Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria

~ Recording by Glenn Gould

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:53Johann Sebastian BachGoldberg ~ Variationen BWV 988Johann Sebastian Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)61 540
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:55Johann Sebastian BachThe Glenn Gould Legacy, Volume 1: J.S. BachJohann Sebastian Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
CBS Records MasterworksM3K 79358
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria1:56Johann Sebastian BachGoldberg VariationsJohann Sebastian Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)MYK 38479
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:53Johann Sebastian BachGoldberg Variations, BWV 988Johann Sebastian Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum
  • XE1992-08-31
Sony ClassicalSMK 52 594
1.3Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:53Johann Sebastian BachThe Art of Glenn Gould: Bach, Beethoven, HaydnBach, Beethoven, Haydn; Glenn GouldAlbum
1.3Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:53Johann Sebastian BachThe Art of Glenn Gould: Bach, Beethoven, HaydnBach, Beethoven, Haydn; Glenn GouldAlbum
Sony ClassicalSXK 52694
1.1Aria From Goldberg Variations BWV 9881:55Johann Sebastian BachThirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould: The Sound of GeniusGlenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-03-22
Sony ClassicalSK 46686
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV.988 ~ Aria1:56Johann Sebastian BachThe Little Bach BookJohann Sebastian Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum
  • JP2000-11-01
Sony ClassicalSRCR-2626
1.1Aria, Goldberg Variations, BWV 9881:56Johann Sebastian BachThe Gould VariationsBach; Glenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
Sony ClassicalSM2K 89344
1.16Goldberg Variations: Aria1:55Johann Sebastian BachArtist’s Choice: Yo-Yo MaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:53Johann Sebastian BachA State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 & 1981Johann Sebastian Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum
  • US2002-09-03
Sony ClassicalSM3K 87703
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:53Johann Sebastian BachA State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 & 1981Johann Sebastian Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum
  • US2002-09-03
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony ClassicalS3K 87703
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:53Johann Sebastian BachThe Goldberg VariationsBach; Glenn GouldAlbum
  • GB2004-07-26
Sony Classical517479 2
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:54Johann Sebastian BachThe 1955 Goldberg Variations - Birth of a LegendJohann Sebastian Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum
  • US2005-11-15
Sony Classical82876698352
1.8Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria1:54Johann Sebastian BachGoldberg Variations, BWV 988 / Partita no. 5, BWV 829Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-02-26
Naxos Historical8.111247
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria1:56Johann Sebastian BachThe Goldberg VariationsBach; Glenn GouldAlbum
  • JP2007-03-07
Sony Music Japan International Inc. (Do not use as a label, see the annotation.)SICC 639
1.1Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: Aria1:52Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg VariationenBach; Glenn GouldAlbum
  • -2007-03-14
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)231657 PC 207
1.1Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: Aria1:54Johann Sebastian BachThe Complete Original Jacket CollectionGlenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-09-25
Sony Classical88697130942-01, 88697130942-02, 88697130942-03, 88697130942-04, 88697130942-05, 88697130942-06, 88697130942-07, 88697130942-08, 88697130942-09, 88697130942-10, 88697130942-11, 88697130942-12, 88697130942-13, 88697130942-14, 88697130942-15, 88697130942-16, 88697130942-17, 88697130942-18, 88697130942-19, 88697130942-20, 88697130942-21, 88697130942-22a, 88697130942-22b, 88697130942-23, 88697130942-24a, 88697130942-24b, 88697130942-25, 88697130942-26, 88697130942-27, 88697130942-28, 88697130942-29, 88697130942-30, 88697130942-31, 88697130942-32, 88697130942-33, 88697130942-34, 88697130942-35, 88697130942-36, 88697130942-37, 88697130942-38, 88697130942-39, 88697130942-40, 88697130942-41, 88697130942-42, 88697130942-43, 88697130942-44, 88697130942-45, 88697130942-46, 88697130942-47, 88697130942-48, 88697130942-49, 88697130942-50, 88697130942-51, 88697130942-52, 88697130942-53, 88697130942-54a, 88697130942-54b, 88697130942-55a, 88697130942-55b, 88697130942-56a, 88697130942-56b, 88697130942-57, 88697130942-58a, 88697130942-58b, 88697130942-59, 88697130942-60, 88697130942-61, 88697130942-62a, 88697130942-62b, 88697130942-63a, 88697130942-63b, 88697130942-64a, 88697130942-64b, 88697130942-65, 88697130942-66, 88697130942-67, 88697130942-68, 88697130942-69, 88697130942-70, 88697130942-71
1.8Les Variations Goldberg - Aria1:54Johann Sebastian BachLes Grands Classiques d’EdgarVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2007-10-01
Octave Productions (Canadian, mainly classical music)OCT 2 3326
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria1:56Johann Sebastian BachThe Goldberg VariationsJohann Sebastian Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum
Sony Classical88697147452
1.1Goldberg Variations - Aria1:53Glenn GouldThe Essential Glenn GouldGlenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697417292
1.1Variations Goldberg, BWV 988: Aria1:54Johann Sebastian BachLe Monde du piano: BachBach; Glenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2010-01-22
Le Monde
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:53Johann Sebastian BachGlenn Gould Plays Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988Johann Sebastian Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-09-10
