Simone Dinnerstein
Bach's Instrumental Works

Contents

Recordings of Solo Keyboard Works
Recordings of Chamber Works
Recordings of Orchestral Works
Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions
Recordings of Vocal Works
Videos

Simone Dinnerstein - Short Biography

Review: Dinnerstein's Goldbergs [S. Schwartz]
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Simone Dinnerstein

Discography

Recordings of Solo Keyboard Works

K-1

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Simone Dinnerstein (Piano) [1903 Hamburg Steinway model D concert grand]

Telarc 80692

Mar 11-13, 2005

CD / TT: 78:17

Recorded at the neoclassic auditorium of the Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York, USA.
1^st recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by S. Dinnerstein.
Review: Dinnerstein's Goldbergs [S. Schwartz]
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Simone Dinnerstein
Listen on YouTube:
Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Complete Work [Sequence, 32 tracks]
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K-2

The Berlin Concert

French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 [18:32]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation 13 [5:24]
Bach-P. Lasser: Twelve Variations for piano on the Chorale Nimm von uns Herr Du Treuer Gott” (Mvt. 7) from Cantata BWV 101 [22:21]

Simone Dinnerstein (Piano)

Telarc 80715

Nov 22, 2007

CD / TT: 74:26

Recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonie, Germany.
1^st recording of French Suite No. 5 BWV 816 by S. Dinnerstein.
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CD: Complete Album [Sequence, 23 tracks]
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K-5

Archive Recordings: Season of 2009 (Recital by Simone Dinnerstein)

French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 [18:08]

Simone Dinnerstein (Piano)

Aspen Music Festival

Aug 1, 2009

CD / TT: 36:38

Recorded live at Harris Concert Hall, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado, USA.
2nd recording of French Suite No. 5 BWV 816 by S. Dinnerstein.
Source: WorldCat Libraries (OCLC Number: 475641169)

K-3

Bach: a Strange Beauty

English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808 [19:17]
Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639, transcribed for piano [3:40]
Bach-Kempff: Chorale Prelude (Nun freut euch, liebe Christen ?) Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit, BWV 307 / BWV 734, transcribed for piano.[2:26]
Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:53]
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 [22:29]
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 [11:31]

Stephan Mai (concertmaster) [Concertos]

Kammerorchester Staatskapelle Berlin [Concertos]

Simone Dinnerstein (Piano)

Sony Music 27282

Jun 12-14, 2010

CD / TT: 60:46

Recorded at Saal 1, Rundfunkzentrum Berlin, Germany.
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CD: Complete Album [Sequence, 15 tracks]
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K-4

Something Almost Being Said - Music of Bach and Schubert

Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 [20:24]
Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 [22:18]

Simone Dinnerstein (Piano)

Sony Classical 88697998242

Aug 10-14, 2011

CD / TT: 74:38
MP3 / TT: 74:32

Recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letter, New York City, New York, USA.
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CD: Complete Album [Sequence, 15 tracks]
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K-6

Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias BWV 772-801

Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [1:28, 2:00, 0:50, 1:33, 1:07, 2:53, 1:00, 0:42, 2:22, 0:59, 1:43, 1:13, 1:05, 1:33, 1:24]
Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 [0:51, 3:03, 1:02, 2:45, 2:48, 0:52, 2:32, 1:03, 3:22, 1:06, 2:56, 1:14, 2:18, 2:10, 1:12]

Simone Dinnerstein (Piano)

Sony Classical 88883795972
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Jun 6-7, 2012 [Inventions]
July 24-25, 2013 [Sinfonias]

CD / TT: 53:30
MP3 / TT: 51:06

Recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City [Inventions] & the Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, New York, USA [Sinfonias].
Listen on YouTube:
CD: Complete Album [Sequence, 30 tracks]
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KV-1

Music Break: Revisit Bach’s Goldberg Variations with Simone Dinnerstein

03:30: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [88:43]

Simone Dinnerstein (Piano)

YouTube

Mar 27, 2013

Video / TT: 92:13

Recorded & filmed live in the Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR, New York City, New York, USA. Streamed live on Apr 29, 2020.
2^nd recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by S. Dinnerstein.
Watch on YouTube:
Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Complete Work [92:13]

K-7

Archive Recordings: Season of 2016 (A Recital by Simone Dinnerstein)

Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [45:54]

Simone Dinnerstein (Piano)

Aspen Music Festival

Jul 14, 2016

CD / TT: 45:54

Recorded live Harris Concert Hall, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado, USA.
3^rd recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by S. Dinnerstein.
Source: WorldCat Libraries (OCLC Number: 961480470)

Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions

T-1

Night

Bach-Siloti: Prelude in B minor for piano, BWV 855a (transcribed from Prelude in E minor, WFN 18) [1:32]

Simone Dinnerstein (Piano)

Sony Classical 886919-76572-4

Jun 6-11, 2012

CD / TT: 50:57
MP3 / TT: 50:58

Recorded at American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, New York, USA.
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T-2

Bach Re-invented

1. Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV 772 [1:36]
2-6. Gene Pritsker: Reinventions (Piano Concerto): Mvts. 1-5 [4:07, 4:14, 5:25, 5:35, 6:35]
7. Invention No. 4 in D minor, BWV 775 [1:40]
8-15. Daniel Schnyder: toopART Reinventions (Concerto Grosso for chamber orchestra, 2 keyboards & saxophone): Part 1 [3:06], Part 2 [6:04], Interludium [0:47], Part 3 [3:16], Cadenza [1:00], Part 4 [1:49], Part 5 [3:07], Part 6 [3:29]
16. Invention No. 8 in F major, BWV 779 [0:46]
17. Tom Trapp: Headless Snowman [4:34]

Kristjan Järvi

Absolute Ensemble

Simone Dinnerstein (Piano)

Sony Classical 886919-41682-4
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Jun 6-7, 2012

CD / TT: 57:08
MP3 / TT: 57:08

Recorded at American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, New York, USA. Recording Producer Adam Abeshouse; Engineer: Ryan Freeland; Mastering: Tom Lazarus; Engineer: Max Ross; Recording Producer: Philip Traugott.
Watch on YouTube: Kristjan Järvi's Absolute Ensemble presents Absolute Bach re-invented (Recording from the Absolute Bach concert in Bremen. Kristjan Järvi's Absolute Ensemble performed with Simone Dinnerstein as soloist an outstanding concert) [6:18]
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2007 - October 2020)
Thanks to contributors: Evan Cortens (January 2011); Serge Smirnoff (March 2020)

Simone Dinnerstein: Short Biography | Bach Discography: Recordings of Instrumental Works | Videos
Reviews of Instrumental Recordings: Dinnerstein's Goldbergs [S. Schwartz]
Discussions of Instrumental Recordings: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Simone Dinnerstein