Where did the Suzuki CD go?
It's a question that my students and their parents seem to ask each other on a regular basis. Good news! As of last week, you can download all the recordings from Amazon! Since it's a pain to search for these on Amazon, I went to the trouble for you and have compiled this list of all the MP3 downloadable recordings available for the violin, viola, cello and bass Suzuki books.
You will notice there are a number of options available for violin. A word to the wise! Most teachers now use the Revised Editions, and the recording that corresponds to the Revised Editions is the newest one, the version by William Preucil. If you still are not sure which one to get, ask your teacher.
*NOTE: Links below were updated in July 2023.
VIOLIN
Suzuki Violin Book 1
Hilary Hahn: Amazon affiliate link or iTunes
David Cerone: Amazon affiliate link or iTunes
David Nadien: Amazon affiliate link or iTunes
Shinichi Suzuki: Amazon affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Violin Book 2
Hilary Hahn: Amazon affiliate link or iTunes
David Cerone: Amazon affiliate link or iTunes
David Nadien: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Shinichi Suzuki: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Violin Book 3
Hilary Hahn: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
David Cerone: Amazon Music affiliate link, no iTunes link
Shinichi Suzuki: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Violin Book 4
Augustin Hadelich: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
David Cerone: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
David Nadien: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Violin Book 5
Augustin Hadelich: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Koji Toyoda: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Violin Book 6
Augustin Hadelich: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Koji Toyoda: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Violin Book 7
Koji Toyoda: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Violin Book 8
Koji Toyoda: Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Note from the Editor: The last two books, 9 and 10, are Mozart Concertos No. 5 and 4, and I urge students to find a variety of recording artists and listen to those!
VIOLA
Suzuki Viola Book 1 and 2 (William Preucil): Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Viola Book 3 and 4 (William Preucil): Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Viola Book 5 (William Preucil): Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Viola Book 6 (William Preucil): Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Viola Book 7 (William Preucil): Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Viola Book 8 (Michael Strauss): Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Viola Book 9 (Michael Strauss): iTunes (no Amazon link)
CELLO
Suzuki Cello Books 1 and 2 (Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi): Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Cello Books 3 and 4 (Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi): Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Cello Book 5 (Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi): Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Cello Book 6 (Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi): Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Cello Book 7 (Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi): Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Cello Book 8 (Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi): Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
BASS
Suzuki Bass Book 1 (Gary Karr): Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Bass Book 2 (Gary Karr): Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
Suzuki Bass Book 3 (Gary Karr): Amazon Music affiliate link or iTunes
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You ROCK Laurie!! Thanks for this list and article-VERY helpful!!
Thanks Laurie!! I'm posting a link to this on the SAA Discussion forums.
There is also a CD available by William Preucil for the revised edition of Suzuki Violin Book 6.
Thanks Laurie!
please e-mail me if you discover that another download is available that I haven't listed!
Hi Joyce, I didn't find that one available as an MP3 download -- hopefully it will be, soon! I'll revise this page as more become available;Thank you again, Laurie.
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May 12, 2014 at 01:08 PM · useful resource, maybe you could include it in your "violin facts" tab as well.