If a failure is detected during operation of information recording in an optical disc apparatus, the optical disc apparatus stops the recording operation, changes the number of rotations of the optical disc to a low-speed value, seeks a selected recording region, performs OPC processing and trial write operation, measures a β value as a result of the trial write operation, calculates optimal recording power based on the difference between the measured β value and a target β value and recording power set in the OPC processing, and starts the operation of information recording with the selected number of rotations for low-speed operation by use of the optimal recording power.