Paavo Järvi and Christian Tetzlaff
Violinist Christian Tetzlaff’s approach when performing Dimitri Shostakovich’s Second Violin Concerto is to “listen to your inner self and take your time”. The work is a fascinating example of the composer’s late style. The dialogue between the orchestra and the violin unfolds with exquisite delicacy, before both are swept away in a dance-like finale. Contrasting this is Sergei Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, composed as a “hymn to the free and happy man”. The conductor is Paavo Järvi.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Paavo Järvi
Christian Tetzlaff
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