand: HYPERION RECORDS
• Manufacturer: HYPERION

Bach: Goldberg Variations

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• UPC: 007464377792
• ASIN: B0000025PM
• Manufacturer: CBS Masterworks

Jacques Loussier Trio: Bach's Goldberg Variations

French pianist Jacques Loussier has seemingly forged an entire career out of arranging classical compositions for his jazz trio. He's done a disc of Satie and Vivaldi works, even recording Ravel's Bolero. So, trying Bach's Goldberg Variations, full of jazzy time signatures and loaded with improv possibilities, makes perfect sense for the pianist. And Loussier delivers what may be his most exciting outing to date. Rather than expand upon Bach's original miniatures, Loussier maintains their integrity, keeps each piece short, but varies their rhythms (thanks in part to the great bass playing of B... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00004TD2H
• UPC: 089408347924
• ASIN: B00004TD2H
• Manufacturer: Telarc

Goldberg Variations

Pianist Lars Vogt presents one of the classic works of the Baroque repertoire Johann Sebastian Bachs (16851750) famous Goldberg Variations. Originally written for the harpsichord the Goldberg Variations, published in 1741, embodies an Aria with 30 variations and a coda. Bach wrote the work for Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who, as the narrative relays, often played music for Count Kaiserling, the Russian ambassador to the Saxony court with whom he resided, as a cure for the counts insomnia. Apparently the work was one of the successes that Bach had during his lifetime, being published in the decad... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0107T9IX8
• UPC: 761195127322
• ASIN: B0107T9IX8
• Manufacturer: Ondine

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (CD/DVD)

Nonesuch presents pianist Jeremy Denk's recording of J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations. A companion DVD accompanies the album and contains video liner notes with Denk demonstrating passages on the piano as he explains certain details of the iconic piece. The beloved Bach work has long been a staple of Denk's repertoire and his performances have received critical praise. The New York Times has remarked on his "profound affinity with Bach, " and the Philadelphia Inquirer called Denk's performance of this piece "mesmerizing, " noting that his "Bach is expressive, but not fussy or overthought. Techn... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00ER0QN4Q
• UPC: 075597958690
• ASIN: B00ER0QN4Q
• Brand: Nonesuch (USA)
• Manufacturer: Nonesuch

Bach: Goldberg Variations / Italian Concerto / French Overture / Italian Variations

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• UPC: 724357450126
• ASIN: B00005NEZG
• Manufacturer: EMI Classics

Goldberg Variations: Aria and 70 Variations Adapted, Arranged and Composed by Uri Caine

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• UPC: 025091005420
• ASIN: B00004RGPM
• Manufacturer: Winter & Winter

Bach: Goldberg Variations

Fanciful, free, ever-changing, yet completely structured and abiding by the strictest rules of a sophisticated mathematical concept, this is Bach's Glass Bead Game!

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• UPC: 670541842171
• ASIN: B008574BI2
• Manufacturer: JBO

The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Aria

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• ASIN: B01MQJ17YT
• Manufacturer: Classical Temple

Bach: Goldberg Variations

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• UPC: 025387904529
• ASIN: B005FQN6J6
• Manufacturer: Sine Qua Non

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (2CD)

Music of the Baroque era Bach keyboard concertos and Scarlatti sonatas already features in the eclectic Erato catalogue of the French pianist Alexandre Tharaud. Now he is giving us his interpretation of one of the monuments of the repertoire for piano (and harpsichord), Bachs Goldberg Variations. Bach is the father of all composers, Tharaud has said. He is the one who opened the way. When I am tired, or not playing at my best, I return to Bach. He refocuses me, he gives me new strength. His music has a centre, but it has no end ... To play Bach, you need to feel in harmony with yourself, to fe... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01355W0GI
• UPC: 825646051779
• ASIN: B01355W0GI
• Brand: PLG UK CLASSICS
• Manufacturer: Warner Classics/Parlophone

Goldberg Variations: 1955 Recordings (Vinyl)

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Goldberg Variations

The Goldberg Variations - alongside Wohltemperiertes Klavier, Musikalisches Opfer, Die Kunst der Fuge - constitute the most intense link of Bachs art of polyphony. Thus, they focus on the whole essential problem of polyphonic composition

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Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1955 Recording) (Vinyl)

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Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1981 Recording) (Vinyl)

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The Goldberg Variations: The Complete 1955 Recording Sessions

The recording industry of the 20th century saw stars become legends and albums become icons of popular culture. Completed in a total of only four days and released in January 1956, Glenn Gould s début

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