Advanced Violin Recordings
During my high school years, I took violin lessons from esteemed teacher Mary West.
She emphasized that it was important to listen to as many violin recordings as possible. As I get more experience in teaching and playing the violin, this becomes more obvious. A wide variety of interpretations of different violin pieces opens the door to improve a violinist’s musicality. This, in turn, makes the playing and listening of various violin repertoire more rewarding for the player and audience. There is so much to be gained from listening to various violinists.
It is important to listen to violin music before it is studied. As a student internalizes the music, it can be learned with greater ease.
Happy Listening!
—Marnie
Below are various violin pieces outside of the Suzuki books that may be studied as a student advances:
Short Violin Pieces:
Adagio in E Major, K 261. W.A. Mozart: Yoerae Kim, violin, Anastasia Grishutina piano:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqwV3u_dYOQ
Romance No. 2 in F Major. L. van Beethoven: Christine Binzel, violin, Christine Hill, pianist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkXRxY6iCHE
Cantabile. N. Paganini: Sarah Chang, violin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_bC902DZSs
Caprice Basque. Pablo de Sarasate: Hyunjae Lim, violin, Nicola Eimer, pianist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXDdrS4HPhE
Csardas. V. Monti: Jennifer Jeon, violin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHO6KOPWXtc
Meditation from Thais. J. Massenet: Sarah Chang, violin, accompanying orchestra unknown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImEUiNAL9go
Romance for Violin and Piano. A. Beach: Rachel Barton Pine, violin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RCfAeP5AaI
Salut d’amour. E. Elgar: Sarah Chang, violin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXLOF-z5Zlk
Sarabande in G minor. K. Bohm: Doris Lee, violin, starts performing at 35 seconds into this piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvf4-HUBsv0
Scene de Ballet. C.A. DeBeriot: Ai Takamatsu, violin, pianist unknown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFM0p1AUQhw
Scherzo. J. Brahms: Stella Chen, violin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWCk_XgbUx4
Tempo di Minuetto. F. Kreisler: William Hagen, violin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AdNant8vIE
The Bee. F. Schubert: F. Schubert: Annelle K. Gregory, violin and piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drcFq5Y1HNs
Violin Concertos:
Violin Concerto in A minor. J.B. Acccolay: Igor Malinovsky, violin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDXZE94zkU8
Violin Concerto in E Major. J.S. Bach: Hilary Hahn, violin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgfyryZJES4
Violin Concerto in C Major. D. Kabelevsky: Oliver Leitner, violin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt6nGRCmu9k
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major. W.A. Mozart: Hilary Hahn, violin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhQAtkXOK6o
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major. N. Paganini: Maria Duenas, violin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e52mkjorLAY
Violin Sonatas:
Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 12, No. 1 in D Major. L. van Beethoven: Anne Akiko, violin, Akira Eguch, pianist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtfHCCNz44w
Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 12, No. 2 in A Major. L. van Beethoven: Leonidas Kavakos, violin, Enrico Pace, pianist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ufSDfS74U8
Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 12, No. 3 in E flat Major. L. van Beethoven: Anne Sophie Mutter, violin, Lambert.Orkis, pianist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ach15rgLZPM
Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 23, No. 4 in A minor. L. van Beethoven: Anne Sophie Mutter, violin, Lambert.Orkis, pianist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQMpxHET-gs
Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 24, No. 5 “Spring” in F Major. L. van Beethoven: Annie Sophie Mutter, violin, Lambert.Orkis, pianist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGFs7n6n3-8
Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 30, No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1. L. van Beethoven: Tessa Lark, violin, Yundu Wang, pianist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58-8x2UKH2Q
Beethoven Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2. L. van Beethoven: Anna Lee, violin, Philip Chiu, pianist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m6vHGB3pNo
Beethoven Sonata No.8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3. L. van Beethoven: Bomsori Kim, violin, Drew Petersen, pianist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRffmEoa94A
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78. J. Brahms: Midori, violin, Robert McDonald, pianist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_huV4T7Tn8&t=110s
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100. J. Brahms: Augustin Hadelich, violin, Orion Weiss, pianist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p73MD6QHpIQ
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108. J. Brahms: David Oistrakh, violin, Pianist unknown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a7027n6Duw
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major. C. Franck: Janine Jansen, violin, Kathryn Stott, pianist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acI5Txjhtz0
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 21 in E minor. W.A. Mozart: Nicola Benedetti, violin, Alexei Grynyuk, pianist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbeDm0haLUQ
Unaccompanied Sonatas and Partitas. J.S. Bach: Midori, violin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3r4DeoYsv8
Sonata No. 1 in G minor: Starts at 43 seconds
Partita No. 1 in B minor: Starts at 17:07
Sonata No. 2 in A minor: Starts at 46:43
Partita No. 2 in D minor: Starts at 1:11:06
Sonata No. 3 in C Major: 1:40:29
Partita No. 3 in E Major: Starts at 2:04:53