Suggestions for Solo Violin Recordings

A must have I think, if you want something outside the dusty canon and like composers like Phillip Glass :

https://amzn.to/2DdJ8kq

So many choices, even if you just stuck with the Bach Partitas!

Here are some good (albeit pricey) options

https://www.discogs.com/Johanna-Martzy-Jean-Antonietti-WDR-Studio-Recordings/release/12131804

https://www.discogs.com/Johanna-Martzy-Radio-Recordings/release/9966202

https://www.discogs.com/Ida-Haendel-BACH-Sonatas-Partitas-For-Solo-Violi/release/10092204

Among more recent recordings I like Lara St John and anything by Patricia Kopatchinskaja

And one other I've really enjoyed recently -- Barotsz Woroch's survey of some recent solo violin repertoire (with accompaniment on some of the pieces) -- challenging but worth your time and a test of how resolving your system is

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/09/bartosz-woroch-dancer-on-a-tightrope-cd-review-compell...

There are many recordings of the Paganini Caprices (#24 is accessible and well-known).  One particularly good one is by Michael Rabin.  For something a little more modern try the Bartok unaccompanied sonata or the Ysaye sonatas.  Ruggiero Ricci did a good recording of the Ysaye.  For the Bartok you might check out the James Ehnes CD or the Yehudi Menuhin LP.

Thanks for all the great suggestions

I would suggest the Bach "Sonatas & Partitas" by the Great Korean violinist Kyung Wha Chung on a 2016 Warner Classical recording .She was coming back from a finger injury that had sidelined her for a decade and while her technique was not quite what it once was , the humility with which she played Bach brought tears to my eyes .
At least one well known musician agrees with me about her .

"Kyung Wha Chung is the outstanding violinist of her time and age.I first heard her play when I was in the Berlin Philharmonic .She came as a guest soloist and played the the Scottish Fantasy of Max Bruch, ..... This was a stellar moment in my life .
It was truly great violin playing and very inspirational ! "
Sir James Galway .



There are many clips of her on You Tube as a young artist, one I like very
much is the Paganini Vn. Sonata 12 .

@schubert would you recommend the vinyl or CD version? Thx

Anna Sophie Mutter - Carmen - high rez digital 
makes jaws drop and conversation stop every time
Cheers,
Spencer 

You'll have a hard time improving on the new Bach Sonatas and Partitas by Rachel Barton Pine.  

Which made me think of the Biber Rosary sonatas especially the Rachel Podger version (another artist that cannnot put a foot wrong)

https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/biber-rosary-sonatas-–-podger

gotog,

The 2016 recording was only digital .
But ANY thing vinyl with Kyung Wha Chung playing  ANYTHING is a treasure beyond measure !

Thanks all for great suggestions.

Schubert - thanks for clarification

Hilary Hahn and/or Rachel Podger, both terrific, fresh and exciting. AND, widely acclaimed.

Nice recommendations so far. Love the suggestions for Kyung Wha Chung, Rachel Podger, Sigiswald Kuijken and Johanna Martzy. I will add a few additional artists whose performances are always worth watching out for:

Chiara Banchini
Lisa Batiatishvili
Arturo Delmoni
Vilde Frang 
Janine Jansen
Sherban Lupu
Wanda Wilkomirska

I would avoid the Hilary Hahn solo Bach CD--she was in her mid-teens when it was done and I think she should have waited another ten years or more.  She's great with other stuff, IMO.

I would not argue with any of the  fine suggestions on here.Esp. Rachel Barton Pine and Wanda Wilkomirska .Kuijken is King in
early music style , often plays live here in Twin Cities .

I just  believe  Kyung Wha Chung has a musical soul that is a truly beyond comparison or comprehension .

Players in the "Historically Informed" camp have been fairly criticized for their sometimes less-than-world-class technique and pitch precision (more in the movement's early days than today). Still, I love Baroque music played without 18th and 19th Century vibrato added to notes, vibrato that was not employed at the time the music was written and originally performed. I also love the sound of antique stringed instruments (both original and reproductions), and prefer the harpsichord to the piano. I also highly value the music played at it's score-specified brisk tempi, rather than slowed down to Romantic ones. This was dance music!

AMEN .