Goldberg Variations discography
This is a list of commercial or professional recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations, organized chronologically. The list is sortable by clicking on the small arrows at the top of each column.
| Artist | Date | Place | Recording | Instrument and repeats |
| Serkin, Rudolf | circa 1928 | Stuttgart | Welte piano rolls | piano |
| Landowska, Wanda | November 1933 | Paris | EMI 5 6720 ADD | harpsichord |
| Arrau, Claudio | January–March 1942 | RCA CD GD 87841 | piano | |
| Landowska, Wanda | 1945 | New York City | RCA | harpsichord |
| Tureck, Rosalyn | 1947 | mono Allegro / Everest | piano | |
| Kirkpatrick, Ralph | 1952 | mono Haydn Society | harpsichord | |
| Leonhardt, Gustav | 1953 | Vienna | stereo Vanguard | harpsichord |
| Demus, Jörg | June 1953 | Austria | Nixa WLP 5241, mono | piano, 49 minutes |
| Ahlgrimm, Isolde | January 1954 | Vienna | Philips, mono | Ammer harpsichord |
| Gould, Glenn | June 21, 1954 | Toronto | from CBC broadcast, mono | piano, no repeats. |
| Gould, Glenn | June 10, 1955 | New York City | Sony Classical 52 594 ADD; Goldberg Variations | piano, no repeats. |
| Richter, Karl | January 1956 | Telefunken | harpsichord | |
| Friskin, James | March 28, 1956 | Masonic Temple, Brooklyn, New York | Bach Guild / Vanguard | harpsichord |
| Tureck, Rosalyn | 1957 | London, Abbey Road Studios | HMV / Capitol, 2 CD Philips "Great pianists of the century" | piano |
| Gould, Glenn | 1959 | live at Salzburg Festival | Sony Classical 52685 ADD | piano |
| Kirkpatrick, Ralph | 1959 | Deutsche Grammophon 439 673-2 ADD | harpsichord | |
| Walcha, Helmut | June 1960 – March 1961 | Hamburg | EMI 4 89166 ADD | harpsichord |
| Malcolm, George | 1963 | UK | L'Oiseau Lyre | Thomas Goff harpsichord |
| Demus, Jörg | June 1963 | Vienna | Westminster WMS 1004, stereo | piano, 54 minutes |
| Leonhardt, Gustav | 1965 | Teldec | harpsichord | |
| Serkin, Peter | March 1965 | New York City | RCA | piano |
| Yudina, Maria | January 1968 | Moscow | Philips 456 994-2 "Great pianists of the century" | piano |
| Kempff, Wilhelm | July 1969 | Deutsche Grammophon 439 978-2 ADD | piano | |
| Rosen, Charles | July 1969 | Sony SBK 48173 ADD | piano | |
| Richter, Karl | 1970 | Archiv Produktion POCA-9085 | harpsichord | |
| Newman, Anthony | 1971 | Columbia M 30538 | harpsichord | |
| Spiegelman, Joel | May 1973 | East-West, ISI Productions, Atlantic New Age Bach: The Goldberg Variations ADD | "Kurzweil 250 Digital Synthesizer" | |
| Demus, Jörg | 1974 | Nuova Era | piano, 74 minutes | |
| Johannesen, Grant | c. 1975 | Golden Crest 4167 | piano | |
| Kipnis, Igor | 1976 | New York City | EMI / Angel | harpsichord |
| Leonhardt, Gustav | August 1976 | Haarlem | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi GD77149 ADD | harpsichord |
| Curtis, Alan | September 23, 1976 | location unknown | EMI 7630622 | 1728 Christian Zell harpsichord |
| Scheurich, Marga | 1977 | LP Saphir Intercord INT 120.886 | Cembalo, harpsichord | |
| Nikolayeva, Tatiana | 1979 | Moscow | Melodiya C10-13091, Relief CR861006, Victor VICC40126/7. Nikolayeva's 1st recording. | piano |
| Tureck, Rosalyn | 1979 or 1984 | Most probably Hamburg | DG, Reissue 1988 1 CD VAI Audio | piano |
| Pinnock, Trevor | 1980 | Archiv Produktion 415 130-2 ADD | harpsichord | |
| Weissenberg, Alexis | 1981 | EMI 5 74952 2 | piano | |
| Gould, Glenn | April/May 1981 | New York City | originally CBS Masterworks MK 37779, now Sony Classical 52619 DDD | piano, No repeats. |
| Serkin, Peter | 30 January 1982 | Freiburg, Germany | SWF 75/76 | piano |
| Sokolov, Grigory | 27 February 1982 | Leningrad | Melodiya | piano |
