Supplemental Listening For Suzuki Violin
This list is meant to accompany Sarah Murley-Hauser's blog post on listening to the Suzuki repertoire. To read the full post, click here.
J.S. Bach:
-Sonatas and Partitas for Violin BWV 1001-1006
-Suites for Cello BWV 1007-1012
-Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051
-Well-Tempered Clavier BWV 846-893
Bela Bartok:
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Ludwig van Beethoven:
-Concerto for Violin Op. 61
-Concertos for Piano
-Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Cello and Piano, and Piano
-Any of his symphonies!
Hector Berlioz:
-Symphonie fantastique Op. 14
Johannes Brahms:
-Concerto for Violin Op. 77
-Quartets for Strings
-Any symphonies
Max Bruch:
-Concerto for Violin #1 Op. 26
-"Kol Nidrei" for Cello and Orchestra Op. 47
Ernest Chausson:
-"Poeme" for Violin and Orchestra Op. 25
Frederic Chopin:
-Any of his piano Music, specifically his nocturnes, preludes, and scherzi, etc
Aaron Copland:
-Fanfare for the Common Man
-Rodeo (Dance episodes or complete ballet)
Claude Debussy:
-La Mer (Symphonic Sketches) for Orchestra
-Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Antonin Dvorak:
-Symphony #9, New World Symphony
George Gershwin:
-Rhapsody in Blue
Joseph Haydn:
-The Creation (oratorio)
-Any of his string quartets and symphonies
George Friderick Handel:
-Messiah (oratorio)
-Water Music
Gustav Holst:
-The Planets (suite)
Edouard Lalo:
-Symphonie Españole for Violin and Orchestra
Gustav Mahler:
-Any of his symphonies
Felix Mendelssohn:
-Violin Concerto in E minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
-Requiem K. 626
-Magic Flute (opera)
-Concertos for Violin, and for Piano
Quintets for Clarinet and Strings, Strings and Piano and Strings
-Any of his symphonies!
Sergei Prokofiev:
-Peter and the Wolf
-Classical Symphony
-Roméo and Juliet (excerpts)
Sergei Rachmaninoff:
-Concertos for Piano
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov:
-Schéhérazade (symphonic suite)
Camille Saint-Saens:
-Carnival of the Animals
-Symphony #3 “Organ”
Igor Stravinksy:
-Firebird (ballet suite)
Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky:
-Nutcracker Op. 71 (ballet suite)
-Roméo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
-Sleeping Beauty Op. 66 (ballet)
-Swan Lake Op. 20 (ballet)
Richard Wagner:
-Der Ring des Nibelungen (Four Opera Cycle)
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
-The Lark Ascending for Violin and Orchestra
Antonio Vivaldi:
-Four Seasons
Some specific artists to listen to:
-Joshua Bell
-Nicola Bendetti
-PabloCasals
-Julia Fischer
-Hilary Hahn
-Jascha Heiftz
-Vladimir Horowitz
-Midori Goto
-Glenn Gould
-Lang Lang
-Yo-Yo Ma
-Jacqueline du Pre
-Itzak Perlman
-Mstitslav Rostropovich
-Sergei Rachmaninov
