Recommend Recordings for Violin Students. Most are available on Amazon.com and Itunes.
Remember that CDs have better sound quality and last longer:-)
Humoresque. Isaac Stern. Available on Amazon.com
This is an Encore album with the same name as the 1946 film in which his violin playing starred. There some classics here, including Flight of the Bumblebee, Hungarian Dance no. 5, and Copland's "Hoedown." A really light-hearted album.
This is an Encore album with the same name as the 1946 film in which his violin playing starred. There some classics here, including Flight of the Bumblebee, Hungarian Dance no. 5, and Copland's "Hoedown." A really light-hearted album.
Fritz Kreisler Plays Kreisler. Kreisler, like Heifetz, was also billed as the greatest violinist of his age. Kreisler, more than most other violinists, had a special style that implement rubato, vocal glissandi, great coloration, and phrasing. He composed his own music, too. Even today's great violinists say: "Listen to Kreisler." Studying his playing and his violin pieces is invaluable.
Debut. Sarah Chang.
Sarah Chang is the quintessential prodigy. A student of the late Dorothy Delay, Sarah Chang (wiki) recorded this album at the age of ten on a quarter-sized violin. Very impressive. It's great for students to see what's possible at such a young age.
Sarah Chang is the quintessential prodigy. A student of the late Dorothy Delay, Sarah Chang (wiki) recorded this album at the age of ten on a quarter-sized violin. Very impressive. It's great for students to see what's possible at such a young age.
Favorite Violin Encores by Maria Theresia von Paradis, Fritz Kreisler, Enrique Granados and Francesco Maria Veracini (Audio CD - Oct 17, 1995)
Arthur Grumiaux is probably the most refined violinist I've ever heard. This is a 2-disc set of great salon/encore pieces. They are short and extremely varied. Grumiaux also has an excellent solo Bach recording available.
Arthur Grumiaux is probably the most refined violinist I've ever heard. This is a 2-disc set of great salon/encore pieces. They are short and extremely varied. Grumiaux also has an excellent solo Bach recording available.
The First Recordings of Ginette Neveu; The Complete Recordings of Josef Hassid [Import].
These are two amazingly talented violinists whose lives were tragically cut short, Ginette Neveu at 30, in an airplane crash, and Michael Rabin, even earlier. We're lucky to have access to these recordings.
These are two amazingly talented violinists whose lives were tragically cut short, Ginette Neveu at 30, in an airplane crash, and Michael Rabin, even earlier. We're lucky to have access to these recordings.
Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn Violin Concertos, Jascha Heifetz. Available on Amazon.com.
Heifetz was sometimes billed as the greatest violinist of his age. Now he is thought of as possibly the greatest violinist that has ever lived. Certainly, recording technology has advanced his prestige, but he is, no doubt, one of the greats.
Heifetz was sometimes billed as the greatest violinist of his age. Now he is thought of as possibly the greatest violinist that has ever lived. Certainly, recording technology has advanced his prestige, but he is, no doubt, one of the greats.
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 CD Bruch / Lalo / Ormandy, E / Phl / Stern
Available on Amazon.com
- Isaac Stern plays two great romantic violin concertos (Bruch and Lalo) with the legendary Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Available on Amazon.com
- Isaac Stern plays two great romantic violin concertos (Bruch and Lalo) with the legendary Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Mozart: The 5 Violin concertos, Monica Huggett. Available on Amazon.com
Monica Huggett performs these concertos with a lighter touch than some of her predecessors (Menuhin, Stern, for example).
This recording is probably the closest you'll get to hearing what Mozart's concertos sounded like when Mozart was alive.
It sounds like Hugget employs the use of a transitional bow (between baroque and tourte bow), seen here:
Monica Huggett performs these concertos with a lighter touch than some of her predecessors (Menuhin, Stern, for example).
This recording is probably the closest you'll get to hearing what Mozart's concertos sounded like when Mozart was alive.
It sounds like Hugget employs the use of a transitional bow (between baroque and tourte bow), seen here:
Transitional, "Mozart" bow
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin by Johann Sebastian Bach
Jaap Schroder literally wrote the on Sonatas and Partitas, a core part of the violin rep. This is as close as it gets to a definitive baroque-style recording. He plays everything on a baroque violin and bow, which means that the sound generally has a much lighter, more graceful touch, more decay, and the pitch is lower due to the gut strings. This is also a very personal and historically-informed performance.
Jaap Schroder literally wrote the on Sonatas and Partitas, a core part of the violin rep. This is as close as it gets to a definitive baroque-style recording. He plays everything on a baroque violin and bow, which means that the sound generally has a much lighter, more graceful touch, more decay, and the pitch is lower due to the gut strings. This is also a very personal and historically-informed performance.
Baroque violin bow