| Schiff, András | 1983 | Decca 417 116-2 | All repeats | |
| Nikolayeva, Tatiana | April 1983 | Aarhus, Denmark | Classico Classcd 416. Nikolayeva's 2nd recording. | piano |
| Ross, Scott | April 1985 | live at Tabaret Hall, University of Ottawa | Erato / Fonovox | harpsichord |
| Pi-hsien, Chen | October 1985 | Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt | Naxos 8.550078 DDD | piano |
| Serkin, Peter | 12–15 March 1986 | Saint Paul, Minnesota | ProArte CDD-331 | piano |
| Gilbert, Kenneth | April 1986 | Mas de Vert, Arles | 1 CD Harmonia Mundi | harpsichord |
| Tipo, Maria | 26–28 June 1986 | Paris | EMI HMV 5 86666 DDD | piano |
| Nikolayeva, Tatiana | 10 November 1986 | St. John’s, Smith Square, London | BBC 6483445. Nikolayeva's 3rd recording. | piano |
| Nikolayeva, Tatiana | 9 September 1987 | Berwald Hall, Stockholm | Bluebell ABCD043. Nikolayeva's 4th recording. | piano |
| Lazko, Igor | c.1987 | Belgrade Broadcasting, PGP 2330172 | piano | |
| Guillou, Jean | November 1987 | Eglise Notre-Dame des Neiges, Alpe d'Huez, France | Dorian 90110 | organ |
| Hussong, Stefan | 1987/1988 | Thorofon DDD | chromatic button accordion | |
| Ross, Scott | January 1988 | Salle Blanqui, Paris | EMI / Virgin Veritas | harpsichord |
| Koopman, Ton | 1988 | ERATO 45326-2 DDD | harpsichord | |
| Jarrett, Keith | January 1989 | ECM Records 839 622-2 DDD; [J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Glenn Gould recording)|Goldberg Variations (Keith Jarrett recording)|J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations] | harpsichord | |
| Kawalla, Bronisława | February 1989 | Polskie Nagrania PNCD 055 DDD | piano | |
| Vartolo, Sergio | June 1989 | Tactus harpsichord | ||
| Barenboim, Daniel | October 12, 1989 | Live recording, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires | Erato ER2-45468 | piano |
| Asperen, Bob van | July 1991 | Berlin | EMI 7 54209 DDD | harpsichord |
| Schie, Tjako van | February 1991 | Netherlands | Rondo 001 DDD | piano |
| Jaccottet, Christiane | 1991 | Pilz 160127 | harpsichord, no repeats | |
| Black, Virginia | 1991 | Collins 70032-2 | harpsichord, all repeats | |
| Cole, Maggie | 1991 | Virgin 5 61555 DDD | harpsichord | |
| Feltsman, Vladimir | October 26, 1991 | live at the Moscow Conservatory | 513260T DDD | piano, all repeats |
| Nikolayeva, Tatiana | January 23, 1992 | Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London | Hyperion Records CDA66589. Nikolayeva's 5th recording. | piano |
| Hantaï, Pierre | June 1992 | Opus 111 OPS 30–84 DDD | harpsichord | |
| Verlet, Blandine | September 1992 | L'Eglise de Saint Hippolyte, France | Astrée Auvidis E 8745. Re-released on Naïve, 2012 | 1751 Hemsch harpsichord |
| Canino, Bruno | January 16–17, 1993 | Lugano | Ermitage ERM 412-2 DDD | piano |
| Lauriala, Risto | September 13–14, 1993 | ALBA ABCD103 | piano | |
| Gavrilov, Andrei | 1993 | Deutsche Grammophon 435 436-2 DDD | piano | |
| New European Strings Chamber Orchestra | October 1993 | Hamburg | Nonesuch, transcription by Dmitry Sitkovetsky | orchestra |
| Bühler-Kestler, Eleanore | October 1993 | Bayreuth | CHARADE; CHA 3012 DDD | harpsichord |
| Kumamoto, Mari | December 1, 1993 | King Records KICC-110 | piano | |
| Serkin, Peter | June 1–3, 1994 | New York City | BMG Classics 09026 68188 2 DDD | piano |
| Lifschitz, Konstantin | June 10–13, 1994 | Denon Records #78961 DDD | piano | |
| Rousset, Christophe | September 27–29, 1994 | originally L'Oiseau-Lyre, now Decca 475 7080 DDD | harpsichord, all repeats | |
| Dershavina, Ekaterina | 1994 | Arte Nova Catalog #: 340110 | piano, all repeats except Aria da capo | |
