This is a partial list of commercial recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations.
| Artist | Date | Place | Recording | Instrument and repeats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolf Serkin | circa 1928 | Stuttgart | Welte piano rolls | piano |
| Wanda Landowska | November 1933 | Paris | EMI 5 6720 ADD | harpsichord |
| Eunice Norton | 1942 | Norvard 0005-2 | piano | |
| Claudio Arrau | January–March 1942 | RCA CD GD 87841 | piano | |
| Wanda Landowska | 1945 | New York City | RCA | harpsichord |
| Rosalyn Tureck | 1947 | mono Allegro/Everest | piano | |
| Ralph Kirkpatrick | 1952 | mono Haydn Society | harpsichord | |
| Gustav Leonhardt | 1953 | Vienna | mono (the first of three recordings by this artist) | harpsichord |
| Isolde Ahlgrimm | January 1954 | Vienna | Philips, mono | Ammer harpsichord |
| Glenn Gould | June 21, 1954 | Toronto | from CBC broadcast, mono | piano |
| Glenn Gould | June 10, 1955 | New York | Sony Classical 52 594 ADD; Goldberg Variations | piano |
| Jörg Demus | 1955 | Austria | Nixa WLP 5241, mono | piano |
| Karl Richter | January 1956 | Telefunken | harpsichord | |
| James Friskin | March 28, 1956 | Masonic Temple, Brooklyn, New York | Bach Guild/ Vanguard | harpsichord |
| Rosalyn Tureck | 1957 | London, Abbey Road Studios | HMV / Capitol, 2 CD Philips "Great pianists of the century" | piano |
| Glenn Gould | 1959 | live at Salzburg Festival | Sony Classical 52685 ADD | piano |
| Ralph Kirkpatrick | 1959 | Deutsche Grammophon 439 673-2 ADD | harpsichord | |
| Helmut Walcha | June 1960-March 1961 | Hamburg | EMI 4 89166 ADD | harpsichord |
| Gustav Leonhardt | 1965 | Teldec (Das Alte Werk) | harpsichord | |
| Peter Serkin | March 1965 | New York | RCA (the first of 3 recordings by this artist) | piano |
| Maria Yudina | January 1968 | Moscow | Philips 456 994-2 "Great pianists of the century" | piano |
| Wilhelm Kempff | July 1969 | Deutsche Grammophon 439 978-2 ADD | piano | |
| Charles Rosen | July 1969 | Sony SBK 48173 ADD | piano | |
| Karl Richter | 1970 | Archiv Produktion POCA-9085 | harpsichord | |
| Anthony Newman | 1971 | Columbia M 30538 | harpsichord | |
| Joel Spiegelman | May 1973 | East-West, ISI Productions, Atlantic New Age Bach: The Goldberg Variations ADD | "Kurzweil 250 Digital Synthesizer" | |
| Igor Kipnis | 1976 | New York | EMI / Angel | harpsichord |
| Gustav Leonhardt | August 1976 | Haarlem | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi GD77149 ADD (his third and, so far, last recording) | harpsichord |
| Alan Curtis | September 23, 1976 | location unknown | EMI 7630622 | 1728 Christian Zell harpsichord |
| Marga Scheurich | 1977 | LP Saphir Intercord INT 120.886 | harpsichord | |
| Rosalyn Tureck | 1979 or 1984 | Most probably Hamburg | DG, Reissue 1988 1 CD VAI Audio | Piano |
| Trevor Pinnock | 1980 | Archiv Produktion 415 130-2 ADD | harpsichord | |
| Alexis Weissenberg | 1981 | EMI 5 74952 2 | piano | |
| Glenn Gould | April/May 1981 | New York | originally CBS Masterworks MK 37779, now Sony Classical 52619 DDD (his fourth and last recording of the Goldbergs) | piano |
| Grigory Sokolov | 27 February 1982 | Leningrad (live) | Melodiya | piano |
| András Schiff | 1983 | Decca 417 116-2 (1 CD) | All repeats | |
| Eunice Norton | 1985 | Norvard 0005-1 | piano | |
| Chen Pi-hsien[1] | October 1985 | Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt | Naxos 8.550078 DDD | piano |
| Kenneth Gilbert | April 1986 | Mas de Vert, Arles | 1 CD Harmonia Mundi | harpsichord |