Sony Classical88725411822
1.10Aria with 30 Variations, BWV 988 “Goldberg Variations”: I. Aria1:59Johann Sebastian BachAangenaam Klassiek 2012Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • NL2012-09-26
STEP (Stichting Entertainmentretail Promotion)
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:52Johann Sebastian BachThe Complete Bach CollectionJohann Sebastian Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
Sony Classical
1.1Goldberg Variations, Aria (BWV 988)1:55Glenn GouldThe Little Bach BookGlenn GouldAlbum
Sony Classical88691961142
1.2Aria from Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1955 recording)1:57Johann Sebastian BachThis is Glenn Gould: Story of a GeniusGlenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
  • -2012
Sony Classical
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria1:56Johann Sebastian BachVariations GoldbergBach, Glenn GouldAlbum
  • FR2013-11-19
BnF Collection (Bibliothèque nationale de France)[none]
1.1Aria from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 9881:55Johann Sebastian BachAll Time BestGlenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
Sony Classical88765454722
3.2Goldberg Variations, BWV 9881:58Johann Sebastian BachThe Real… ClassicalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2013
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
3.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:54Johann Sebastian Bach50 Great RecordingsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Eurodisc, RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical88843047122
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1955 recording): Aria1:53Johann Sebastian BachGoldberg Variations: The 1955 & 1981 RecordingsBach, Glenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
  • -2015-02-06
Sony Classical[none]
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Highlights:Aria (Remastered)1:52Glenn GouldThe Sound of Glenn GouldGlenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2015-09-11
Sony Classical
32.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:52Glenn GouldRemastered: The Complete Columbia Album Collection (81 CDs, 2015 version)Glenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
Sony Classical
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:52Johann Sebastian BachRemastered: The Complete Columbia Album Collection (81 CDs, 2015 version)Glenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
Sony Classical
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria1:56Johann Sebastian BachThe Goldberg Variations (Remastered: The Complete Columbia Album Collection)Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum
Sony Classical
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria1:56Johann Sebastian BachBach: Goldberg Variations (1955 mono)Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum
  • JP2022-09-28
Sony ClassicalSIJP-1065
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria1:56Johann Sebastian BachBach: Goldberg Variations (1955 recording, rechannelled for stereo)Johann Sebastian Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum
  • JP2023-01-25
Sony ClassicalSIJP-1066
1.1Goldberg Aria (1955): SMK 525941:54J.S. BachA Portrait of Glenn: Music From the PlayGlenn GouldAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
SK 80420
1.1The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:53Glenn GouldGlenn Gould Plays BachBach; Glenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:52Johann Sebastian BachGoldberg VariationsJohann Sebastian Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum
LMYK 44868
1.1Goldberg Variations: Aria1:58Johann Sebastian BachGreatest Hits: The Piano, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria1:56Johann Sebastian BachThe Goldberg VariationsBach; Glenn GouldAlbum
Sony Classical
Bootleg
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria1:53Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg VariationenJohann Sebastian Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum
Universe (Compilations – Attention, some releases may be bootlegs)UN 024
(unknown)
1.1Aria, BWV 9881:53Glenn GouldGlenn Gould plays BachBach; Glenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
  • -2011
Sony Classical
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria1:56Johann Sebastian BachThe Goldberg Variations (1955 Recording)Johann Sebastian Bach; Glenn GouldAlbum
  • JP2016-12-07
Sony ClassicalSICC-30350
1.1Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - Aria1:53Johann Sebastian BachGlenn Gould, Volume 1Johann Sebastian Bach
1.1Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Highlights:Aria (Remastered)1:52Glenn GouldThe Sound of Glenn GouldGlenn GouldAlbum + Compilation
Sony ClassicalG010003289127L

Relationships

producer:Howard H. Scott (classical music producer)
piano:Glenn Gould (pianist) (from 1955-06-10 until 1955-06-16)
recorded at:CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, United States (from 1955-06-10 until 1955-06-16)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/1LOZgd7CvEFfSJRtuIqDqB [info]
recording of:Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: Aria (from 1955-06-10 until 1955-06-16)

Related works

Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: Aria

composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988 (order: 1)
is the basis for:Dialog mit Bach
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arrangements:Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria (for string trio, Sitkovetsky)
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria (for organ, Middelschulte)
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria (for small orchestra, Koffler)
Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: Aria (catch-all for arrangements)
Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: Aria (for two pianos, Rheinberger/Reger)