| Schepkin, Sergey | January 15, 1995 | Ongaku Records 024-107 DDD | piano, all repeats | |
| Cooper, Kenneth | 1995 | Berkshire Bach Society | harpsichord | |
| Bartos, Samuel | 1995 | Connoisseur Society | piano | |
| Aldwell, Edward | 1996 | Biddulph flw001 DDD | piano | |
| Rodarmer, Kurt | 1996 | Sony SK 60257 DDD | two guitars | |
| Sutherland, Robin | 1996 | d'Note Classics DND 1013- ADD | piano, all repeats | |
| Suzuki, Masaaki | February, June and July 1997 | BIS BIS-CD-310819 DDD | harpsichord All repeats | |
| Eötvös, József | 1997 | EJ-01WZ DDD | solo guitar | |
| Mašek, Michal | 1997 | LT 0056-2 131 | piano | |
| Katz, Shelley | 18–19 November 1997 | Snape Maltings Concert Hall | Private Label – Produced by Erik Smith with fewer than 30 edits to the entire master | piano, all repeats except for minor variations |
| Ivo Janssen | Februari 1998 | Void | piano | |
| Tureck, Rosalyn | March 1998 | Hamburg | 2 CD DG | piano |
| Vieru, Andrei | 1998 | Harmonia Mundi 901666 | piano | |
| Bezuijen, Abram | 1998 | VLS Records VLC 0598 | organ | |
| Zhu, Xiao-Mei | 1999 | Mandala Records DDD | piano | |
| Canadian Brass | 1999 | RCA Red Seal DDD | brass quintet | |
| Martin Beaver, David Harding, and Bryan Epperson | 1999 | CBC Studios, Toronto, Ontario | CBC Musica Viva MVCD 1130 | string trio |
| Koroliov, Evgeni | 1999 | Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Hänssler | piano |
| Belder, Pieter-Jan | 20 April, 8/9 July 1999 | Brilliant Classics 92284 DDD | harpsichord | |
| Hewitt, Angela | 28 August-1 September 1999 | Henry Wood Hall, London | Hyperion Records CDA 67305 | piano |
| Schirmer, Ragna | June 1999 | Johanniterkirche, Groß Eichsen, Germany | Berlin Classics 001716 DDD | piano |
| Les Violons du Roy | September 1999 | Saint-Irénée, Québec, Canada | 1 CD Dorian | transcription for string orchestra |
| Amati String Trio | December 1999 | Middelburg Synagogue, The Netherlands | Columns Classics 99564 DDD | string |
| Perahia, Murray | July 2000 | Sony Classical SK/SM 89243 DDD | piano | |
| Okonar, Mehmet | 2000 | LMO-Records UTC 8697408800030 DDD | piano | |
| Kłosiewicz, Władysław | 2000 | Accord ACD 081-2 | harpsichord | |
| Canadian Brass | 2000 | RCA 63610 | horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba | |
| Jacques Loussier Trio | 2000 | Telarc CD-83479 DDD | jazz trio | |
| Caine, Uri | 2000 | Recorded in New York, Italy and Germany October 1999 – January 2000 | Winter & Winter 910 054 The Goldberg Variations | rock, dub, electro, jazz, ragtime, blues, avant-garde, valse, Christmas music, soul, tango, mambo, gospel, bebop, experimental, drum & bass, samba, klezmer, bossa nova, etc. |
| Toth, Gwendolyn | 2000 | Zefiro Recordings ZR 103 | lute harpsichord | |
| Frisch, Celine | 2001 | Alpha 14 with BWV 1087 | harpsichord | |
| Degazio, Bruno | 2001 | electronic wind instrument | ||
| Vinikour, Jory | 2001 | San Raphael, CA | Delos Records | harpsichord All repeats |
| Dimetrik, Wolfgang | 2001 | Amphion records 20126 DDD | accordion | |
| Schlimé, Francesco Tristano | 2001 | Accord ACD 098 with BWV 622 | piano | |
| Bahrami, Ramin | February 2002 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Decca 476 282 DDD | piano |
| Schiff, András | October 2002 | Basel | ECM DDD | piano |
| Haugsand, Ketil | 2002 | Simax PSC 1192 | harpsichord | |
| Bjørkøe, Christina | 2002 | Scandinavian Classics 220590 -205 DDD | piano | - |
| Banton, Hugh | 2002 | The Organ Workshop, Lymm, Cheshire and aboard 'NB Tocata' on the Bridgewater Canal | FIE 9128 | Organ |
| Crossland, Jill | 2003 | Apex 0927 49979 2 DDD | piano | |
