Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

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zpletan (2012/2/17)

Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Performers Jeremy Denk
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Open Goldberg (2012/6/5)

5 more: Variations 1-6 • Variations 7-12 • Variations 13-18 • Variations 19-24 • Variations 25-30, Aria da capo e fine

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Performer Pages Kimiko Ishizaka (Piano)
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Misc. Notes Open Goldberg Variations. Recorded in Teldex Studio, Berlin, 2012. Bösendorfer 290 Imperial. Anne-Marie Sylvestre, Producer
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KGill (2011/8/19)

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Performer Pages Janet Seitzer (Piano)
Publisher Info. Kenneth Gill, 2011.
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Misc. Notes Recorded 1981 (mono)
Unfortunately, the original reel-to-reel tape ran out during Variation 20, so the only version available from that point to the end of the work is of much lower quality
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Lucas-coelho (2021/7/18)

Performer Pages Glenn Gould (piano)
Publisher Info. Columbia Masterworks, 1956. ML 5060.
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Misc. Notes Source: Internet Archive
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Lucas-coelho (2021/7/21)

31 more: Variation 1 • Variation 2 • Variation 3 • Variation 4 • Variation 5 • Variation 6 • Variation 7 • Variation 8 • Variation 9 • Variation 10 • Variation 11 • Variation 12 • Variation 13 • Variation 14 • Variation 15 • Variation 16 • Variation 17 • Variation 18 • Variation 19 • Variation 20 • Variation 21 • Variation 22 • Variation 23 • Variation 24 • Variation 25 • Variation 26 • Variation 27 • Variation 28 • Variation 29 • Variation 30 • Aria da capo

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Performer Pages Wanda Landowska (harpsichord)
Publisher Info. Victor, 1945. DM 1022.
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Misc. Notes Source: Internet Archive (Digital transfer by F. Reeder)
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Goreld (2011/1/7)

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Performers Alcibiade Minel, piano
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Performers Mikhail Arkadev, piano
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Ladesneffous (2019/12/19)

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Performers Sir Starckwest
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Nakamira (2011/10/22)

32 more: Variation 1 • Variation 2 • Variation 3 • Variation 4 • Variation 5 • Variation 6 • Variation 7 • Variation 8 • Variation 9 • Variation 10 • Variation 11 • Variation 12 • Variation 13 • Variation 14 • Variation 15 • Variation 16 • Variation 17 • Variation 18 • Variation 19 • Variation 20 • Variation 21 • Variation 22 • Variation 23 • Variation 24 • Variation 25 • Variation 26 • Variation 27 • Variation 28 • Variation 29 • Variation 30 • Aria da capo • Zip archive of MIDIs (31 files)

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wrshannon (2012/5/20)

Publisher Info. Jan Kok, Nakamira
Performers Computer
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Reccmo (2011/12/6)

Publisher Info. Giacomo Andreola
Performers Giacomo Andreola
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection, and are also included in the Mondrup Recorder Collection.
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Keanur (2015/5/20)

Publisher Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2015
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Publisher Info. Friedrich Sacher
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Fynnjamin (2021/7/1)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Nürnberg: Balthasar Schmid, No.16, (ca.1741).
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Misc. Notes #394103, #74598, and #18809 - Facsimile of Bach's personal copy ('Handexemplar') located in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France [Rés. Vm. ms. 949], including several ornaments added by hand in faded ink which is more visible in the color scan. See discussion page for list of hand-written additions.
The 14 canons upon the first part of the basso appear at the end on a separate page.
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Fynnjamin (2013/11/6)

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
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Misc. Notes 18th-century manuscript copy of the Balthasar Schmid edition.
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Feduol (2023/1/18)

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Publisher. Info. Musikalische Kunstwerke im strengen Style von J.S. Bach u. andern Meistern
Zürich: Hans Georg Nägeli, n.d.[1802].
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Peter (2008/7/26)

Editor Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1782–1849)
Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805–1889)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.209, n.d.(ca.1850). Plate 2747.
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Kryalot (2006/3/17)

Editor Carl Ferdinand Becker (1804–1877)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 3
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1853. Plate B.W. III.
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Funper (2007/6/4)

Editor Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1782–1849)
Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805–1889)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Edition Peters, No.200-219, n.d.(ca.1898). Plate 8854.
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Misc. Notes This edition seems to be a new engraving of #19551, not altering content.
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Davidesacc (2009/3/4)

Editor Kurt Soldan (1891–1946)
Carl Adolf Martienssen (1881–1955), fingering
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Edition Peters, No.4462, 1937. Plate 11329.
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Misc. Notes Grayscale
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Worov (2013/3/24)

Editor Leonid Roizman (1916–1989)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d.(ca.1980).
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Chairat (2015/3/16)

Editor Christoph Wolff (b.1940)
Publisher. Info. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1977. Plate BA 5162 DVfM 8007.
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Chairat (2015/3/16)

Editor Christoph Wolff (b.1940)
Publisher. Info. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1977. Plate BA 5162.
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Arkdv (2016/12/17)

Editor Christoph Wolff (b.1940)
Mikhail Arkadev, revisions and commentary
Language Russian
Publisher. Info. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1977. Plate BA 5162.
URTEXT EDITION 
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Reprinted Концепция и комментарии М. Аркадьева
Moscow: Sovyetsky Kompozitor, 2002.
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Open Goldberg (2012/6/5)

Editor Werner Schweer
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Misc. Notes Open Goldberg Variations. Werner Schweer, editor. Peer reviewed on MuseScore.com
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wrshannon (2012/7/3)

Editor Martin Straeten
Publisher. Info. Martin Straeten
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Misc. Notes Complete edition incl. Verschiedene Canones über die ersteren acht Fundamental-Noten der Arie, BWV 1087.
Edition based on the composer's copy of the first printing.
These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Derk van der Veen (2022/12/5)

Editor Derk Van der Veen (b. 1972)
Publisher. Info. Derk Van der Veen, 2022.
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Misc. Notes 1) the first edition from 1741 has been converted to modern notation;

2) Bach's corrections have been implemented and notation errors that remained have also been addressed;
3) in addition, elements on which opinions may differ are discussed in advance along with those errata;
4) ornamental symbols have been taken from the first edition;
5) the layout and paper size have been chosen to make it easier to see the structure of the piece;
6) peer reviewed and thoroughly discussed by 10+ professional musicians.

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Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.61
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1907.
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12 more: Variation 1 • Variation 2 • Variation 3 • Variation 4 • Variation 5 • Variation 7 • Variation 10 • Variation 11 • Variation 12 • Variation 13 • Variation 18 • Variation 19

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Publisher. Info. RSB, 2011.
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Misc. Notes This new typeset writes out the ornaments that in the first edition are given as symbols. But there are errors in their interpretation, such as the second beat of the 3rd bar of the Aria in which the initial turn starts on the wrong note. An appoggiatura is missing in the third bar before the end of the first page of the Aria. There may be additional errors in these files.
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