| Maria Tipo | 26–28 June 1986 | Paris | EMI HMV 5 86666 DDD | piano |
| Igor Lazko | c.1987 | Belgrade Broadcasting, PGP 2330172 | piano | |
| Jean Guillou | November 1987 | Eglise Notre-Dame des Neiges, Alpe d'Huez, France | Dorian 90110 | organ |
| Stefan Hussong(in German) | 1987/1988 | Thorofon DDD | chromatic button accordion | |
| Ton Koopman | 1988 | ERATO 45326-2 DDD | harpsichord | |
| Keith Jarrett | January 1989 | ECM Records 839 622-2 DDD; J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations | harpsichord | |
| Bronisława Kawalla | February 1989 | Polskie Nagrania PNCD 055 DDD | piano | |
| Sergio Vartolo | June 1989 | Tactus harpsichord [1] [2] | ||
| Daniel Barenboim | October 12, 1989 | Live recording, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires | Erato ER2-45468 | piano [2] |
| Bob van Asperen | July 1991 | Berlin | EMI 7 54209 DDD | harpsichord |
| Tjako van Schie | February 1991 | Netherlands | Rondo 001 DDD | piano |
| Christiane Jaccottet [3] | 1991 | Pilz 160127 | harpsichord no repeats | |
| Virginia Black | 1991 | Collins 70032-2 (2 CDs) | All repeats | |
| Maggie Cole | 1991 | Virgin 5 61555 (2 CDs) DDD | harpsichord | |
| Vladimir Feltsman | October 26, 1991 | live at the Moscow Conservatory | Musical Heritage Society 513260T DDD | piano All repeats |
| Tatiana Nikolayeva | January 23, 1992 | Hyperion Records CDA66589 | piano | |
| Pierre Hantaï | June 1992 | Opus 111 OPS 30-84 DDD (the first of his two recordings) | harpsichord | |
| Bruno Canino | January 16–17, 1993 | Lugano | Ermitage ERM 412-2 DDD | piano |
| Risto Lauriala | September 13–14, 1993 | ALBA ABCD103 | piano | |
| Andrei Gavrilov | 1993 | Deutsche Grammophon 435 436-2 DDD | piano | |
| New European Strings Chamber Orchestra | October 1993 | Hamburg | Nonesuch, transcription by Dmitry Sitkovetsky | orchestra |
| Eleonore Bühler-Kestler | October 1993 | Bayreuth | CHARADE; CHA 3012 DDD | harpsichord |
| Mari Kumamoto | December 1, 1993 | King Records (Japan) KICC-110 | piano | |
| Peter Serkin | June 1–3, 1994 | Manhattan BMG Classics 09026 68188 2 DDD (the third of his recordings of the work) | piano | |
| Konstantin Lifschitz | June 10–13, 1994 | Denon Records #78961 DDD (Lifschitz was 17 at time of recording.) | piano | |
| Christophe Rousset | September 27–29, 1994 | originally L'Oiseau-Lyre, now Decca 475 7080 DDD | harpsichord All repeats | |
| Ekaterina Dershavina | 1994 | |||
| Sergey Schepkin | January 15, 1995 | Ongaku Records 024-107 DDD | piano All repeats | |
| Kenneth Cooper | 1995 | Berkshire Bach Society | harpsichord | |
| Kurt Rodarmer | 1996 | Sony SK 60257 DDD | two guitars (overdubbed) | |
| Robin Sutherland | 1996 | d'Note Classics DND 1013- ADD | piano All repeats | |
| Masaaki Suzuki | February, June and July 1997 | BIS BIS-CD-310819 DDD | harpsichord All repeats | |
| József Eötvös (musician) | 1997 | EJ-01WZ DDD | solo guitar | |
| Michal Mašek | 1997 | LT 0056-2 131 | piano | |
| Shelley Katz | 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 |
| Rosalyn Tureck | March 1998 | Hamburg | 2 CD DG (the seventh and last recording of the Goldbergs by this artist) | Piano |
| Zhu Xiao-Mei | 1999 | Mandala Records DDD | piano | |
| Evgeny Koroliov | 1999 | Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Hänssler | piano |
| Pieter-Jan Belder | 20 April, 8/9 July 1999 | Brilliant Classics 92284 DDD | harpsichord | |
| Angela Hewitt | 28 August-1 September 1999 | Henry Wood Hall, London | Hyperion Records CDA 67305 | piano |