| Hantaï, Pierre | 2003 | Mirare MIR 9945 DDD | harpsichord | |
| Stadtfeld, Martin | March 2004 | Sony BMG SK93101 DDD | piano | |
| Väyrynen, Mika | 2004 | ALBA ABCD 191 | accordion | |
| Ennis, Catherine | 2004 | Mollterz | organ | |
| Ogeil, Jacqueline | 2004 | ABC Classics – Discovery 476 3529 | harpsichord | |
| Trio Zilliacus Persson Raitinen | 2004 | Caprice CAP-21695 | string trio | |
| Jandó, Jenő | 2005 | Naxos 8.557268 DDD | piano | |
| Martins, João Carlos | 2005 | Tomato 2126 | piano | |
| Gaede Trio | 2005 | Tacet 070CD DDD | string trio | |
| Tůma, Jaroslav | 2005 | Arta F101362 | harpsichord, clavichords | |
| Egarr, Richard | 8–11 March 2005 | Harmonia Mundi HMU 907425.26, with BWV 1087 DDD | harpsichord | |
| Cheung, Pius | 2006 | MPC | marimba | |
| Beausejour, Luc | 2006 | Analekta | harpsichord | |
| Gould, Glenn | May 2007 | Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto | Sony Classics, 88697-03350-2 | piano |
| Barshai, Elena | Autumm 2007 | Brilliant Classics | organ | |
| Dinnerstein, Simone | 2007 | Telarc CD-80692 DDD | piano | |
| Levin, Beth | April 28, 2007 | Steinway Hall, New York City | Centaur Records, Inc. CRC 2927 DDD | piano |
| Schliessmann, Burkard | July 17–19, 2007 | Teldex Studios Berlin | BAYER 100 326 | piano |
| MacGregor, Joanna | September 30 – October 1, 2007 | Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria | Warner Classics 2564-68393 | piano |
| Blassel, Sylvain | 2008 | Lontano 2568 69199-6 DDD | harp | |
| Finch, Catrin | 2008 | Deutsche Grammophon 477 8097 DDD | harp | |
| Korevaar, David | 2008 | Ivory Classics 77005 | piano | |
| Crawford, Lisa Goode | 2008 | Centaur CRC 2899 DDD | harpsichord | |
| Lim, Dong-Hyek | 2008 | EMI | piano | |
| Schepkin, Sergey | July 22, 2008 | Jordan Hall, Boston | King International, Inc., Tokyo, Japan KKC 29 DDD; Schepkin's second recording of this work | piano |
| Staier, Andreas | 2009 | Berlin | Harmonia mundi HMU 902058 | harpsichord |
| Cload, Julia | 2009 | London | Meridian | piano |
| Nyírő, Sebestyén | Dec. 6, 2007, Published 2009 | Basel | MHMC Budapest | piano |
| Bacchetti, Andrea | 2010 | Sacile, Italy | Dynamic CDS-659 | piano |
| Erez, Tzvi | 2010 | Toronto, Canada | Niv Classical | piano |
| Arad, Avner | 2010 | New York City | MSR Classics MS-1167 | piano |
| Devine, Steven | 2010 | Suffolk, England | Chandos 0780 | harpsichord |
| Angelich, Nicholas | 2010 | Virgin Classics | piano | |
| Bloss, Nick van | 2010 | Henry Wood Hall, London | Nimbus Records | piano |
| Shemer, David | 2011 | Christ Church, Jerusalem | Aria | harpsichord |
| Fretwork | 2011 | HMU907560 | viol consort | |
| Sohn, Minsoo | 2011 | The Banff Centre, Alberta | Honens 21794 | piano |
| Jalbert, David | 2011 | Palais Montcalm, Québec City | ATMA | piano |
| Gurning, Alexander | 2011 | Flagey Studio 1, Brussels | Avanti | piano |
| Tepfer, Dan | 2011 | Sunnyside | jazz piano | |
| Tsalka, Michael | December 1 & 2, 2012 | Roxy Studio, Berlin, Germany | paladino music | clavichords |
| Worms, Marcel | 2012 | Zeeuwse Concertzaal Middelburg, Netherlands | Zefir | piano |
| Perrotta, Maria | 2012 | Decca | piano | |
| Crochet, Évelyne | 2012 | DiMenna Center, New York City | Elite Recordings | piano |
| Douglass-Ishizaka, Kimiko | 2012 | Teldex Studio, Berlin | Open Goldberg Variations | piano |
| Garnati Ensemble | 2012 | Auditorio del C.C.R. Fray Luis De Leon, Guadarrama | Sony Music 88725474372 | arranged for string trio by Yuval Gotlibovich |
| Magalhães, Luís and Schumann, Nina | 2012 | Endler Hall, Stellenbosch University, South Africa | Two Pianists | arrangement for two pianos by Rheinberger/Reger |
