Berliner Philharmoniker: Andris Nelsons and Hilary Hahn with Dvořák’s Violin Concerto

“Sonorous and romantic,” in the words of Hilary Hahn, Antonín Dvořák’s Violin Concerto is also rhythmically charged, evoking “images of people stamping their feet and starting to dance.” An ideal work for the American violinist, who finds equal nuance in emphatic and delicate moments. Andris Nelsons leads the orchestra on to an entirely different sound world with Dmitri Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony. The work is a ruthless reckoning with Stalin’s regime, marked by aggressive march rhythms, dissonant chords, and profound sorrow