In a message dated 08/14/2003 2:50:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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>I have kept all four versions but rarely play the
>VAI recordings.

For my money, the best of the commercially available versions of the
Goldbergs is the EMI monaural recording that was republished in the Philips Great
Pianists series.

In addition to the ones that are currently available, there are at least two
more commercial recordings that Rosalyn made that are not in print.  One is
the first one, recorded in 1949 but not published until 1951, which was a two
disc set on the original Allegro label.  The second is Rosalyn's only commercial
recording of the work on the harpsichord, which was made for CBS Masterworks
(now Sony Classics) in the early '80s has not, to my knowledge, appeared on
CD, and it should.

There also are a number of private recordings, including a spectacular
"double" performance, first on the harpsichord and then on the piano, that Rosalyn
gave in Carnegie Hall in November, 1977.

TNT