Music for unaccompanied violin not written by J.S. Bach

[North Star]

...am thinking of solo violin arrangements of Erlkonig and the Liszt Sonata now, too...

The Ernst Erlkönig is magnificent, and the Liszt arrangement of Noam Sivan is certainly quite an achievement, as well.

Love the Ysaÿe and the Bartók.

[Karl Henning]

I first heard the Bartók when Nigel Kennedy played it at Old Cabell Hall at UVa (the concert where I turned pages for his accompanist in the Elgar Sonata).  One of my life-changing musical experiences.

[Scion7]

The majority of the pieces have piano accompaniment, but Kriesler's take on Tartini's Devil's Trill is solo, for instance.
I didn't bother to find the CD equivalent for this magnificent record (Shumsky was a friend and pupil of Kriesler.)
Recorded in 1983 with the aging Shumsky playing as sprightly as one of the Young Lions on their debut tour.
Amazing - no trace of arthritis.

After getting the Mozart violin sonata's set when it was released, as soon as I read in Gramophone that Shumsky was in the studio doing this one, I kept an eye out on MHS for the release date.   His recordings for the Bach Sonatas & Partitas is also awesome, and my favoirte.

[betterthanfine]

Don't think this recording has been mentioned yet:

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Wholeheartedly recommended!

[Herman]

Perhaps OT but Hindemiths solo viola stuff is very fine.

In 1924 Hindemith also wrote two sonatas for unaccompanied violin, of which the second is particularly beautiful.

It ends with five variations on Mozart's "Komm, lieber Mai" and the whole sonata is infused with a strange mix of spring jubilance and melancholy.