| Ragna Schirmer | 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 |
| Murray Perahia | July 2000 | Sony Classical SK/SM 89243 DDD | piano | |
| Mehmet Okonsar | 2000 | LMO-Records UTC 8697408800030 DDD | piano | |
| Władysław Kłosiewicz | 2000 | Accord ACD 081-2 | harpsichord | |
| Jacques Loussier Trio | 2000 | Telarc CD-83479 DDD | jazz trio | |
| Uri Caine | 2000 | Recorded in New York City and mixed by Adrian von Ripka October 1999 - January 2000 | Winter & Winter 910 054-2 | rock, dub, electro, jazz, ragtime, blues, avant-garde, valse, christmas music, soul, tango, mambo, gospel, bebop, experimental, drum & bass, samba, klezmer, bossa nova, etc. |
| Celine Frisch | 2001 | Alpha 14 (2 CDs) with BWV 1087 | harpsichord | |
| Wolfgang Dimetrik | 2001 | Amphion records 20126 DDD | accordion | |
| Francesco Tristano Schlimé | 2001 | Accord ACD 098 with BWV 622 | piano | |
| Ramin Bahrami | February 2002 | La Chaux-de-Fonds (CH) | Decca 476 282 DDD | piano |
| András Schiff | October 2002 | Basel | ECM DDD (his second recording; made live in concert) | piano |
| Ketil Haugsand | 2002 | Simax PSC 1192 | harpsichord | |
| Christina Bjørkøe | 2002 | Scandinavian Classics 220590 -205 DDD | piano | |
| Jill Crossland | 2003 | Apex (Warner Classics) 0927 49979 2 DDD | piano | |
| Pierre Hantaï | 2003 | Mirare MIR 9945 DDD (his second recording) | harpsichord | |
| Martin Stadtfeld | March 2004 | Sony BMG SK93101 DDD | piano | |
| Mika Väyrynen | 2004 | ALBA ABCD 191 | accordion | |
| Catherine Ennis | 2004 | Mollterz | organ | |
| Jacqueline Ogeil | 2004 | ABC Classics - Discovery 476 3529 | harpsichord | |
| Trio Zilliacus Persson Raitinen [4] | 2004 | Caprice CAP-21695 | string trio | |
| Jenő Jandó | 2005 | Naxos 8.557268 DDD | piano | |
| Gaede Trio | 2005 | Tacet 070CD (2 CD) DDD | string trio | |
| Richard Egarr | 8–11 March 2005 | Harmonia Mundi HMU 907425.26, with BWV 1087 DDD | harpsichord | |
| Pius Cheung | 2006 | MPC | marimba | |
| Glenn Gould - Zenph Re-Performance | May 2007 | Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto | Sony Classics, 88697-03350-2 | piano |
| Elena Barshai | Autumm 2007 | Brilliant Classics | organ | |
| Simone Dinnerstein | 2007 | Telarc CD-80692 DDD | piano | |
| Beth Levin | April 28, 2007 | Steinway Hall, New York City | Centaur Records, Inc. CRC 2927 DDD | piano |
| Joanna MacGregor | September 30-October 1, 2007 | Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria | Warner Classics 2564-68393 | piano |
| Sylvain Blassel | 2008 | Lantano (Warner Classics) 2568 69199-6 DDD | harp | |
| Catrin Finch | 2008 | Deutsche Grammophon 477 8097 DDD | harp | |
| David Korevaar | 2008 | Ivory Classics 77005 | piano | |
| Lisa Goode Crawford | 2008 | Centaur CRC 2899 DDD | harpsichord | |
| Dong-Hyek Lim | 2008 | EMI | piano | |
| Sergey Schepkin | July 22, 2008 | Jordan Hall, Boston | King International, Inc., Tokyo, Japan KKC 29 DDD; Schepkin's second recording of this work | piano |
| Andreas Staier | 2009 | Berlin | Harmonia mundi HMU 902058 | harpsichord |
| Andrea Bacchetti | 2010 | Sacile (PN), Italy | Dynamic CDS-659 | piano |
| Tzvi Erez | 2010 | Toronto, Canada | Niv Classical | piano |
| Avner Arad | 2010 | New York City | MSR Classics MS-1167 | piano |
| Steven Devine | 2010 | Suffolk, England | Chandos 0780 | harpsichord |
| Nicholas Angelich | 2010 | Virgin Classics | piano | |
| Nick van Bloss | 2010 | Henry Wood Hall, London | Nimbus Records | "piano" |
Without recording date - To be inserted in the list