 | Suzuki Violin School: Violin Part, vol. 1 (The Suzuki Method Core Materials)
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $2.27 For beginner violinists, the Suzuki method is the all-time greatest.
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 | Essential Elements 2000 for Strings Plus DVD: Violin Book 1
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.85 Very good beginner lessons. Supplement this with Suzuki.
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 | Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching by Ivan Galamian
Buy new: $50.32 / Used from: $84.89 The ultimate guide by a legendary teacher. Ivan Galamian was one of the all-time great teachers, and this book is the benchmark. He was Itzhak Perlman and Dorothy DeLay's teacher, among many others.
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 | Franz Wohlfahrt - 60 Studies, Op. 45 Complete: Books 1 and 2 for Violin (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics)
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $4.59 Classic for violin instruction and practicing. Absolutely splendid.
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 | Basics: 300 Exercises and Practice Routines for the Violin by Simon Fischer
Buy new: $42.00 This outstanding instruction book is one of the best books on learning the violin. Simon Fischer studied under the great Dorothy DeLay, who studied under Ivan Galamian, and he also studied under Yfrah Neaman, who studied under Carl Flesch.
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 | Tipbook - Violin and Viola by Various
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $4.94 Practical information for anyone owning a violin for the first time or thinking of owning a violin.
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 | The Art of Violin
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $18.18 Excellent violinists DVD.
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 | The Fiddler's Fakebook by David Brody
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $13.99 A fiddle book for intermediate players or those new to the fiddle.
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 | 37 Violin Pieces You Like To Play: Violin and Piano (String Solo)
Buy new: $18.95 / Used from: $12.00 It's great to have music favorites to play for fun.
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 | Art of Practicing the Violin: With Useful Hints for All String Players by Robert Gerle
Buy new: $28.50 / Used from: $40.36 Excellent but not for beginners. Robert Gerle is an underrated teaching great.
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 | Art of Violin Playing: Book One by Carl Flesch
Buy new: $27.31 / Used from: $34.87 Classic. Carl Flesch was one of the all-time greats.
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 | The Art of Bowing Practice/3.3398: The Expressive Bow Technique by Robert Gerle
Buy new: $28.00 / Used from: $39.21 A superb book for advanced students! Expression comes through bowing. An essential book for excellent bowing.
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 | Suzuki Violin School, Violin Part, Volume 2
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $0.99 Volume two of the all-time great Suzuki method.
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 | Kreutzer - 42 Studies or Caprices: Violin Method (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics)
Buy new: $5.95 / Used from: $3.94 Outstanding!
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 | The ABCs of Violin for the Absolute Beginner: Violin, Book 1 by Janice Tucker Rhoda
Buy used from: $19.99 Also consider the Hal Leanard Essential Elements 2000 for String and the Suzuki books. Also, nothing beats a good violin teacher.
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 | The Amadeus Book of the Violin: Construction, History, and Music by Walter Kolneder
Buy new: $37.96 / Used from: $29.99 The ultimate about just the violin itself.
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 | Hilary Hahn ~ Beethoven - Violin Concerto · Bernstein - Serenade by Ludwig van Beethoven
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $4.49 Violinist Hilary Hahn plays Beethoven's Violin Concerto, arguably the greatest violin concerto, and Bernstein. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings. Also listen to her other superb recordings. Also listen to Perlman's great recording of Beethoven's Violin Concerto.
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 | Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Buy new: $9.99 Violinist Joshue Bell plays Vivaldi. Among the greatest recordings of this piece. Great playing.
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 | Brahms; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
Buy new: $5.94 Violinist Jascha Heifetz, arguably the greatest violinist of his time, plays violin concertos by Brahms and Tchaikovsky -- both among the greatest violin concertos. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings.
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 | Bach: Brandenburg concertos
Buy new: $17.98 Violinist Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano play Bach. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings.
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 | Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Bruch: Violin Concerto / Scottish Fantasy
Buy new: $9.49 Violinist Kyung Wha Chung plays the great violin concertos by Bruch and Mendelssohn. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings. Also listen to her excellent recordings of Tchaikovsky and Sibelius.
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 | Beethoven: Concerto for violin in D
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 | Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia Concertante
Buy new: $22.99 / Used from: $18.99 Violinist Anne Sophie-Mutter plays Mozart. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings. Also consider her many other great recordings, such as the Berg concerto.
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 | David Oistrach - Violin Concertos
Buy new: $18.06 Violinist David Oistrakh plays Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Bach and Beethoven. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings.
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 | Khachaturian / Prokofiev / Glazunov: Violin Concertos
Violinist Julia Fischer plays Khachaturian, Prokfiev and Glazunov. Among the greatest recordings.
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 | Bach: Violin Concertos, BWV 1041 & 1042; Double Concertos, BWV 1060 & 1043
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $4.99 Violinist Arthur Grumiaux plays Mozart. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings.
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 | La Stravaganza: Vol 1
Buy new: $8.99 Violinist Rachel Podger plays Vivaldi. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings.
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 | Bach: Sonatas And Partitas
Buy new: $18.06 Violinist Nathan Milstein plays Bach. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings.
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 | Elgar: Violin Concerto. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Buy new: $9.49 Violinist Nigel Kennedy plays Elgar and Williams. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings.
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 | Prokofiev, Shostakovich: Violin Concertos no 1 / Rostropovich, Vengerov
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $3.91 Violinist Maxim Vengerov plays Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings.
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 | George Tsontakis: Violin Concerto No. 2; Clair de Lune; The Past, The Passion
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $11.35 Violinist Steven Copes plays Tsontakis. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings.
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 | Sibelius, Nielsen: Violin Concertos
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $8.94 Violinist Cho-Liang Lin plays Sibelius and Nielsen. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings.
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 | Vieuxtemps/Lalo Violin Concertos
Buy new: $9.49 Violinist Sarah Chang plays Lalo and Vieuxtemps. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings.
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 | Violin Concertos of John Adams & Philip Glass
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $4.08 Violinist Robert McDuffie plays Glass and Adams. Amazing playing. Great recordings.
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 | Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa
Buy new: $7.99 Violinist Gidon Kremer plays Part. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings.
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 | Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D / Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $7.85 Violinist Leila Josefowicz plays Tchaikovsky and Sibelius. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings.
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 | Beethoven: The Complete Violin Sonatas
Buy new: $36.12 Violinist Itzhak Perlman plays Beethoven violin sonates. Amazing playing and extraordinary violin tone. Perlman may have been the greatest violinist of his time. Among the greatest recordings. Also listen to his many other excellent recordings, especially his great recordings of the Beethoven Violin Sonata.
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 | Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76, Nos. 1-3
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.49 Kodaly Quartet plays Haydn's Op. 76 string quartets. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings. (Op. 76 and 64 by Haydn reach the pinnacle of string quartet excellence.)
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 | Beethoven: String Quartets Vol.3
Buy new: $27.09 Takács Quartet play Beethovens great late string quartets. Amazing playing. Among the greatest recordings.
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 | Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.01 Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman play Vivaldi and Mozart. Great recordings!
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