Musical Recommendations

Violin Solo

Nicola Benedetti

1. Lyrical Violin Playing Nicola Benedetti - Ladies in Lavender Theme by Nigel Hess from the Silver Violin 2011
2. Lyrical Violin Playing Nicola Benedetti - Theme from Schindler's List from the Silver Violin 2011
3. My Favourite performance of Nicola Benedetti's plays Mozart Violin Sonata Nr.21 in Seoul, South Korea 2014

Nigel Kennedy

My favourite recording of a violin ever - Nigel Kennedy Gigue from BWV 1004 (a Partita by J.S Bach)

James Ehnes

The Perfect Technique - One of the Greatest Bach Violinists ever - James Ehnes plays BWV 1001

Hilary Hahn

A Lively Recording in Paris - Bach Violin Partita BWV 1006 by naturally gifted Juliard Ace Hillary Hahn

Karolina Protsenko

A next generation musical polymath I admire coming through Karolina Protsenko (feat. Bravina) Dance Monkey

Yahoudi Mehnuin

Yahoudi Mehnuin Plays Bach Chaconne form Partita Nr.2 by JS Bach BWV 1004

Dora Schwarzberg

Lively Performance of Schumann's Fantasiestücke Op.73 by Vienna Violinist Dora Schwarzberg

Itzhak Perlman

FAE Sonata 3rd Movement (Scherzo) by J.S. Brahms - Played by Itzhak Perlman

Kaja Danczkova and Krystian Zimmerman

Kaja Danczkova and Krystian Zimmerman play Cesar Franck Sonata in A

Anne Sophie Mutter and Salvatore Accardo

Anne Sophie Mutter and Salvatore Accardo just the most iconic performance of Bach Double slow movement

Piano

An Assortment of Beethoven's 31 Piano Sonatas

Beethoven Sonata 31 in Ab played by Sir Andras Schiff
Beethoven Sonata 30
Beethoven Pathetique Sonata played by Wilhlelm Kempff
Beethoven Sonata Op.49 Nr. 2 Lewis and Goode
Beethoven's first sonata
Beethoven's Cuckoo Sonata Op.79
Beethoven's Funeral March Sonata
The King of Sonatas - Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata played by Pletnev

Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach's Italian Concerto with with Sir Andras Schiff at the Leipzig Bach Festival 2010
Goldberg Variations by my friend and tutor Alex Puliaev I Moscow and Amsterdam Conservatoire Graduate
Goldberg Variations by my friend and tutor Alex Puliaev II Moscow and Amsterdam Conservatoire Graduate
Polina Osetinskaya plays Bach Concerto Nr. 1 of Moscow Conservatoire in which Bach spells his name in music
Andrea Bachetti - Prelude 902a from Little Preludes and Fugues
Hugh Waldock plays Minuet II from Bach French Suite in C Minor BWV 813
Hugh Waldock plays Little Prelude BWV 933 and Invention Nr.4 BWV 775
Christian Pezhold's Minuet Anh.114 appears in Bach's Piano Book for his second wife - Hugh Waldock
Hugh Waldock special; 1st piece on this playlist is Bach's famous Prelude in C from the Well Tempered Clavier

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The full Elvria Madigan Concerto N.21 My favourite piece by Mozart the 1st Movement
His Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Variations played by Mao Fujita
Hugh Waldock winning a Special Mention in the 2021 London online Piano Contest K.545 'facile' III. Rondo

Josef Haydn

Valentina Lisitsa plays Hob.52, Sonata in Eb
Alfred Brendel nails Hob 49
Dancing on Ivories - Hob.37 I. Allegro con Brio from veteran Hungarian Ace Jenö Jandó
Emmanuel Ax dissects Haydn Hob 50
Hugh Waldock plays 1. Allegro from Sonata Hob XVI Nr. 1 in C
Hugh Waldock plays the whole of Sonata iin G Hob XVI Nr.8
Hungarian Rondo by 8 year old Klara Gibisova

Cesar Czerny

Seon-Yong Hwang Gallop Brilliante Cesar Czerny

Sonatas & Sonatinas by Minor Composers Played by Yours Truly

Tobias Hasslinger Sonata in C played by Hugh Waldock
Hugh Waldock Plays Muzio Clementi Sonata in C Op.36 Nr.1
Another Hugh Waldock special this time Friedrich Kuhlau Sonata 20 I. Allegro
Hugh Waldock Sonata 12 II. Marriage Dance
Sonata Nr.2 for Anja Binkenstein 1. Allegro-Allegreto by Hugh Waldock

Classical Voice and Opera

John Dowland

Hugh Waldock - An original interpretation of of Come Away, Come Sweet Love! as a play within a play!

Henry Purcell

Gillian Fisher sings Thrice Happy from The Fairy Queene by Henery Purcell
Sylvia McNair takes apart Hark the Echoing Air from Purcell's Fairy Queene
Katherine Bott takes on Purcell's most challenging song of all Lord, what is man?
Hugh Waldock (yours truly) with If Music be the Food of Love 2nd Setting by HP sauce!
Katherine Müller with If Music Be the Food of Love 3rd Setting by Mr Henry Purcell
Sweeter than Roses with Michael Chance by Henry Purcell

Dr Thomas Arne

Hugh Waldock with Now Phoebus sinketh in the West by Dr Thomas Arne

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Enjoy! They sang this & proposed 30 seconds later Hugh Montague and Elisabeth Boudreault Pa-Pa-Papagena
Here's the other Mozart Ball me again! Here I'm Singing In Diesen Heiligen Hallen again from The Magic Flute

Franz Schubert

Hugh Waldock sings 3. Stop! from the Beautiful Miller's Wife A Song Cycle by Franz Schubert