Suzuki Violin School, Volume 2: Violin Performance CD

A journey through baroque gems and romantic miniatures, all rendered with warm tone and secure technique. The music feels approachable and musical rather than purely technical, inviting the student to listen for beauty rather than difficulty.

Suzuki violin students working through Volume 2 with their private teacher, and their parents who support daily listening at home. Teachers use this recording as the listening model that anchors the mother-tongue approach central to Suzuki instruction.

• Listen to the recording daily, even on non-practice days, so the sound and style of each piece becomes part of your musical memory before you play it.
• When learning a new piece, listen to the recording multiple times before looking at the sheet music to build an aural foundation.
• Use the CD to check your own intonation and vibrato against a recorded reference, especially in the baroque movements where clarity matters.
• Study how Cerone shapes the phrasing in pieces like the Handel and Bach selections to understand how to breathe musically on the violin.

Assign listening homework alongside lesson assignments, rotating through pieces as students learn them so they hear the target sound before and during their own practice. Group lessons also benefit from playing selections from this CD as a warm-up or as a model for how pieces should eventually sound.

• Aural internalization of repertoire before learning from notation
• Baroque style conventions in articulation and ornamentation
• Vibrato placement and quality in sustained melodic passages
• Phrasing and breath integration across multiple classical and romantic styles
• Intonation accuracy through repeated listening and comparison to a professional standard