Wanda Landowska

About the artist

Wanda Landowska (July 5, 1879 – August 16, 1959), harpsichordist whose performances, teaching, recordings and writings played a large role in reviving the popularity of that instrument in the early 20th century. She was the first person to record Bach's Goldberg Variations on the harpsichord (1931). Landowska was born in Warsaw, where her father was a lawyer, and her mother a linguist who translated Mark Twain into Polish. She began playing piano at the age of four, and studied at the Warsaw Conservatory with Kleczynski and Michalowski.

Top songs

  1. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869/Prelude XIX in A
  2. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, BWV 870-893/Prelude XVII in A-Flat (Remastered 1988)
  3. Nuit d'automne
  4. Prelude I in C
  5. Fugue I in C
  6. Prelude II in C minor
  7. Fugue II in C minor
  8. Valse
  9. Prelude III in C-sharp
  10. Fugue III in C-sharp
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  1. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26: I. Andante
  2. Prelude IV in C-sharp minor
  3. Fugue IV in C-sharp minor
  4. Prelude VI in D minor
  5. Prelude V in D
  6. Fugue V in D
  7. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Aria - Andante espressivo
  8. Rondo Alla Turca “Turkish March”
  9. Fugue VII in E-flat
  10. Fugue VI in D minor
  11. Prelude XIII in F-Sharp
  12. Prelude XIV in F-Sharp Minor
  13. Prelude VII in E-flat
  14. Prelude XII in F Minor
  15. Prelude IX in E
  16. Fugue XII in F minor
  17. Fugue XIII in F-Sharp
  18. Fugue XI in F
  19. Prelude XI in F
  20. Fugue X in E minor
  21. Prelude X in E minor
  22. Fugue IX in E
  23. Prelude XV in G
  24. Fugue VIII in D-sharp minor
  25. Suite in G minor: Menuet Majeur
  26. Fugue XV in G
  27. Prelude XVI in G Minor
  28. Fugue XIV in F-sharp minor
  29. Prelude VIII in E-Flat Minor
  30. Prelude XVIII in G-sharp minor
  31. Fugue XVI in G Minor
  32. Fugue XVII in A-flat
  33. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 1 - Allegro moderato
  34. Fugue XX in A minor
  35. goldberg variations, bwv 988: aria
  36. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26: II. Scherzo
  37. Fugue XXI in B-flat
  38. Feu follet
  39. Fugue XVIII in G-sharp minor
  40. Prelude XIX in A
  41. Prelude XVII in A-flat
  42. Prelude XXII in B-flat minor
  43. Prelude XXI in B-flat
  44. Sonata In E Major Kk 20
  45. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 3 - Canone all'unisuono (Poco andante, ma con moto)
  46. Fugue XXIV in B minor
  47. Prelude XXIV in B minor
  48. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26: III. Marcia Funebre: Rondo-Allegro
  49. Fugue XXII in B-flat minor
  50. Prelude XXIII in B
  51. Aria
  52. Prelude XX in A minor
  53. Les Vergers Fleuris
  54. Fugue XIX in A
  55. Fugue XXIII in B
  56. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 5 - Allegro vivace
  57. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 2 - Allegretto
  58. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 4 - L'istesso movimento
  59. 4 Pieces, Op. 2: No. 2, Nuit d'automne
  60. Fantasia, BWV 906, in C Minor
  61. Variations 1-5
  62. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 6 - Canone alla seconda (Allegretto)
  63. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 10 - Fughetta (Un poco animato)
  64. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Aria Andante espressivo
  65. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 7 - Un poco vivace
  66. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869: Prelude I in C
  67. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 8 - Allegro
  68. Fugue
  69. Variations 6-10
  70. Valse in E Minor
  71. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 11 - Allegro e leggiero
  72. Variations 11-15
  73. Variations 16-20
  74. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 9 - Canone alla terza (Moderato)
  75. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 14 - Allegro moderato
  76. Variations 26-30
  77. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 17 - Allegro
  78. Les Barricades Mystérieuses
  79. Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903: Fantasia
  80. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 18 - Canone alla sesta (Con moto)
  81. Variations 21-25
  82. Variation I
  83. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 16 - Ouverture (Maestoso - Allegretto)
  84. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869: Fugue I in C
  85. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation I
  86. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 29 - Brillante
  87. Sonata in C K159
  88. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (1999 Digital Remaster): Variation 23 - Allegro moderato
  89. Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Aria - Andante espressivo
  90. Sonata in G Major Kk 124

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