| Costin, Robert | Dec. 2012 | The Chapel of Pembroke College, Cambridge | Stone Records | organ |
| Denk, Jeremy | Jan. 2013 | Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, State University of New York | Nonesuch Records | piano |
| Duo Melisande | 2013 | Toulouse | Paraty | transcribed by Benedetto Montebello for 2 guitars, modified by the performers |
| Kawamura, Sachiko | 2013 | St. Bartholomew's, Brighton | Claudio | piano |
| Zhu, Xiao-Mei | 2014 | St. Thomas Church, Leipzig | Accentus | piano |
| Vogt, Lars | March 2014 | Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln, Germany | Ondine ODE 1273-2 | piano |
| Dahl, Carsten | 2014 | Kæv Studio, Copenhagen | Tiger Music 1902350 Tiger Music 1902138 | prepared piano |
| Villalba, Miquel | 2014 | Girona Auditori, Spain | Aglae Musica | piano |
| Dubreil, Pascal | 2014 | Église de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Basse-Bodeux | Ramée RAM-1404 | harpsichord |
| Hewitt, Angela | 2015 | Christuskirche, Firlstraße, Berlin-Oberschöneweide | Hyperion | piano |
| Tharaud, Alexander | 2015 | Aix en Provence – conservatoire Darius Milhaud | Erato | piano |
| Sims, Lori | 2015 | Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI | Two Pianists | piano |
| Levit, Igor | 2015 | Funkhaus Nalepastrasse, Berlin | Sony | piano |
| Muller, Jean | 2015 | Conservatoire de la ville de Luxembourg | Hanssler HC17059 | piano |
| Torres, Xavier | 2016 | Palau de la Música, Valencia, Spain | IBS Classical | piano |
| Camerata RCO | 2016 | BarcaNova | string trio | |
| Esfahani, Mahan | 2016 | Berlin | Deutsche Grammophon GmbH | harpsichord |
| Lester, Richard | 2016 | Nimbus NI5946 | harpsichord | |
| Schornsheim, Christine | 2016 | Capriccio C5286 | harpsichord | |
| Rana, Beatrice | 2016, released Feb. 2017 | Teldex Studio, Berlin | Warner Classics – Parlophone 0190295880187 | piano |
| Mazzocchin, Giovanni | 2016 | Saletta acustica 'Eric James', Pove del Grappa | OnClassical OC17042B | piano |
| De Maria, Pietro | 2016 | Decca | piano | |
| Yilmaz, Kemal Cem | 2016 | Audite | piano | |
| La Compagnie Pochette | 2016 | Alba | string trio | |
| Belder, Pieter-Jan | 2017 | Brilliant Classics 95471BR | harpsichord | |
| Kamerkoor PA'Dam | 2017 | Cobra | Re-composition for choir & baroque ensemble by Gustavo Trujillo | |
| Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini | 2017 | Naive | period strings and continuo | |
| Martin Heini | 2017 | St. Katharina Parish Church, Horw, Switzerland | Guild | organ |
| Serkin, Peter | 12 November 2017 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Vivace VTV-8808 | piano |
| Ji | 2018 | Warner Classics | piano | |
| Rainwater, Anne | December 14, 2018 | Oakland, California | piano | |
| Lang Lang | September 2020 | Live recording at Thomaskirche, Leipzig | Deutsche Grammophon | piano, all repeats observed |
| Kolesnikov, Pavel | rel. Nov 2020 rec. Dec 2019 | London | Hyperion | piano |
| Mazzocchin, Giovanni | 2021 | Saletta acustica 'Eric James', Pove del Grappa | OnClassical OC21116B | piano |
| Rondeau, Jean | April 2021 | Paris | Erato 9029650811 | harpsichord, all repeats |
| Ólafsson, Víkingur | October 2023 | Reykjavík | Deutsche Grammophon 00028948645534 | piano |
| MacDonald, Sarah | May 2024 | Ely Cathedral, United Kingdom | Regent Records REGCD568 | piano |
| TrioFenix | rel. Feb 2026 rec. Feb 2025 | Concertgebouw Bruges, Belgium | Evil Penguin Classic | string trio |
Without recording date – To be inserted in the list
- Ito Ema – MA Recordings M024A – digitally recorded February 1994
- Zuzana Růžičková – Erato – ERA 9034 – Neupert harpsichord